Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
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Leave Yahoo Alone! Please?
Monday, February 4th, 2008
News of Microsoft’s unsolicited offer to buy Internet legend Yahoo at $44.6bn, caught me by surprise. I never though of Yahoo as something you can “buy”. Yes, it is a company, so certainly there must be someone out there with the cash to buy it.
If Yahoo is bought though - at whatever astronomical price, it [...] -
Noted News … Yesterday
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Oops, so “Noted News Today” is an “almost daily” column it would appear, and I don’t think I’ll be blogging it during the weekends either. Who knows. Anyhow, here’s what caught my attention yesterday, which I don’t want to go unnoticed.
China steps up diplomacy with N. Korea
China, North Korea’s only remaining “friend” in the world [...] -
A Zune for Christmas - All about Microsoft’s portable media player
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
Consumers in the US will be able to get their hands on Microsoft’s soon to be made available Zune by Christmas 2006. The portable media player is set to rival the king of the portable music / video player market, Apple’s iPod. With the secrecy and speculation surrounding this already highly anticipated gadget, Microsoft’s [...]
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Microsoft might delay Vista in Europe
Friday, September 8th, 2006
Shortly after Sony’s announcement of a delay to the release of PlayStation 3 in Europe until later in 2007, Microsoft has hinted they may have to delay the release of their new operating system, Vista, in Europe as well.
Which leaves me wondering - is there an international plot to send Europe back to the dark [...] -
Microsoft’s Zune music player announced
Monday, July 24th, 2006
What was the world missing? You guessed it! Yet another portable music player. And Microsoft decided to fill in the void with the now officially announced Zune player.
Zune is said to make a first appearance in the market later this year, while the details are kept behind a dark curtain of secrecy. Perhaps Microsoft is [...]
