Microsoft, for the first time in history are releasing this beta as a free upgrade for anyone and everyone who want to give Windows 7 a try. Windows 7 had garnered positive reviews from everyone and is touted to be the real Windows XP replacement instead of Windows Vista which was released in 2007. Vista received a lot of brickbats and was just called a buggy, showy OS with no real use to anyone. The long list of incompatible hardware ...

31st Dec 2008 will be remembered in the history as (one of my friends says ) "The day the Zune stood still". On Dec 31st, all Zune 30GB versions mysteriously stopped working. All Zunes got stuck at the loading page and stopped responding altogether. With widespread reports ranging from viruses to faulty software everyone, including the MS Zune development team were left their heads scratching at the sudden bricking of their beloved Zunes. Finally someone figured it out. Apparently the Zune ...

There have been conflicting reports all over the web about the proposed layoffs by Microsoft. Apparently, there are going to be a huge layoffs on Jan 15th. These reports may have some ground since Microsoft is going to release its Q2 Earnings report on January 22nd. Worldwide Microsoft employs around 90,000 people and rumors suggest upto 17% job cuts in the company. This is going to have serious implications for the company and the shareholders as well. Insiders are quite ...

Apple, Google and Microsoft were at the recieving end this time when a small Indiana company, Cygnus filed a lawsuit against them claiming infringement. The software in question relates to a common file preview feature used by the browsers and operating systems developed by the above mentioned companies. It shows users small snapshots of the files before they are opened. The patent in question (#7346850) was applied for by Cygnus in 2001. It includes a "System and method for iconic software environment ...

How do you add $3 billion to your companies worth in these times of crisis? Easy, just get Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to make a hint that he’s going to buy your company. Thats exactly what has just happened to Yahoo when Steve made a comment at Gartner ITXpo that a Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo would “make sense economically” to each other’s shareholders. After this comment the Yahoo stock soared to $13.73 which is over a 15% rise and has ...

Microsoft have finally announced the name of the upcoming Windows release, it’s going to be called wait for it... Windows 7. It’s a pretty boring name really and windows hasn’t been called its build number since Windows 3 but on the Microsoft blog they have stated that going back to the new naming system is because of simplicity. They tried dates, 95, 98 and 2000 but they don’t release new versions often enough to justify naming Windows versions after their ...