Microsoft’s Wii Killer »

Microsoft Facebook Demo »

A demo of some of the apps built by Microsoft for the new Facebook APIs.

Microsoft Bing to go live May 29 »

Buzz Newsroom has confirmed from an industry sources that Microsoft’s revamp to Live Search – codenamed Kumo and now titled “Bing” – will be going live on Friday 29 May. The main goal, with a $80m marketing campaign, is to create a Google Killer. As previously reported, the new search engine will apparently be [...]

Microsoft, Yahoo Talks Continue »

Last month, Yahoo’s on-again-off-again talks with Microsoft over a search and advertising partnership were said to be back on. After months of finger pointing and recriminations over who was to blame for the deal cratering, the two sides were again on speaking terms. The stripped-down deal that the two have been discussing involves Yahoo outsourcing [...]

Microsoft’s Kumo VS Google – Sneak Peek »

At the D: All Things Digital conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil and talk more about new search engine dubbed Kumo.

The long expected upgrade to the Live Search product from Microsoft (MSFT) is being tested for a public rollout later this year. The blogosphere was a-twitter, literally, after a Twitter post [...]

Zune and Microsoft, Gay. »

Wes Moss, Certified Financial Planner, points out that filling a 120 GB iPod at iTunes costs $30,000. But you can get the same amount of songs, and millions more, for just $14.99 a month with Zune Pass.

Duke Nukem Dead, Forever? »

Former 3D Realms employee Bryan Brewer has revealed a video clip of gameplay action at his personal website. You can check it out below:

Following on from the recent and sad news that Duke Nukem creators 3D realms have closed, it has been speculated that Microsoft are planning to buy out the company and release [...]

Windows 7 RC1 Out »

Find Better Apps Fast, Build A DVD Drive For Your Netbook, HD And Stills For Mongol Rally, Windows 7 RC1: Free For a Year!

Microsoft to cut 5000 jobs »

Microsoft Corp. is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced in January. When Microsoft announced its first-ever companywide layoffs, the software maker cut 1,400 of the jobs it said it would slash, with the rest coming over an 18-month period. Now after making cuts that were disclosed Tuesday, the software [...]

Apple ups ante for iPhone gaming – hires XBOX exec »

Anybody who said Apple wasn’t serious about gaming can swallow their pundit nuggets right now: They just hired Richard Teversham, Xbox Europe’s (now former) senior director of business, insights and strategy. It’s especially interesting when you take into consideration Apple’s other recent major hire, ATI’s former graphics CTO, the guy who designed the GameCube’s graphics [...]

WTF is Microsoft Vine? »

It’s been awhile since Microsoft introduced a game-changing social Web application, but Vine — a service that’s debuting today with a beta test in Seattle — could be a contender. Vine is a hyperlocal, personalized message and alert system. It’s intended to be a dashboard that people can use to keep tabs of their family, [...]

Bill Gates Quits Facebook »

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has stopped using the Web site Facebook, the most damning indictment in a week full of bad press for social-networking technology. None of those reasons caused Bill Gates to abandon his Facebook account, however. His problem is excessive celebrity. After Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook last year, Gates spent [...]

Raising Bill Gates, That Troublemaker »

Spend time with the family of Bill Gates, and eventually someone will mention the water incident.
The future software mogul was a headstrong 12-year-old and was having a particularly nasty argument with his mother at the dinner table. Fed up, his father threw a glass of cold water in the boy’s face.
“Thanks for the shower,” the [...]

Windows 7 to have an ‘XP mode’ »

Microsoft is trying to make it easier to sway users of Windows XP onto the latest version of its operating system. For some time now, the company has been quietly building a “Windows XP mode” that uses virtualization to allow Windows 7 to easily run applications designed for Windows XP. According to sources familiar with [...]

Microsoft opens mini-mall at its headquarters »

Workers in the entertainment and devices division of Microsoft Corp. no longer have to leave their corporate home for entertainment. Or shopping, banking, massage or a meeting with as many as 1,400 people. As part of the company’s West Campus development in this suburb east of Seattle, Microsoft opened The Commons on Monday with 14 [...]

Microsoft sales fall for first time in 23 years »

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that declining PC sales hurt revenue, as the software giant reported quarterly sales that fell for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company. The Redmond, Wash.-based company said sales fell 6% from a year earlier to $13.7 billion, missing analysts’ expectations of $14.1 billion. Meanwhile, the company’s [...]

Another Try for a Microsoft and Yahoo Deal »

In early discussions that began in the last several weeks that apparently included a face-to-face meeting last week, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer are finally talking about search and also advertising partnerships the companies could possibly strike, said several sources with knowledge of the situation. According to a variety of sources, [...]

Encarta dies a quiet death »

Ah, everyone has had the experience – a new PC and buttloads of worthless software included. Discs and discs of CDs – most of them crap. But included in that ream of junk was Microsoft’s Encarta – an encyclopedia right on my own computer. The idea was kind of cool. At least it felt kind [...]

PCs to replace videogame consoles? »

The videogame industry has long been controlled by consoles created by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. But the big three’s dominance could diminish once a videogame-on-demand service, backed by Warner Bros. and a slew of major game makers, rolls out later this year. The OnLive Game Service, which is being shown off at this week’s Game [...]

Steve Ballmer “won’t say full steam ahead” with Zune »

Hidden in this Wall Street Journal article with Steve Ballmer, it looks like the Zune is official dead. If Microsoft is planning on keeping the Zune alive, Steve wouldn’t even hint at this…
SA: Whither Zune?
SB: “We’re going to keep going with Zune”. It’s two things: Service and a device. The Zune service, that’s going to [...]