Category Archives: Microsoft

Jerry Lewis no longer MDA’s national chairman

By doris | Published: August 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com TUCSON, Ariz. — The Muscular Dystrophy Association says comedian Jerry Lewis is no longer serving as the organization’s national chairman. The 85-year-old Lewis has been the MDA’s national chairman since the early 1950s. He announced in May that he was retiring as host of the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon [...]

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Microsoft bans up to 1 million Xbox Live users

By doris | Published: November 12, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com Anywhere between an estimated 600,000 and 1 million players who use Microsoft’s Xbox Live gaming service will be cut off from the service because they have modified their game consoles or played games that were illegally downloaded from file-sharing sites, according to the company. “All consumers should know that piracy is [...]

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Should I buy the extended warranty?

By doris | Published: November 4, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNET) — It’s getting to be that time of year again: The leaves change, the temperature drops, and we redecorate our living rooms, desks, cars, and backpacks with shiny new electronics. A recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association found that respondents plan to spend, on average, $222 each on gadgets [...]

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Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch: Deals, deals, deals

By doris | Published: October 22, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s true of the product, which is as notable for its everyday performance as any one new feature. It’s also true of how Microsoft plans to launch the new operating system on Thursday. Rather than go for flash, the company is focused on making sure that all of its partners are [...]

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Microsoft, Google expand search-engine tools

By doris | Published: September 17, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Or what if you’re in the market for a new camera? You saw a friend with a credit-card-thin model at a party last weekend. But was that a Canon? A Nikon? A brand you’ve never heard of? If you’re like many people, you’d turn to the Internet for answers. But you [...]

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Microsoft and Yahoo: Search partners

By doris | Published: July 30, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google’s dominance in online search. Under the 10-year deal, Yahoo.com and Bing.com will maintain their own branding but search results on Yahoo.com will say “powered by Bing.” Yahoo, in turn, will be responsible for [...]

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Carl Icahn says he favors Yahoo-Microsoft search deal

By doris | Published: July 19, 2009

Full Story at CNET News According to an All Things Digital report late Thursday, several top Microsoft players–including online executives Yusuf Mehdi, Satya Nadella, and Qi Lu–are in Silicon Valley to try to finalize a search deal with Yahoo. The report says the two sides are “down to the short strokes” after years of closely [...]

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Google vs. Microsoft: What you need to know

By doris | Published: July 16, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com And not more than a month and a half ago, Microsoft unveiled its new search engine Bing, which it hopes will steal market share from Google and finally make it real money online. From the news of it, it’s a full-blown tech battle, complete with behind-the-scenes machinations to sic government regulators [...]

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