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Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Android Market Hosts Highest Proportion of Free Apps

Mobile application analytics firm Distimo has published some numbers on U.S. app stores that might surprise those who have had to wade through the mountains of free software on iTunes. As it turns out, it’s the Android Market that actually has the highest proportion of free applications availa

02.24.2010 | Featured Article, Mobile | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft launches Windows 7 (video)

Microsoft launches Windows 7 (video)

Reuters.com wrote: Microsoft Corp launched Windows 7 on Thursday in its most important release for more than a decade, aiming to win back customers after the disappointing Vista and strengthen its grip on the PC market. The world's largest software company, which powers more than 90 percen

10.22.2009 | Business, Technology, Video | Hugo Candeias

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What Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer have to say (video)

Michael Arrington, TechCrunch wrote: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited Silicon Valley on Thursday for his annual meeting with top venture capitalists to talk about Microsoft product strategy. This was his first visit to Silicon Valley since announcing the search partnership with Yahoo in Ju

09.25.2009 | Technology, Video | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft show faster Windows 7

BBC.co.uk wrote: Intel and Microsoft say the Windows 7 operating system (OS) will give "better battery life and quicker boot times". The firms made the claim at a press event in San Francisco where engineers put the new OS through its paces. Microsoft are hoping their new system will perfor

09.2.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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New Trojan Snags Skype Calls on Windows PCs

InternetNews.com wrote: A new Trojan is recording Skype phone calls on Windows PCs, security research firm Symantec reported today. "What we're looking at is something that could be considered the first 'wiretap Trojan,'" Symantec's Intel Security Team wrote in a blog post. Symantec's analy

08.29.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft releases Windows 7 code to PC makers

Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it is releasing the code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, keeping the software company on track to have machines running its new operating system in the stores by late October. The move means Hewlett-Packard Co, Dell Inc, Acer Inc and other computer makers c

07.23.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft Office users attacked by cybercriminals

Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair. The world's largest software maker issued the warning on Tuesday as it released patches to address nine other security

07.14.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Six in 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7

Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications. Windows 7 will be released October 22, but has already garnered good revie

07.13.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft to cut prices on Windows 7

Microsoft Corp. is to sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology. The world's largest software company, whose recent ads champion low-priced PCs ag

06.25.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Microsoft Will Ship Windows 7 Sans IE in Europe

The move is intended to convince the European Commission that it is serious about antitrust compliance. In a move aimed at heading off further punitive action by the European Commission, Microsoft has confirmed that it will distribute Windows 7 without Internet Explorer within European Union coun

06.11.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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