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You've got to hand it to whoever handles Microsoft's marketing, they sure know how to drum up hype. The tech press hadn't been this excited for an announcement since, well, the last Apple launch.Wait, does that mean we actually expect Microsoft to be cool again?Totally. In fact, we ...

A social music service is among the updates being rolled out by Facebook in the wake of its f8 developers' conference. This audio service does, however, have a predecessor and its developer claims the project was killed for reasons very different to the ones reported on at the ...

At the beginning of the month, Google announced that it was phasing out support for older web browsers like Internet Explorer 7(IE7) for any of the Google Apps suite -- Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and others.It is not a particularly bold move, since IE7 is only used by ...

Some stats have been published, by researchers and the company themselves, about mobile usage of Facebook. But to content creators, one of the most important uses of the social network is when users create posts, sometimes posting original content, often sharing articles and media found elsewhere on the web. I ...

In a dramatic break from the past, Nokia and Microsoft have banded together in the fast-growing smartphone marke to offer Windows Phone 7 as the 'primary smartphone plaftorm'. With the rise of Google's Android, Nokia is desperately attempting to regain its position as the leading player in the sector."Nokia and ...

The Russian state plans to revamp its computer services with a Windows rival to reduce its dependence on US giant Microsoft and better monitor computer security, a lawmaker said on Wednesday.Moscow will earmark 150 million rubles (US$4,9-million) to develop a national software system based on the Linux operating system, said ...

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I'm no Microsoft fan boy. In fact I don't think there is anything like a "fan boy" when it comes to Microsoft products. I'm a recent iPhone convert and I curse the years I've had to put up with the clunky and often-buggy Windows for Mobile and PC.It's no secret ...