Posts Tagged ‘ microsoft ’
Comments - Posted 08.06.08
Apparently Microsoft’s Mojave experiment hasn’t converted everybody in the United States, as these gun fans demonstrate. NSFW in terms of the music playing, so turn the volume down.
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continueComments - Posted 08.05.08
Google will serve ads into Microsoft’s Silverlight 2 platform, the company has confirmed.
Google’s original announcement that DoubleClick would start powering Silverlight 2-based ads disappeared shortly after its posting this morning, leading us to question what was up with the deal. Google tells us, though, that the vanishing act was a result of a “glitch” […]
Comments - Posted 07.31.08
Received via email, so I don’t know where it originated (and Google was no help either).
George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and Steve Ballmer were called in by God.
God informed them that he was very unhappy about what was going on in this world. Since things were so bad, he told the three that he was […]
Comments - Posted 07.30.08
A former Microsoft executive has joined Identity.net, a new startup aimed at letting people better control their “online reputations.”
Susan Koehler, previously in charge of Microsoft’s consumer digital imaging, will become chief marketing officer for Identity.net. Koehler is credited with helping boost Microsoft’s business planning as well as implementing projects such as the […]
Comments - Posted 07.24.08
Yahoo has decided to challenge Microsoft on its home turf, with the new version of Zimbra taking the good fight to Microsoft Outlook.
Originial image credit: Wikimedia Commons. More on the new Zimbra here at The Inquisitr.
Comments - Posted 07.24.08
Microsoft has now officially announced a new search and advertising deal with Facebook. Senior VP Satya Nadella revealed the development at the company’s annual financial meeting Thursday.
Under the arrangement, first reported by Reuters, Microsoft will provide all search functions and search advertising for the social network site via its Live utility. Microsoft […]
Comments - Posted 07.21.08
Online video management company Qumu has a hefty $10.7 million in new funding this week. Qumu secured the Series C funding from several investors, including Advanced Technology Ventures and SAP Ventures.
Qumu provides video streaming solutions for high-profile companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and eBay. It’s also working with AT&T in a “strategic […]
Comments - Posted 07.21.08
We interrupt our programming for a brief editorial…
Am I the only one who dreads waking up each day to see what silly new banter, war cry, or promise has been put forward in the neverending saga of Yahoo’s downward spiral?
The latest news today, in case you’re the one person who hasn’t heard it, is that […]
Comments - Posted 07.15.08
Microsoft is giving away 5,000 gallons of gas as part of a promotion announced via e-mail. The details were sent out to limited recipients earlier today.
You have to work at a small business — defined as having between two and 100 employees — within the United States to enter. You can’t work for […]
Comments - Posted 07.14.08
Microsoft’s getting in the game of Internet-to-television movie downloads. A new partnership with Netflix will bring streaming movie and show capabilities to TVs via the Xbox 360 gaming system.
The service will be offered only to users who pay for an Xbox LIVE Gold membership and also have a Netflix membership. If you fall […]
Comments - Posted 07.09.08
After reporting June 30 that eWeek’s BlogSeeker blog tracking service hadn’t been updated since March, someone at eWeek must have been reading The Inquisitr, because the page has been updated…with ads.
There isn’t a lot known about the service as for what ever reason eWeek has scrubbed nearly every mention of it, except for a few […]
Comments - Posted 07.09.08
CareerBuilder now has a French recruitment agency in its ranks. The job search giant — co-owned by Gannett, Tribune, McClatchy, and Microsoft — has announced it’s snatching up Lesjeudis.com, for an as-of-yet unspecified amount of money.
Lesjeudis describes itself as one of the most visited job sites in France, featuring six separate sub-sites focused on […]
Comments - Posted 07.07.08
Yahoo has issued its own statement in response to Microsoft’s letter explaining it would hold off on further talks until a new board is in place:
Yahoo!’s Board of Directors continues to stand ready to enter into negotiations with Microsoft Corporation for an acquisition of Yahoo!. Indeed, as recently as June, Yahoo!’s independent directors and management […]




