Google has launched storage service (remember GDrive?) integrated with Google Docs, that offers 1GB of free storage. You’ll have 1 GB of free storage for files you don’t convert into one of the Google Docs formats (i.e. Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations), and if you need more space, you can buy additional storage for $0.25...
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Today's News: Microsoft to Launch Transliteration Tool, Reuters Market Light & Future Group Partnership. Airtel Digital TV Subscription reaches 1.5million subscribers.
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A major flaw has been found in Bing. Thanks to Nicholas D. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist for the New York Times. Kristof accused Bing for censoring results in simplified Chinese language searches and asked to Boycott Bing in his column to web users. This is not the first time Bing is...
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Microsoft has launched it’s online office suite for Indian SMBs (Small & Medium Businesses) at a starting price of $2, i.e. Rs. 100/. HCL Infosystems, Infosys and Wipro are among the companies to market and offer value-added services around the Microsoft Online Services (link). MS”s online standard suite is a set of messaging and...
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Microsoft, after it’s BizSpark program has launched WebsiteSpark program in India, in order to reach out to smaller web development companies (i.e. companies with less than 10 employees). Lets talk about the most important offering, i.e. free software that you get as part of the programme! For design, development, testing and demonstration of new websites –...
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Microsoft has launched Free Anti Virus software,called Security Essentials.
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A few questions before we say a final good-bye to Yahoo! Search.
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If you are from Yahoo search team, you will surely love this statement from Carol Bartz ..but this deal will make the difference between a great Yahoo! search experience and an awesome one. Goes on to say how valuable is the Yahoo search
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So the Yahoo/MS search deal is done and here are some finer points (read the entire press release) The term of the agreement is 10 years. Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10 year license to Yahoo!’s core search technologies, and Microsoft will have the ability to integrate Yahoo! search technologies into its existing web search platforms; Microsoft’s...
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It seems Bing team has been caught in a defensive mode ever since the porn videos bug was found (one could easily view the porn videos from search engine without going to the site). Bing has banned porn query for India as well as Middle East nations, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and...
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News is out that Microsoft’s new search engine will be called Bing and as Steve Ballmer admits: “I am not what you would call the creative side of life. Short matters. Being able to verb up can be helpful.” – TC But why Bing? Lets go back in history. Back in the early days of web, there...
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Microsoft has applied for a patent to control interface to prediction market. Here is an abstract from their patent application A user participates in trading securities in a prediction market which represent different outcomes of an event, using an interface which allows the user to understand a trade in terms of a bet. The interface also...
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Few days back, we covered Airtel’s ambition of being the CIO in the cloud, i.e. provide SaaS services to SMBs and here comes the first installment – Airtel’s online PC. Nivio, Airtel and Microsoft have launched the so-called /claimed “world’s first online PC” that provides access to a personal virtual desktop from any computer connected...
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Microsoft has officially announced BizSpark program for Indian entrepreneurs – the program is designed to to help accelerate the success of early stage startups by providing key resources (like software, support etc). The program is open to early stage startups as well; and in general, MS is looking at the entire program as a way...
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Microsoft, in a drive for original software has launched an online store (buyoriginalMS) that enables consumers to buy MS products from sellers directly. Currently the products on offer include original Microsoft software for Windows, Office, Servers, Games and Education; and Xbox games, consoles and accessories. BuyOriginalMs.com also provides an interface program for...
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Microsoft has launched WinWithSearch competition that lets you win free talk time every 10 minutes of session. All you need to do is hit the live search box, wait for the dice to roll, keep trying until you get double 6. Sessions start every 10 minutes – so keep trying while you are ‘a-live’. Few days back,...
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Google earlier forged a deal with Sun in 2005 to bundle it’s toolbar in the Java downloader and three years later, Sun has dropped Google for Microsoft. Java downloader now will have Microsoft’s toolbar which includes Live search – the toolbar will also be included in future JRE updates. Through this agreement, Internet Explorer users downloading...
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Microsoft, in an attempt to catch ‘impressionable minds’ has launched dreamsparkindia, an initiative launched by Bill Gates during his India visit. MS is giving away free developer tools like Windows Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Virtual PC etc. to students and the same is available online and through DVDs from Microsoft’s program partners such...
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Windows Vista has teamed up with Sunidhi Chauhan for it’s Wow campaign: Give it a listen – do you really think it has a wow effect? I don’t think so (more beats that distracts one from what she is singing, which is anyway quite screamy!)? Download the mp3
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Early this year, Microsoft analyzed the usage behavior of Microsoft Word 2003 users, based on data collected thru the customer experience improvement program. The study, mainly done to understand the most used commands throws some interesting data: 5 commands account for around 32% of the total command use in Word 2003. Beyond the top 10 commands or...
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