The flagship operating system of Microsoft Corp made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the largest software company of the world. “We still had Windows miss again, although not by nearly as much as it has the last couple quarters,” said Brendan Barnicle, [...]
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Feeble Windows holds back profits of Microsoft
November 5th, 2011 
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Tags: emerging market, Microsoft, software company, Windows 7, Windows 8 
No Comments »Hotmail To Block ‘Easy-To-Guess’ Passwords
July 17th, 2011 admin Microsoft would be asking Hotmail users, who have selected common passwords, to change them as part of a drive for increasing the security of its popular webmail service. This would mean a ban for the use of easy passwords such as “123456″ and “ilovecats” that can be easily cracked by malicious hackers using trial-and-error techniques. [...]
Windows Phone software to be updated by Microsoft
May 24th, 2011 admin Microsoft Corp. recently revealed its plans of a major upgrade to its Windows Phone software this fall, ahead of the launch of the first Nokia phones to use it. The revamped software includes a new, faster web browser and lets users switch quickly between applications by using a “card” display. From news.yahoo.com: Microsoft said the [...]
Posted in Business Blogging Tags: Microsoft, mobile platform, Nokia, Nokia phones, Windows Phone, Windows Phones No Comments »Nokia, Microsoft join against Google, Apple
March 12th, 2011 admin Nokia and Microsoft have teamed up to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market as Nokia, the Finnish cellphone maker, makes an attempt for regaining its leading position in the sector. Nokia revealed that it would use Windows Phone as the software platform for its smartphones as part of new chief executive [...]
Posted in Business Blogging Tags: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, software platform, Windows Phone 5 Comments »Windows 7 becomes the fastest selling OS ever
October 27th, 2010 admin Windows 7 from Microsoft Corp has sold more than 240 million copies in its first year, according to the company. This makes the operating system the fastest-selling operating system ever. The success of Windows 7 also helped the software giant to record profits despite a recent dip in computer sales growth. From Timesofindiatimes.com: Although Apple [...]
