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Microsoft profit falls despite launching windows 8

Microsoft is not one of the top grossing companies according to the fact and figures been provided by the Wall Street as they find it difficult to recover from shocking pace of Apple and Google in the technology sector. Their results tell that they had 6,380 million dollars (4,800 million Euros) in the last quarter, […]

Wii U criticism without merit

Nintendo’s first-ever HD console Wii U has been under a lot of criticism because of its specifications and performance capabilities, which were and are still said to be below the likes of Sony’s current-generation console PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s current-generation console Xbox 360. Now that the system is out in the market and reached the […]

Analyst talks price of new Sony and Microsoft console, expects it to arrive by the end of this year

The next-generation Sony and Microsoft consoles are likely to arrive in the market at a price of $350, according to the Robert W. Baird industry watcher Colin Sebastian. The industry analyst issued a note to the investors, predicting that the highly-anticipated PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 could debut at a lower price than what the […]

Windows 8 reaches 60 million licenses

The new operating system from Microsoft, Windows 8, has sold 60 million licenses to date, including both sales updates as OEMs for new devices. Windows 8 was presented in October 2012 with new features in the interface design, among others. The software company gave a twist over previous versions, betting on an interface that adapts to both […]

Pakistan plans model village to honour IT whizz-kid Arfa Karim

Pakistan is reportedly planning to build a model village in honour of late Arfa Karim, an information technology genius who at nine years became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).   Arfa’s ancestral village in Punjab, Ramdewali Chak No.4, will be soon developed into a model village at a cost of Rs. 140 million. […]

Microsoft Blames Google for Poor Windows Phone

Microsoft has responded to the agreement reached between Google and the Officials of U.S. Trade (FTC) to not penalize the search for antitrust violations. Microsoft had encouraged the FTC pressure, through Fearsearch.org group, to punish Google practices regarding competition and therefore has seen with regret that Google came out unscathed 20-month investigation, which does not promote […]

Ballmer blames Microsoft for being late in the tablet market

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, blamed and self criticized his own company in a shareholders’ meeting on innovation of their products in the past year as well as for its financial results. Ballmer revealed that the technology giants acted like a tortoise in the ongoing race of innovation and were second best in adopting them to new […]

The wait continues for Sony and Microsoft high-end consoles

There have been countless demands by developers, publishers, gamers and analysts for the key industry players, namely Sony and Microsoft, to step into the next-generation space already. Both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 made their way into the market at the end of 2005 and 2006 respectively and have been there since then, offering gamers […]

Gmail becomes world’s most popular webmail

Eight years ever since its inception, Gmail has surpassed the beloved mailing server, Hotmail. Gmail has been created by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in 1996, but a year later acquired by Microsoft who, over the years has changed its name. A year ago, Google had claimed to be number one in the bussines with […]

Facebook records third-quarter losses

The social network, Facebook, have suffered losses of 59 million dollars (45 million Euros) in the third quarter, compared with profit of 227 million in the same period last year, due to heavy tax provisions relating to the payment of remuneration in shares.  However, the company’s revenues grew 32% in the third quarter to 1,262 […]

Microsoft’s profit falls this quarter

Microsoft’s net profit fell 22% in the June-September quarter, an announcement that came a week before they presented their new operating system, Windows 8 and hinted at shifting towards electronic tablets. The net gain in terms of Microsoft, which in the current third quarter of its fiscal year starts, stood at 4.466 million dollars, because […]

Apple ignores Java on Mac OS X

Apple has decided to remove the software’s including Oracle and Java, to the operating system for Mac OS X. Through an update released on Wednesday, Apple has removed the plug-in Java on all browsers for Mac One of the reasons for their sudden decision may be due to security issues emerged in April, which affected the Macs in […]

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