CultureTech - Microsoft

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The CultureTechIndex

  • By Iain Simons
  • 19 January 2009

Can't be bothered to click on the links yourself? Let the weekly CutureTechIndex sift through the detritus to bring you the choice stories in our weekly digest…

Tags: software internet microsoft apple

Microsoft's social network

  • By Iain Simons
  • 14 November 2008

This week, Microsoft radically extended the services offered on their live.com service. Previously it was but a humble search portal, but overnight it’s been transformed into a plaxo/facebook/yahoo hybrid that’s so socially networked it sensed I’m writing this and has already added me as a friend.

Tags: internet microsoft socialnetwork instant messaging

Don't get stranded

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 15 May 2008

Being first in the queue for new gadgets puts you at the mercy of industry

Tags: hardware microsoft trends apple

Judgment day

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 27 September 2007

First on the market doesn't always fit with fair play and the diktat of the law

Tags: software microsoft

The human touch

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 23 August 2007

A user-friendly version of Linux renders Microsoft obsolete.

Tags: software microsoft linux

A licence to leave you out

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 26 July 2007

The BBC plan to use software that works only with Windows is anti-competitive.

Tags: software internet microsoft digital rights second life BBC

Send in the lawyers

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 04 June 2007

Linux users have stood up to Microsoft and won - for now

Tags: software microsoft linux open-source copyright

Hasta la Vista, baby

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 12 February 2007

Let Microsoft take control of my computer? That's one upgrade too far

Tags: software microsoft vista

The free and easy revolution

  • By Becky Hogge
  • 14 August 2006

The full potential of open-source software is only just starting to emerge

Tags: software internet microsoft intellectual property gnu linux open-source

CultureTech Tumblog - microsoft

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Following the New Year Zune disaster in which many of the Zune 30 devices were temporarily bricked, Microsoft provides some reassuring answers on Zune Insider

Q:  Will you update the firmware before the next leap year (2012)?

Yes.

Tags: microsoft zune

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The Final Chapter: Yahoo Now Wants to Be Acquired by Microsoft

To this day, I have to say that the best thing for Microsoft to do is to buy Yahoo

Tags: internet yahoo microsoft

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