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Opera accused of censorship, betrayal by Chinese users - Nov 22, 2009

Blogs Opera, the maker of Web browsers such as the popular "Opera Mini" for Java-based mobile phones, has been accused of betraying its users in China, by apparently caving in to top-level ... Read story »

The best version of Windows yet for Netbooks - Nov 23, 2009

Blogs I was waiting to DESTROY the Linux OS which came with my Eee PC for some time now. It's bloody inflexible, requires you to know "sudo" crap, command lines cannot be ... Read story »

Xbox Live's social media features used by millions - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Microsoft on Monday said that millions of Xbox Live members have used the new social-media features that the company pushed live a week ago. In June, Microsoft announced it would begin ... Read story »

Microsoft gets ready to send the first suicide bomber to Google - Nov 24, 2009

Blogs Here's a thread which will get everybody up to speed: http://www.webmasterworld.com/msn_microsoft_search/4030311.htm So it seems Microsoft would pay News Corp to de-list its news sites from the Google search index. Bing is ... Read story »

Xbox Live bannings leave Chinese and ex-pat gamers stranded - Nov 25, 2009

Blogs Microsoft's recent piracy clampdown in its Xbox Live online gaming service is leaving a lot of gamers in China stranded. They're now finding that their modded consoles or pirated games are ... Read story »

HTC HD2 to get Windows Mobile 7? - Nov 23, 2009

Crave Even though Windows Mobile (WM) 6.5 was launched only recently, there has been much talk about the next major release, WM7. Though Microsoft has not officially announced the next version, MSMobiles ... Read story »

WM6.5 to be updated for capacitive screens? - Nov 27, 2009

Crave According to Mopocket, Microsoft is working on an updated user interface for Windows Mobile (WM) 6.5 that will make it easier for manufacturers to implement capacitive touchscreens. Capacitive screens require ... Read story »

Microsoft looking into "black screen of death" issue - Dec 1, 2009

Crave Microsoft said on Monday that it is looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some serious problems for certain users. The problem has been dubbed the "black screen ... Read story »

Intel debuts 48-core processor that could reshape how PCs are built - Dec 3, 2009

Crave Each node on the SCC chip includes two x86 cores with its own memory cache. Pushing several steps farther in the multicore direction, Intel on Wednesday demonstrated a fully programmable ... Read story »

Microsoft Bing Maps adds steet-level imagery - Dec 3, 2009

Crave Microsoft's new street-level imagery in Bing Maps takes advantage of Silverlight to do things Web applications can't, according to the company. Microsoft is kicking Bing Maps into a higher gear, ... Read story »

Google, Microsoft join Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative - Dec 4, 2009

Crave Google and Microsoft have joined a group devoted to creating a way that cell phone buyers can easily comprehend the quality of their camera phones. The International Imaging Industry Association said ... Read story »

Microsoft Bing's plans for the iPhone (and more) - Dec 4, 2009

Crave SAN FRANCISCO--Although Microsoft would rather everyone ran out and bought a Windows Mobile phone, the software maker is aware of reality. And, since it wants people to use Bing on their ... Read story »

Is it "game over" for Microsoft's consumer business? - Dec 14, 2009

Crave The New York Times has given some online love to Mark Anderson, the influential writer of the Strategic News Service, who this week said that Microsoft is "not a place that ... Read story »

Microsoft: We copied Plurk's code - Dec 16, 2009

Crave Plurk accuses Microsoft China of ripping off its design and code to create its Juku microblogging service. Microsoft said on Tuesday that a blogging application posted to its MSN China ... Read story »

Microsoft's Bing enters Korean market with local portal giant, Daum. - Dec 20, 2009

Blogs Microsoft launched search engine Bing in June 2009 to compete with world number one Google. My previous post mentioned Google having a really difficult time in Korea even though they have ... Read story »

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