And so it was fortold, that in its 11th year Google would step forward and deliver Chrome, and the world of browsers would never be the same. If you’ve been monitoring the Crunchmemeosphere today, that’s what you would have heard, a browser that will kill Windows, kills the operating system, and kills rogue CIA agents. [...]

So after years of rumors and speculation, Google has made it official, the GBrowser, now known as Google Chrome will be released Tuesday for Windows, with Mac and Linux following.
It’s another bold move from a company that wants to be everything to everyone, but logical in the sense that Google is a web company and [...]

Microsoft has agreed to acquire Greenfield Online, an online survey firm and comparison shopping provider for $17.50 per share, or $486 million.
Although better known for its survey business, Greenfield operates Ciao.com, one of the more popular price comparison and consumer review sites in Europe. Ciao.com currently has more than 26.5 million unique visitors per month [...]

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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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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]