Posts Tagged ‘ microsoft ’

  • Gun nuts respond to Microsoft Mojave
    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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  • Update: Google-Silverlight Deal Rolling Forward
    Comments - 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” […]

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  • End of the world scenario
    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 […]

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  • Former Microsoft Exec Joins Online Identity Startup
    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 […]

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  • QLOL: Zimbra challenges Microsoft Outlook
    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.

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  • Microsoft Announces Facebook Search/Advertising Deal
    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 […]

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  • Qumu Takes $10.7 Million For Video Management
    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 […]

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  • Plea to Yahoo: Shut Up and Sell Yourself Already
    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 […]

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  • Want 5,000 Gallons of Gas on Microsoft’s Dime?
    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 […]

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  • Microsoft & Netflix Team Up For New Xbox Streaming Service
    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 […]

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  • BlogSeeker’s final burial: a page of ads
    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 […]

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  • CareerBuilder Buys French Job Site
    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 […]

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  • He Said, She Said: Yahoo Responds
    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 […]

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