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PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Help
PS3Center.net – 1 hour ago by Dustin S. We reported earlier that the version 2.60 update can cause problems with your PS3 and we are here to give helping hand. Why I gave up the Wii CNET News More Than Meets the Eye How Consoles Became Mission Control Exclaim! G4 TV – PCEverything – Digital Life – PSX Extreme all 22 news articles |
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Nice try IE8, but Mozilla slices better
Livemint – 48 minutes ago We’ll spend a few moments reflecting on Microsoft’s new IE8 browser. Release Candidate 1 of the browser was launched this weekend but we won’t blame if you don’t know or don’t care. Our Favorite IE8 Add-Ons PC Magazine IE8's Clickjacking Fix Not Much Help, Experts Say PC World eWeek – Register – Techtree.com – BBC News all 281 news articles Langue : Français |
Technical advisers to the antitrust regulators who monitor Microsoft Corp.’s compliance with a 2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 “more thoroughly” than earlier versions of the operating system were tested, according to a recently-released status report filed with the federal judge watching over the company.
Crazy Taco writes “Tom’s Hardware reports on newly discovered screenshots that reveal Microsoft is planning to release their newest version of Windows in multiple confusing versions … again. The information comes from the latest version of the Windows 7 beta, build 7025 (the public beta is build 7000), and shows a screen during installation that asks the user which version of the OS he or she would like to install. Who’s up for guessing what the difference is between Windows 7 ‘Starter’ and Windows 7 ‘Home Basic?'”
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Harris goes on to claim “Windows 7 is the final nail in the desktop Linux market’s coffin. Unless Microsoft gets stupid on pricing, it is game over for Linux netbook market share.” Wait … is Linux losing the desktop market, or the netbook market?
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Killzone 2 hits #2 on Amazon's pre-order list
PS3Center.net – 24 Jan 2009 by Nick Killzone 2 has long been the center of a lot of attention by hardcore PS3 fans for it's ultra-realistic graphics and deep multi-player gameplay. Microsoft 'can't imagine' PS3 catching up to Xbox 360 NetworkWorld.com Street Fighter IV PS3, Xbox 360 sales move up Punch Jump Times and Transcript – Kotaku.com all 7 news articles |
Microsoft made the release candidate of Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its popular web browser, available for download midday Monday.
The Windows 7 beta from Microsoft continues to generate lots of positive buzz. In fact, the word of mouth reaction is almost the polar opposite of Vista’s. Here are six things you need to keep in mind about Windows 7 and what it means for Microsoft . . . and you!
CWmike notes that after a US Senator urged Microsoft to lay off H-1B workers first, Microsoft says it is cutting a ‘significant number’ of foreign workers as part of the layoff it announced last week. But experts say there is nothing in the law requiring a company to cut the jobs of H-1B workers before US workers. David Kussin, an immigration attorney, said, ‘In fact, the law is very well designed to say that you have to treat H-1Bs the same as US citizens in all regards.’ Another H-1B critic, UC Davis professor Norman Matloff, said the Senator’s letter would help their fight. ‘If Microsoft doesn’t state that they will lay off the H-1Bs first — and they won’t state this — then it would be awfully tough for Bill Gates to come back to the Hill and urge an H-1B increase, wouldn’t it?'”
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Microsoft is accused by EU again
BBC News – 8 hours ago The European Commission has accused Microsoft of harming competition by bundling its Internet Explorer browser with its Windows operating system. Browser wars MyADSL Microsoft's IE 8 debut adds 'special' list Register Computerworld – Economic Times – PC World – Financial Times all 140 news articles Langue : Français |
