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Article | 29/05/2012 Nokia to supply traffic data for Bing Maps
Nokia has announced it will supply traffic information and geocoding algorithms to Microsoft's Bing Maps, allowing users to learn about incidents that...
Article | 30/05/2012 Facebook could buy Nokia to build 'FacePhone', expert claims
While a potential Facebook smartphone was ridiculed by analysts, one Paris-based marketing expert predicted a "FacePhone" will happen in 18 months, an...
Article | 30/05/2012 Nearly a fifth of U.S. PCs have no virus protection, McAfee finds
The story "Nearly a fifth of U.S. PCs have no virus protection, McAfee finds" posted Wednesday included an inaccurate second headline.
Article | 30/05/2012 Nearly a fifth of U.S. PCs have no virus protection, McAfee finds
A McAfee study of PCs around the world found that 17 percent had no antivirus protection, and the U.S. outpaced the average with 19 percent of PCs unp...
Article | 24/05/2012 Opinion: Why Office for iPad is inevitable
The rumor is back. There are new reports that Microsoft is developing a version of the Microsoft Office suite for Apple’s iOS operating system--and pe...
Article | 24/05/2012 About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365
About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the...
Article | 24/05/2012 Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which al...
Article | 23/05/2012 Windows Phone Marketplace goes Mango only
If you're having trouble downloading apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace, you just might be a pre-Mango Windows Phone 7 user.
Article | 23/05/2012 Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints
Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Mic...
Article | 23/05/2012 Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach
Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called F...
Article | 22/05/2012 Is Internet Explorer on the way out? Not so fast!
StatCounter has declared Google Chrome the king of all desktop browsers based on recent market share data, but observers should take this claim to the...
Article | 21/05/2012 Microsoft's social networking site So.cl now open to all users
So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft, that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users int...
Article | 19/05/2012 ITC bans import of infringing Motorola Android devices
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued an import ban Friday on any Android devices from Motorola that infringe one of Microsoft's patents.
Article | 17/05/2012 Android, Samsung top smartphone sales, topping Apple's iPhone
Android smartphones made up 56% of the global smartphones sold to end users in the first quarter of 2012, giving them a far higher share than the 22.9...
Article | 17/05/2012 Google search will incorporate 'knowledge graph' into main search results
Google will begin in the next few days to incorporate the "knowledge graph" it has been building for two years into its search results .