Microsoft India centre working on Windows 7
Designers and engineers at Microsoft R&D centre in India have a new mandate for development of Windows 7, the next generation operating system from Microsoft Corporation, slated for release in 2009-10. Thanks to pacpis for the news.
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4.8.2007 Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in India
With plans to double its workforce in India over the next four years to 3,000, Microsoft on Wednesday said it would pump $1.7 billion into the country to develop new facilities for research and development. A special version of Windows for India will also be released in nine Indian languages.
"The growth in employment for Microsoft will be more in India than the United States," Bill Gates told reporters. Microsoft's pledge follows news that Intel will spend $1 billion in India over the next five years, and an announcement by Cisco that will invest $1.1 billion. Microsoft's efforts will focus on bridging the digital divide and provide technology to the poor and those without computers.
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7.12.2005 Sakshat, $10 laptop from India?
Government hopes its mini-computer, the world's cheapest, will bridge the digital divide between rich and poor.
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7.2.2009 Microsoft helps fight online child abuse in India
What is that evil, evil Microsoft up to now? The software giant is working with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the international police force Interpol to help Indian law enforcement agencies, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in how to use technologies, tools, and procedures for countering cybercrimes against children.
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20.1.2007 Microsoft launches new low-cost PC effort in India
Microsoft has launched another low-cost PC effort in India, this time partnering with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices in an effort to get more computers into the hands of students.
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28.6.2007 Windows XP SP3 and Windows Seven - Made in India
Asphyxiated under Sinofsky's Windows Omerta, the Redmond company is not breathing a single word about the future of Windows XP and Windows Vista, and the whole of the Windows platform for that matter.
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6.8.2007 Why buy a genuine Windows Vista when pirated is easier and better?
Recently Microsoft had a 50% price cut for Home Basic and Home Premium Editions of Windows Vista. The price cut is mainly targeted at China which has the 2nd highest software piracy rate in the world after Vietnam. Thanks to thepodest for this post on the blog.
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8.8.2007 Buy Windows 7 RTM for Just £30 Come October 1, 2009
Microsoft is rolling out a new special offering with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core. Dubbed the Windows 7 UK Student Offer, the special offering allows students in the United Kingdom to purchase Windows 7 for as little as £30.
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17.9.2009 Your XP-to-Windows 7 upgrade path: Buy a new PC
Microsoft's leaders really, really want you to forget about Vista and move right on to Windows 7. And who can blame them?
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17.9.2009 Buy Windows 7 for 35€, Just for French and German Students
Microsoft has lined up some pretty sweet deals with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core, beating hands-down the special offerings it made available for Windows Vista, when it debuted in January 2007.
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29.10.2009 Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will hit general availability October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for.
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6.6.2009 Google to buy Opera?
"Take that, IE 7"
Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed.
Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually well informed source" has told him the buy is on the cards.
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17.12.2005 Why Would Microsoft Buy Opera?
Reports are propagating that Microsoft has bought browser maker Opera Software. According to at least one publication, however, Opera representatives say the rumors are untrue, just as the rumors about Google buying Opera that supposedly circulated last week were also unfounded.
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25.12.2005 If You Were Bill Gates, What Would You Buy Next?
If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave you a blank check and asked you to spend it in ways that would improve Microsoft's bottom line, what would you do with it? We're not talking planes, trains and automobiles here; we're talking tech investments. We know Microsoft technical evangelist
Robert Scoble would go Web 2.0-crazy with his mad money. But what about you?
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4.2.2006 Microsoft To Buy Logitech?
There's loud whispers in the business community that Logitech, makers of (among other things) fine console and PC gaming peripherals, are about to be bought out by Microsoft.
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10.1.2008 Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo Now?
Absolutely. Microsoft should yell "Yahoo!" one more time.
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11.10.2008 Microsoft in talks to buy Softricity
Microsoft is in talks to buy application virtualisation software vendor Softricity of Boston, CRN has learned.
"It's coming down to the final stretches," said one source close to Microsoft who is familiar with the discussions. "It's not a done deal yet but it's just last minute haggling kind of stuff."
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19.5.2006 Microsoft to buy aQuantive for $6 billion
Microsoft plans to acquire aQuantive, a digital marketing services agency, for around $6 billion in order to grow its Internet advertising business, it announced Friday.
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19.5.2007 Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun.
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20.4.2009 Microsoft in pole position to buy AOL
Search giant Yahoo's decision not to buy AOL has left Microsoft as the most likely candidate to buy the troubled outfit.
Vole wants AOL to sink Google and is widely seen as the main candidate to buy the outfit. Google wants AOL to give it a portal to increase its advertising potential. At the moment, it makes more than 10 per cent of its revenues out of AOL.
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Want In on the Live Messenger Beta? Buy It On eBay
If you just can't wait for a private invite into the Windows Live Messenger beta, you now have another alternative:
Buy an invite on eBay. We, ourselves, have seen lots of folks offering all over the Web free invites for Microsoft's next-generation consumer instant-messaging client. Maybe we'll even get one in our Christmas stockings….
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22.12.2005 Google 'looking to buy' Microsoft Office clone
Google is hoping to launch an office software suite that mimics Microsoft Office, according to the developer of the software.
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13.12.2006 Microsoft to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
In its race to become the runner-up on the search engine and online advertising markets, Microsoft is about to give Google a little something to chew on.
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1.2.2008 10 reasons to buy new hardware now - during a recession
TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware.
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20.1.2009 AMD Gains Antitrust Approval to Buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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7.9.2006 Microsoft Boosts Speech/Voice Capabilities With Tellme Buy
Microsoft took another step toward rounding out its unified communications vision Wednesday with a deal to acquire voice/speech services player Tellme Networks.
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15.3.2007 Leaked Best-Buy Inventory Screens - Multi-Touch MacBook Pros on the Way?
Following reports that three new MacBook Pro models had been spotted in Best Buy's inventory, screenshots are now available to back that story up.
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3.2.2008 Buy Windows 7 Ultimate for Just $99.99, Home Premium for Just $49.99
While the Windows 7 SKU official pricing is nothing short of being on par with that of Windows Vista's editions, with the exception of Home Premium, Microsoft does have something special in stores for consumers.
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25.6.2009 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008Microsoft to Invest $1.7
Billion in India
With plans to double its
workforce in India over the
next four years to 3,000,
Microsoft on Wednesday said it
would pump $1.7 billion into
the country to develop new
facilities for research and
development. A special version
of Windows for India will also
be released in nine Indian
languages...
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08.12.2005Google India could be ordered to break one blogger's anonymity
Construction equipment company Gremach Infrastructure Equipments and Projects Ltd. demanded in High Court in Mumbai, India that Google India disclose
the identity of "Toxic Writer," a blogger who made defamatory remarks about the company's mining project in Mozambique...
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16.08.2008Microsoft India centre working on Windows 7
Designers and engineers at
Microsoft R&D centre in India
have a new mandate for
development of Windows 7, the
next generation operating
system from Microsoft
Corporation, slated for
release in 2009-10.
This new operating
system will have in-built
features to address
networking-related issues,
virtualisation that helps
create separate machines
within a PC and various
plug-ins for accessories for
the new OS.
The Senior Vice-President,
Windows Core Operating System
Division, Mr Jon DeVaan, said
they have created the
necessary platform for
development work in India
following a recent meeting of
the Windows 7 group at
Redmond, the Microsoft
headquarters. This team headed
by Mr Sunil Bansali, and
comprising members of the
Windows and Windows Live
development teams, has now
been given the task of working
on the next generation
operating system.
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04.08.2007Microsoft charged for evading tax in India
Thanks to prince_niceguy for the news tip.
Microsoft has been charged Rs 256 ($57 million) in taxes and penalties by the service
tax department in India.
The department found that Microsoft India's Gurgoan unit carried out marketing activities for its India
operations and not for the Singapore unit as it had claimed. "We have finalised the notices which would be served very soon. The tax evasion pertains
to the period from June 19, 2006 to December 12, 2007," a senior service tax official said.
Microsoft officials said they had
not received any
official communication from the tax department regarding the matter.
This is the second time Microsoft India have been in trouble with the
service tax department of India. In a previous case Microsoft had to pay income tax generated from sale of software in India for six years from 1999
to 2005 that it owed.
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30.09.2008XP Starter Edition Travels to
India
Microsoft is bringing Windows
XP Starter Edition to India,
where it will offer the
stripped down operating system
in English for the first time.
The low-cost version of XP
drops home networking and
limits the number of programs
that can be opened
simultaneously...
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24.09.2005India wants to develop a $10 laptop for students
Even the $100 laptop long envisioned by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) seems pricey in contrast to a $10 laptop announced this week in India...
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30.07.2008OpenDocument Gains Ground in
Belgium, India
OpenDocument made additional
strides in establishing itself
this week, as the Belgian
government certified the OASIS
format as the only acceptable
standard for internal
documents. In addition,
OpenDocument backers are
promoting the format in India
at the IIT Delhi conference...
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26.06.20065 Years Later, Microsoft IPTV Coming to India
At a press event in Mumbai, India today, Microsoft announced an expanded partnership with India's Reliance Communications Ltd. to bring IPTV service
to the country by March 2008. The launch would come over five years after the companies first joined up...
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06.11.2007India, Brazil next to take issue with Open XML
After South Africa voiced its objections to how the Open XML standards ratification proceedings were conducted, the standards bodies of both India and
Brazil are registering similar complaints...
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30.05.2008Sakshat, the $20 laptop from India
Presumably said with a straight face, India unveiled its Sakshat $20 laptop yesterday. What's hard to come by is how the actual laptop will
be built as are no known pictures of the laptop published. The Sakshat laptop, which translates to "before your eyes", will boast 2GB of storage,
WiFi, Ethernet and use only 2 watts of power. That is all that is known for now about the cheap laptop but it has many wondering if it is anything
more than vaporware. The idea of a $20 laptop is going to be quite the task and is slated for a release this summer.
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04.02.2009Microsoft India Sings About
Developers
Last month, Microsoft Korea
posted a rap and accompanying
music video to celebrate the
launch of Visual Studio 2005.
Now, Indian rock group
Parikrama has created a song
to honor the arrival of Bill
Gates in India on December 9,
where he will herald the
arrival of Microsoft's
next-generation developer
tools...
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01.12.2005Internet in India Slowed by Middle East Outage
Internet traffic from India to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. has slowed down, as Internet service providers (ISPs) have started diverting
traffic from Middle Eastern links to slower links through the Asia-Pacific region, according to the head of an ISP association in India.
Two underwater cables in the Mediterranean Sea, including one from Flag Telecom, owned by India's Reliance Communications, and another from the
South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) consortium, were damaged Wednesday for reasons as yet unclear.
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31.01.2008Facebook Lite available now for users in the U.S. and India
A while ago, it was discovered that Facebook, the popular social networking site, had started testing out a new version of its service dubbed
'Facebook Lite'. At the time, it was unclear as to when the choice to have the Lite version would become publicly available, though as public
testing was already underway, it was expected that it wouldn't be long. Today, according to TechCrunch, it seems the site has suddenly gone live
for both the United States and India. What exactly is so appealing about a stripped-down version of Facebook?
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11.09.2009Apple's iPhone 3G gets ho-hum response in Poland and India
Mobile service provider Orange Poland this week hired actors to help "warm up" reception to Apple's latest phone. Meanwhile, in India, a new
iPhone 3G costs the US equivalent of $712 -- another indicator of barriers in some emerging markets...
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22.08.2008Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will RTM October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for. Now
that we know the date, our next question is what will Windows 7 cost consumers? Apparently Best Buy has the answer to that question, as Engadget is
reporting that a leaked memo has revealed the upgrade plans for Windows 7. According to the image above, Best Buy will offer customers to order a
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99.99.
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05.06.2009Microsoft to Distribute Free Software in India
Microsoft Corp., maker of the popular Windows line of operating systems, announced today that it will distribute free software to nonprofit groups to
boost charity in India. The software donation will be routed through a technology assistance program that India's NASSCOM Foundation is offering in
partnership with TechSoup, a San Francisco-based group that partners in charity work with companies like Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Symantec.
NASSCOM Foundation, the philanthropy arm of the trade body of technology companies operating in India, introduced the program Monday - titled BiG
Tech.
BiG Tech is a Web-based program that allows nonprofits to apply for free software online. The foundation will charge a fee of up to
4 percent to the nonprofit groups. Nearly 35,000 nonprofit groups in India will be eligible for such software donations. MS sees BiG Tech as another
opportunity to push its India strategy that has often tied business moves with philanthropy. " We think it is going to make a big impact in
India, " said Neelam Dhawan, managing director at Microsoft India. The software maker is a major donor for TechSoup, which runs or partners
similar technology assistance programs across 25 countries outside the United States.
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27.08.2007IBM's India Hiring Binge Continues
According to Tuesday's IBM
annual report to the
Securities and Exchange
Commission, the work force at
International Business
Machines Corporation grew 8%
in 2006, with most of the rise
coming in India. IBM noted
that at the end of 2006 it
employed a total of 355,766
people, up from 329,373 one
year earlier. Its base in
India was 52,000 people, up
from 36,000 a year ago. Three
years earlier, IBM had just
9,000 people there, before the
company dramatically stepped
up its efforts to lower costs
by doing more software
development, services work and
customer support from India.
That makes India the
second-largest center for IBM,
trailing only the United
States, where IBM's work
force rose slightly to
127,000.
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01.03.2007Microsoft entering the low-cost PC sales biz; first stop India
Microsoft as OEM? The Redmond
giant has announced its plans
to sell low-cost Windows PCs
in parts of India as part of
its "Unlimited Potential"
program, with the first model
using AMD CPUs and being
priced just above $500.
Dubbed the IQ PC, the
machines will cost RS21,000
(about $525), are manufactured
in partnership with Zenith,
and will sport AMD Athlon
CPUs.
Aimed primarily
at students, the desktop PCs
will initially be made
available in a limited number
of retail outlets in Pune and
Bangalore. After a three-month
trial, the program will be
expanded if sales are strong
enough to warrant it.
"We don't see any gain
in the short term. Our
perspective is long term,"
Microsoft India chairman Ravi
Venkatesan said in a
statement. "The IQ PC
offerings are supported by a
host of partners, both
hardware and software, who
have extensive experiences,
understanding and are leaders
in their area of operations."
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27.06.2007India wants Google Earth maps blurred
India's government has joined
the governments of Australia,
Russia, South Korea and
Thailand in asking Google to
blur Google Earth images
because of security concerns.
In September 2005 the company
added India, with satellite
images of major cities,
prompting Indian President
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to raise
concerns that terrorists could
use the images to plan attacks
because of the program's
level of detail. A Times of
India report on Sunday said
Google has agreed to blur or
distort the installations (a
resolution no greater than 25
to 50 metres per pixel)
instead of blacking them out
so as not to draw attention to
their locations. On the other
hand, a report in Monday's
issue of Computerworld quotes
a spokeswoman for Google India
as saying no agreement has yet
been reached.
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05.02.2007ONGC largest deployer of Windows Vista in Asia
India's leading crude and gas producer ONGC has emerged the largest Windows Vista customer for Microsoft Corporation in Asia, with a deployment of
over 18,000 units in Asia. ONGC chose to implement Windows Vista due to its advanced security features, expected productivity benefits, search
functionality and lower total cost of ownership. ONGC has also conducted company-wide trainings for employees. During these trainings, employee
feedback on the benefits of Windows Vista has been extremely positive, with over 91 per cent rating their initial experience of Windows Vista as very
good or excellent. Key Windows Vista customers in India include DeBeers, Hotel Saravana Bhavan, Infosys, KRaheja Corp, Larsen & Toubro, Macawber
Beekay, Satyam, Symphony Services and TCS. News source: Sify
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