WQXO AM 1400 Radio The True Oldies Channel » Microsoft http://wqxo.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Microsoft gets at chip blueprints http://wqxo.com/archives/12880 http://wqxo.com/archives/12880#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:04:43 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/12880 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Software giant Microsoft has signed a deal to get access to blueprints for the mobile chips designed by Arm.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/12880/feed 0 Windows 7 boosts Microsoft profit http://wqxo.com/archives/12850 http://wqxo.com/archives/12850#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:17:24 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/12850 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft reports a sharp rise in quarterly profits to $4.52bn as sales of the Windows 7 operating system top 175 million.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/12850/feed 0 ‘Virtual human’ makes Xbox debut http://wqxo.com/archives/12588 http://wqxo.com/archives/12588#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:14:40 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/12588 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft shows off a ‘virtual boy’ that reacts to human emotions, body movements and voice, designed for Xbox consoles.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/12588/feed 0 Outlook gets Facebook integration http://wqxo.com/archives/12586 http://wqxo.com/archives/12586#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:33:34 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/12586 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Outlook users will be able to see their Facebook friends via the e-mail client as Microsoft moves towards social web.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/12586/feed 0 Microsoft slims down Xbox console http://wqxo.com/archives/11574 http://wqxo.com/archives/11574#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:43:28 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/11574 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

The firm launches a slimmer, more powerful Xbox 360 console ahead of the E3 video games convention in Los Angeles.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/11574/feed 0 Worldwide release for Office 2010 http://wqxo.com/archives/11572 http://wqxo.com/archives/11572#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:02:09 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/11572 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

The consumer launch of Microsoft’s Office 2010 has seen the software go on sale around the world.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/11572/feed 0 Microsoft unveils Xbox ‘Kinect’ http://wqxo.com/archives/11512 http://wqxo.com/archives/11512#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:52:52 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/11512 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft reveals details of its hands-free motion control system for the Xbox 360 console, which it has rebranded Kinect.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/11512/feed 0 Apple now bigger than Microsoft http://wqxo.com/archives/8747 http://wqxo.com/archives/8747#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 11:52:36 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/8747 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

The latest share price changes have pushed the total value of Apple past its rival Microsoft for the first time since 1989.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/8747/feed 0 Hotmail makeover targets rivals http://wqxo.com/archives/8304 http://wqxo.com/archives/8304#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 09:08:29 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/8304 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft is refreshing its e-mail service Hotmail in an attempt to give it an edge over rival offerings from Yahoo and Google.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/8304/feed 0 Microsoft launch aims at Google http://wqxo.com/archives/8011 http://wqxo.com/archives/8011#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 23:19:05 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/8011 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft prepares to launch the latest version of its Office software, with features similar to those offered by Google.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/8011/feed 0 Microsoft arrives on Nokia phones http://wqxo.com/archives/7752 http://wqxo.com/archives/7752#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 13:09:20 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/7752 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Nokia and Microsoft unveil software aimed at taking a slice of the business market away from Blackberry.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/7752/feed 0 Infected XP owners left unpatched http://wqxo.com/archives/7346 http://wqxo.com/archives/7346#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:30:16 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/7346 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Windows XP machines infected with a sneaky virus will not be able to install Microsoft’s latest security updates.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/7346/feed 0 Microsoft debuts ’social’ phone http://wqxo.com/archives/7259 http://wqxo.com/archives/7259#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:10:48 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/7259 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft has unveiled a phone called “Kin” that it claims has been made for those that live their lives online.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/7259/feed 0 Tributes to ‘father of computing’ http://wqxo.com/archives/7118 http://wqxo.com/archives/7118#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:05:50 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/7118 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen lead tributes to Edward Roberts, the “father of the PC”, who died at the age of 68.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/7118/feed 0 Choice screen gives browser boost http://wqxo.com/archives/6832 http://wqxo.com/archives/6832#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:38:34 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/6832 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Web browser Opera says its downloads in Europe have doubled since Microsoft began offering a choice.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/6832/feed 0 Browser makers demand screen time http://wqxo.com/archives/6118 http://wqxo.com/archives/6118#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:04:18 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/6118 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft’s browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/6118/feed 0 ‘Limited’ browser menu criticised http://wqxo.com/archives/6092 http://wqxo.com/archives/6092#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:39:35 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/6092 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

The choice of browsers offered to millions of European Microsoft users is not as varied as suggested, say web designers.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/6092/feed 0 Microsoft offers browser choices http://wqxo.com/archives/6045 http://wqxo.com/archives/6045#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:09:19 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/6045 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/6045/feed 0 Botnet shutdown divides experts http://wqxo.com/archives/6028 http://wqxo.com/archives/6028#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:10:22 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/6028 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Security experts are divided over Microsoft’s legal move to shut down the Waledac botnet that sent billions of junk messages.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/6028/feed 0 Microsoft offers browser choice http://wqxo.com/archives/5907 http://wqxo.com/archives/5907#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:49:08 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/5907 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/5907/feed 0 Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved http://wqxo.com/archives/5856 http://wqxo.com/archives/5856#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:48:14 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/archives/5856 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft’s plans to buy Yahoo’s internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/5856/feed 0 Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug http://wqxo.com/archives/5620 http://wqxo.com/archives/5620#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:36:02 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/?p=5620 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

A 17-year-old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft’s February security update.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/5620/feed 0 Microsoft patches Explorer hole http://wqxo.com/archives/5155 http://wqxo.com/archives/5155#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:21:47 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/?p=5155 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft has released a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that is thought to have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/5155/feed 0 Microsoft to patch browser hole http://wqxo.com/archives/5135 http://wqxo.com/archives/5135#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:25:31 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/?p=5135 BBC News | Technology | World Edition

Microsoft says it will issue a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that could have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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]]> http://wqxo.com/archives/5135/feed 0 LT. GOVERNOR CHERRY UNVEILS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH MICROSOFT TO OFFER JOB TRAINING IN MICHIGAN http://wqxo.com/archives/5123 http://wqxo.com/archives/5123#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0000 admin http://wqxo.com/?p=5123 Displaced workers can get free technology training through the Microsoft Elevate America program

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