New Windows Phones Go Live, Just the Beginning
A roster of new mobile phones powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 has become available worldwide starting with October 6th, 2009, with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer promising at a Paris event that this is nothing more than the beginning.
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6.10.2009Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is the beginning of something...just a beginning
Web users who are expecting a major shift in philosophy in the first round of Firefox betas, may want to wait for the developers to have their say.
For now, there are a few helpful features, but one really useful one remains on the way...
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16.10.2008Vonage Cuts Losses, But Subs Growth Stalls
Even though its fundamentals
are improving, including a
narrowing loss, VoIP provider
Vonage is beginning to feel
the sting of competition, as
subscriber growth is beginning
to stall...
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15.02.2007If Gates is right, how much longer for keyboards & mice?
It wasn't exactly 'Minority Report' but Bill Gates's technology demonstration at the company's CEO Summit earlier today may be remembered years
from now as a harbinger of the end for the keyboard and mouse era. Not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon enough. (Cue Winston Churchill here about
how this is not the end, the beginning of the end, but perhaps, it's the end of the beginning.)
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15.05.2008A new year and a new beginning for the iPhone
To this date, the iPhone has only been offered by mobile service giant AT&T (In the U.S.). That has been the biggest down-side to many people
interested in purchasing the device. In most rural areas, AT&T simply doesn't offer 3G speeds which defeats the main emphasis of the iPhone.
Whilst we were all out spending the last few moments of 2008 with our friends and family, a hacker group calling themselves the "iPhone Dev Team"
was hard at work finalizing a program that finally "unlocks" the iPhone. Wait, it's already been done hasn't it? Negative, there is
tremendous difference when it comes to "unlocking" a mobile device and "jailbreaking" a device.
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02.01.2009Facebook users translate the site again, this time to German
The translation project that was only announced at the beginning of the year for Facebook has already made massive progress with only the help of
volunteers...
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04.03.2008OLED Screen TVs Enter the Market
Sony announced today that it will provide Japan with the first commercially-available Organic LED TVs beginning on the first of December 2007...
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02.10.2007Nine-hour network outage cripples AT&T mobile data traffic
Beginning at around 5:30 EST on Thursday, AT&T's EDGE and UMTS data networks went down for reasons even now unknown to company technicians...
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01.02.2008Google restricts Gmail access in Germany
A 2007 court ruling has resulted in some changes to the way the search company provides its services in Germany, and Google's users were
unceremoniously treated to some of those changes beginning late last week...
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25.06.2008Has Bungie Really Left Microsoft?
Nobody's talking yet, but a new rash of reports are beginning to make it seem like the breakup of Bungie and Microsoft may be more than just a silly
Internet rumor...
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04.10.2007TSA to allow travelers' laptops to stay packed
Beginning August 16, the US Transportation Safety Administration will no longer expressly require laptops to be removed from luggage at airport
security checkpoints if they are kept in appropriate bags...
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16.08.2008Microsoft: The Open Source Company
If you can't beat them, join them? That may well be Microsoft's mantra, as it joins the open source community today with the blessing of the Open
Source Initiative (OSI).
After weighing the software giant's license terms against 10 criteria defined by the Open Source
Definition, the OSI said it approved the the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) and the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL).
"Is
this the beginning of the end? Or is this the end of the beginning?" Michael Tiemann, vice president of open source affairs at Red Hat and president
of the OSI, wrote in a blog post. "I know that the eyes of the technology world will be on the OSI and on Microsoft to see what happens next.
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16.10.2007Telecom firm turns to open source model for its VoIP platform
Companies are beginning to transition away from traditional phone lines towards voice over IP technology, but several price and support-related issues
haven't made it as cost effective as it could be...
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30.04.2008Pro-Tibet album may be behind China iTunes block
Users of Apple's music store in China have been reporting problems downloading music since the beginning of the week...
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23.08.2008Dell Signs Retail Deal With Staples
Dell said Monday that it will begin selling its lineup of computer products through business supply retailer Staples beginning November 11...
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23.10.2007Microsoft to stop boxed sales of Money
Although it has been offering its financial suite in a downloadable version for quite some time, beginning with the 2009 version of Money Plus, it
will no longer be sold through retail channels...
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12.08.2008Best Buy ends sales of analog TVs
The nation's largest consumer electronics chain says it has pulled all analog televisions off store shelves. Flat panel and high-definition screens
have taken their place.
Beginning in February 2009, broadcasters plan to stop transmitting analog signals, although people with
older sets can still get programming via special converter boxes, set-top box or direct satellite.
The Minneapolis-based chain
says it told its stores to stop selling the products at the beginning of the month.
More than 60 million U.S. households
currently rely on an antennas or analog cable. Cable operators are required to guarantee their customers will receive broadcast channels until
February 2012.
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17.10.2007Google to Offer Online PowerPoint Rival
Even though Google continues
to claim that its online
productivity suite is not
intended to compete with
Microsoft's Office product,
its latest addition is
beginning to raise eyebrows...
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18.04.2007Firefox 2.0 to Feature New JavaScript 1.7
One of the principal new
features of Firefox 2.0 is a
changed, though not radically
altered, JavaScript
interpreter. It's beginning
to look a lot like Python, as
Mozilla Foundation VP Mike
Schroepfer told us in an
interview with BetaNews...
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14.10.2006The History of Microsoft - 1975
Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a little computer company in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program was called BASIC, and it was the start of this company we call
Microsoft.
Today,
were beginning a brand new series called
The History of Microsoft. Travel with us back in
time as we discover the roots of one of the world's most important technology companies. Using rare video and photos we bring you the heart of
Microsoft's struggles and successes. Year by Year. Every Thursday we will air a brand new episode beginning with 1975 where "The History of
Microsoft" all began.
We hope you enjoy this historical journey.
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06.02.2009PS3 Sales Dropping in Japan
There is increasing evidence
worldwide that sales of the
PlayStation 3 are beginning to
slow significantly. A firm
says sales of the console in
Japan this past week were the
worst since launch...
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