As you may have been reading in the news, Microsoft has recently agreed to purchase the popular VoIP service Skype. After a couple of previous acquisitions in the past, Microsoft has made it’s biggest purchase – this time worth well over $8 billion. Before I even start, I think it’s fair to say that this …
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May
12
2011
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Mar
15
2011
Internet Explorer 9 goes live – nothing that much new…
Internet Explorer 9 went live in the early hours of today after a year of development. You can grab the new version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie9. After a relatively quick installation, you are presented with the new interface (see below). There are several issues with IE9 that I haven’t really liked since the Platform Preview. For example, …
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Feb
10
2011
Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2) Service Pack 1 will go public on Feb 22nd
It has been confirmed by Microsoft that on February 22nd, 2011, the new service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will go live. The service pack has been in testing for several months, but Microsoft has previously said that it won’t really bring any new functionality (for Windows 7 at least). Microsoft …
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