Posts Tagged ‘ Microsoft ’

R.I.P. IE6!!!

Internet Explorer 6 is an extremely outdated browser, and it is holding the Internet community back from continuing its perception of new shininess… It is also causing a huge headache for webmasters, who must go out of their way to accommodate the browser for their sites… First launched in 2001 Internet Explorer 6 is still [ READ MORE ]

Windows Phone 7: First Thoughts…

Alright, today at last Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer unveiled their newest Windows Mobile OS, called “Windows Phone 7 Series”, and launched a website to show it off at the Mobile World Congress… I can actually say that I am excited for Microsoft announcing a new mobile OS… It hasn’t just created another version of Windows Mobile, from [ READ MORE ]

Google Drops Support for IE 6!!!

In my mailbox is a nasty looking mail for Microsoft by Google today… Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology.  This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5.  As a result, [ READ MORE ]

So iPad it is!!!

So Apple have made their announcement and they’ve gone with the name iPad… Quite a surprise considering my understanding was that the trademark of iPad belonged to another company in the US… [ READ MORE ]

Howto Make Dell XPS M1530 Multimedia Keys Work With iTunes!!!

I have being using itunes for a long time on my Dell XPS M1530… The only thing that bugs me while using itunes is that the multimedia keys only work when the itunes main window is in focus, which is very irritating… After a little bit of googling I found out this post and his solution works… [ READ MORE ]

Rumor: Microsoft’s Bing to Replace Google As Default Search Engine on iPhone…

Businessweek reports that Apple and Microsoft are currently in negotiations to replace Google as the default search engine on the iPhone with Microsoft’s Bing.com… The talks have reportedly been underway for weeks… Read the Article here… [ READ MORE ]

Google’s approach in China!!!

As many of us would be aware, Google has openly announced that they will take an active stance against internet censoring by China… I find this move by Google to be very interesting and feel it would have a huge effect in the near future on the freedom of speech in China.. This move makes it [ READ MORE ]

Bing Gets Its Own (Not So Short) URL Shortener (FAIL)!!!

Looks like Microsoft is also about to start a URL Shortening service…Its called Binged.it Binged.it is not yet public and is currently available only for internal use… Bing’s employee @fareologist has been using binged.it to shorten URLs when tweeting… I don’t see Binged.it gaining much traction… As compared to other URL Shortener its basically too long… Google’s [ READ MORE ]

‘Googlle’ opens technology certification ’school’ in India!!!

Read the title again….. ‘GOOGLLE‘ The website for the new school, found here, is as bogus as it gets. Not only does it rip off Google’s logo, but it even uses the same favicon, all whilst having dead links to various web pages. According to TechCrunch, Googlle offers two different certifications: the “GCPA – Googlle Certified [ READ MORE ]

Microsoft’s version of Twitter for China : MSN Juku!!!

Microsoft has launched a microblog / twitter style service in China based on Windows Live Messenger, expanding the social-networking functions linked to the chat software in the Chinese market where it is a hit. [ READ MORE ]