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Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion). Is this a sign that IT is yesterday’s news? Actually, no: Carlos himself is a telecommunications magnate, and while the top 10 list isn’t dominated [...]

Having a few apps is better than nothing on the Zune HD. Here is a quick look at the three new apps, which has been released today by Microsoft on the Zune Marketplace. Stopwatch It does what the name suggests, with a few simple functions like split laps and countdown, and a UI inspired by Windows Phone 7. Labyrinth The all time classic-style game finally arrives on the Zune. With over 112 levels, [...]

Microsoft wants to catch up with mobile phone makers, HTC Corp, Samsung Electronics, Motorola and others. The company has announced it will overhaul its phone software to help it regain momentum in the expanding Smartphone market. Microsoft, realising Smart-phones are the key to the future of communications, is facing stiff competition from all comers, including arch-rival Google, with an Android [...]

The marketing campaign of Microsoft for Windows 8 appears to have begun – the company briefly published a blog on msdn.com, and then took it down almost immediately. The blogger added that Windows 8 was “something completely different” from previous operating systems. Rumours had surfaced last month that Windows 8, which is referred to in the blog post as Windows Next, would launch on July 2011. Although [...]

Microsoft is being ordered to stop selling certain versions of its Word programme after a US court ruled it had infringed a rights held by a Canadian software company. The information technology chief was ordered to pay $290m (£180m) in damages to Toronto-based i4i Inc and told it will not be able to sell any more copies of Word 2007 unless alterations are made to the programme over the next three [...]

Microsoft Windows 7 goes on shop yesterday on 21st October 2009, it’s the news operating system from Microsoft released in two years after the launch of Windows Vista in January 2007. Microsoft has chosen a relatively low-key launch for the software, which is designed to make it easier to share files and folders across multiple home computers, and browse the internet safely. The last launched of [...]