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Kindle DX international edition: Are the rumors true?

We heard the news earlier this week about Kindle's new international edition, but rumors of a Kindle DX with global capabilities is still unconfirmed. The rumors are flying though, so we thought you should know what's going on. The Kindle DX was launched...

Tags: Rumor, Spokesperson, Public Relations, Blogging, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Android Creampuff release set for June

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- April 1, 2009: A T-Mobile spokesperson revealed to ZDNet today that this month's highly anticipated Android Cupcake upgrade will be followed quickly by a new version, code named Creampuff. Current G1 owners will be able to get the new version for free on June 9th. According to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Spokesperson, Creampuff, Keyboards, Bluetooth, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Peripherals, Wireless And Mobility, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Microsoft's PR agency releases Twitter trend-tracking tool

Like many tech PR firms these days, Microsoft's agency of record, Waggener Edstrom also monitors religiously Twitter trends involving its biggest client. On March 11, WaggEd went beyond simply monitoring tweets: It introduced a beta version of a software tool for monitoring and analyzing them. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Monitoring, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Spokesperson, Tool, Twendz, Public Relations, Productivity, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-11

About those 100 million Vista licenses...

My colleague Mary Jo Foley reported earlier today on Microsoft's claim that it has sold 100 million retail copies of Windows Vista. During Bill Gates' keynote address last night I heard him say, "I'm pleased to say that we've got over 100 million people using Vista now." That's a stretch. I...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Additional Resources

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format and making it freely and safely licensable. What no one has said so far is why is Microsoft doing this now and who will likely benefit from the move. ...

Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., File Format, PST, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers

Wolfram Alpha opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the Wolfram system and incorporate its data, calculations and rich media results. Developers can now put Wolfram Alpha results in their own applications. The company on Thursday opened up its API to open access, allowing coders...

Tags: Developer, API, Rich Media, Wolfram Alpha, search, developers, Rafe Needleman CNET News

News items 2009-10-16

Microsoft's 'Madison' data-warehouse-appliance testing set for July

A copy of a current utility billsRE: Microsoft's 'Madison' data-warehouse-appliance testing set for JulyPine Trail isn?t going to be in the ultrathins. My mistaken interpretation there. An Intel spokesperson sent the sexy costumesfollowing correction: ?Only netbooks are Atom-based, not ultra thin laptops. Our ultra thin laptops have processors including Core...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Madison, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Microsoft Exchange 2010 is done and released to manufacturing

TechNet?!When is this coming to TechNet? Can't wait to try this thing out. Very excited!Probably before Windows 2008 R2 GA dateFor what I read, before October 22nd it should be available... but I can't find anything official yet. technet and msdnHi. Just asked MS about this and updated...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange 2010

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale

ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...

Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

AT&T prepares for iPhone MMS day tomorrow

AT&T plans to roll out its highly-anticipated Multimedia Messaging Service MMS to iPhone customers in the U.S. tomorrow, September 25, 2009. DSLReports quotes a source familiar with AT&T's MMS plans: Starting at 10AM Eastern (on the 25), AT&T will send out a mass text to a group of iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Multimedia, MMS, Multimedia Messaging, AT&T Corp., DSLReports, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-24

More details on HDI's 100-inch laser 3D TV: more energy-efficient, lower cost, walks on water

California startup HDI is already creating buzz with the 100-inch laser-based 3D HDTV it's been demoing. If the claims made by the company rep I corresponded with today turn out to be true, we could be looking at a Holy Grail of sorts for the next generation of television. ...

Tags: 3D, Plasma, Laser, HDI, HDI Prototype, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Microsoft: Zune HD will be 'U.S. only'

Microsoft currently does not intend to launch the Zune HD anywhere but the United States, according to Ars Technica. A Microsoft spokesperson told the site that, "For the time being, the Zune HD device will remain U.S.-only." Canadians and Mexicans,...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Report: Windows 7 to sell in U.K. for half U.S. price

Full versions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost half as much for British consumers as it will for their American counterparts, CNET UK reports today. Full, not upgrade, versions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost around £65, or approximately $108. Meanwhile,...

Tags: Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, CNET UK, Microsoft Windows 7, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Marketing Research, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-19

After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play

Early this morning it was reported that Twitter had experienced at distributed denial of service DDoS attack that took the site offline for a few hours service has since been restored. During the time rumors floated that Facebook had suffered a similar attack due to slowness in service. ...

Tags: Facebook, Distributed Denial Of Service, Twitter, Attack, Security, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP Mode

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeAmazing StuffWell done microsoft.RE: Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeI'm unclear about the use of this on other editions of Win7, such as Home Premium. Is it only the XP Mode part of the new VirtualPC that...

Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 XP Mode, near-final test, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Delivers

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

£10bn national ID card scheme vs. £65m cuts in higher education

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London School of Economics, and a cut of £65m in higher education at university level would cut a further 1,500 full time...

Tags: Education, Card, National ID Card, U.K., Identity Card, Government, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Apple removes Google Voice-based apps from the App Store

TechCrunch reports that Apple has removed GV Mobile from the App Store. Developer Sean Kovacs wrote on his blog that Apple removed his application citing the fact that it “duplicates features that come with the iPhone." And that's only the beginning, Apple has also removed all other...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-27

England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes

The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...

Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-23

US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed

So it's cyberwar. In a July 4 attack that is believed to come from North Korea or its sympathizers, the websites of a number of U.S. and South Korean government agencies were knocked out and experienced continuing problems since the holiday, the Associated Press is reporting today....

Tags: U.S., North Korea, Web Site, FTC, Attack, Transportation, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-08