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Improved interface for IE6 on Windows phones - Oct 7, 2009

Crave For a long time, Microsoft's browser for Windows Mobile phones has been a weak link in the Windows Mobile operating system. Internet Explorer Mobile has been infamous for being ungainly, slow, ... Read story »

Microsoft launches Windows Mobile 6.5 with My Phone Premium - Oct 7, 2009

Features Offered as part of the premium package is a new "lost phone" feature that can be activated as an ad-hoc paid service. Read story »

Nintendo is world best company - Oct 7, 2009

Blogs Video game giant edges out Google in the competition. Business Week compiled a list of the 40 World's Best Companies in 2009. Rival companies Sony and Microsoft are notably absent from ... Read story »

Guess who went to the 2009 Tokyo Game Show - Oct 1, 2009

Blogs Come for the games, stay for the booth babes. (Or is it the other way around?) Don't expect a preview of your favorite games here. Established video game sites had access ... Read story »

How Microsoft Security Essentials will change the security landscape - Sep 30, 2009

Blogs Microsoft recently announced its new no-cost, anti-malware service that will help protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. It's called Microsoft Security Essentials. This will be available for Windows ... Read story »

Windows 7 boots slower than Vista? - Oct 8, 2009

Crave Although Windows 7 has been praised for loading and shutting down faster than prior versions of Windows, one software company says that, in many cases, the new operating system can take ... Read story »

Future security and fun to rely on pressure-sensitive keyboard? - Oct 9, 2009

Crave Winners of the student contest nabbed the above trophy, plus a US$2,000 prize, bragging rights, and special consideration for a spot at Siggraph's 2010's Emerging Technology demos. I can tell ... Read story »

The new Windows Phone - Oct 9, 2009

Blogs This geek managed to check out the launch of Windows Phone this week and played with a couple of the devices, especially the Acer neoTouch F1 which will likely be the ... Read story »

Paperclip tripod: Use only when desperate - Oct 9, 2009

Crave Besides holding sheets together, the humble paperclip has plenty of other uses. Not only is its slim tip great for poking at small reset inserts on gadgets, we're pretty sure ... Read story »

Video: Windows Marketplace for Mobile - Oct 12, 2009

Crave Microsoft launched its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system this week at the CTIA Wireless conference (see all stories) in San Diego. The OS includes a refreshed Internet Explorer Mobile, the ... Read story »

Pirated copies of Microsoft Office 2010 spread offline - Oct 12, 2009

Blogs A couple of months back, there were reports that Microsoft Office 2010 had been leaked online. The pirated copies were labelled the Technical Preview of Microsoft's Office 2010. Just last week, ... Read story »

Thank you, T-Mobile - Oct 14, 2009

Blogs T-Mobile has been a trending topic on Twitter over the past few days, due to an outage on customers' cloud-based sidekicks this month. T-Mobile Sidekick Slide Apparently, this hosted data ... Read story »

Xbox gets social networking in November - Oct 15, 2009

Crave Microsoft is getting ready for a November release of new Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, and instant movie and TV show streaming features in Xbox Live. SAN FRANCISCO--At a star-studded E3 press ... Read story »

How much will it cost to upgrade to Windows 7? - Jun 26, 2009

Crave In anticipation of the October 22 launch of the Windows 7 operating system, Microsoft has announced today an upgrade program for those who are planning to purchase new computers. According ... Read story »

Lenovo Enhanced Experience runs Windows 7 faster - Oct 20, 2009

Crave Microsoft claims that Windows 7 runs significantly faster than its predecessor, Vista. However, Lenovo is taking it one step further by becoming the only vendor to receive Microsoft's Windows 7 Enhanced ... Read story »

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