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Microsoft and Yahoo: Still a few surprises

In spite of all the pre-announcement leaks leading up to the July 29 Microsoft-Yahoo partnership -- there were still a couple of surprises about the terms of the deal. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Surprise, Business Structures, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-29

A sneak preview of WWDC 2009

Apple always manages to deliver some surprises at its annual World Wide Developers Conference. Our panel of experts sits down to discuss what it expects to see this year.

Tags: Preview, Surprise, News, WWDC 2009, Apple, iPhone, Mac, OSX, snow leopard, tablet

Videos 2009-06-03

Gallery: Sony unveils PSP Go, motion-sensing

At E3 no big surprise was Sony's unveiling of an updated portable gaming controller, the PSP Go. Big surprise was the unveiling of a motion-sensing device to combat the Ninetendo Wii and Microsoft's new Project Natal. by Andy Smith

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation Portable, Surprise, Games, Personal Technology, E3, game, Sony, motion-sensing, PSP Go, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-06-02

Surprise Maker 3.4 (Windows)

With Surprise Maker you can create and send thousands of beautiful personalized surprises to your friends, chat/email friends, mates. You can create and send Happy Birthday gifts, supper invitations, dating through a surprise, thanksgiving. You can insert personal pictures, clip art, text, custom songs, fonts, sound effects, web site addresses...

Tags: Friend, Surprise, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet

Software downloads 2007-10-31

Pestering Birds 2.0 (Windows)

Pestering Birds is an action-puzzle game that takes you on a wonderful adventure across the world of cute Birds. Explore 3 unique gameplay modes, with various bonuses and surprises. Funny sparrows will try to distract you, by resorting to various tricks, making laugh, gladden, surprise and delight! The game is...

Tags: Surprise, MyPlayCity, Pestering Birds, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-02

Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries 1 (Windows)

Freddi Fish's finny friend, Luther, has plenty on his mind as he races to pop an ocean full of air bubbles that will lower the water level if they make it to the surface. Water Worries features more than 100 challenging levels and hundreds of hidden surprises. Freddi Fish and...

Tags: Atari Inc., Surprise, Freddi Fish, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-07-27

[Onerule] Power Pack 1.0 (Mobile)

New Page 1[ O n e r u l e ]P o w e r P a c kThe best just got an upgrade! For every current and new registered user of Onering [Silverscreen Theme], we''ve thrown in yet another one of our surprises ... [Onerule]Power Pack !!For the rest...

Tags: Mobile, Upgrade, Surprise, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2003-12-11

Additional Resources

TiVo readying 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter?

It's been a tough slog for TiVo, whose once-innovative DVR ecosystem has been co-opted by cable companies' own DVR services. (Though some offer the TiVo interface for an additional charge.) The company and its devices still have their champions, but it's difficult to achieve mass success when buyers have to...

Tags: Adapter, IEEE 802.11n, TiVo Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-07

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Antitrust charges filed against Intel

Stepping backand seeing an AMD plant being built in close proximity to the capitol of New York Albany, seeing Cuomo follow in the footsteps of his Father Mario, does it surprise anyone that Cuomo is being this aggressive?It's a move which will certainly look good on his curriculum vitae when...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Antitrust charge, antitrust, processor

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Twitter and web forgery

Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...

Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Firefox 3.5 (Gallery: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala)

Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic KoalaSome nice and welcomed touches but not enough on their own to get people to switch. - Especially me!I left the Ubuntu Family when upgrading to the next version failed on ALL levels! The biggest disaster was changing the repositories to point at the new version....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Mozilla Firefox, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Monty Doors for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

With Monty Doors for iPhone impress and surprise your friends. This application let you play the game yourself or run a long simulation to prove the surprising probability of winning when you switch the doors. In case you wonder, the simulation is based on pure random choices of the doors....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Piet Jonas, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Season's Greetings Vol. 2 1.0 (Mac)

Specially for Apple Mail, Season's Greetings Vol.2 helps you to efficiently create snazzy, personal greetings for every occasion throughout the holidays. Be it for Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Thanksgiving, this volume has your wishes covered. The 22 high-quality templates enhance the Mail Stationery collection to make it simple...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Equinux, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-04

AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy

The commercial it selfand the AT & T action on it, tell me to never EVER do any business with such a lousy and inferior company. AT&T? who, in is right mind will do business with those crooks?AT&T Focuses on Wrong Thing -- Again...Rather than trying to change its competitor's...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, advertisement, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Corp., 3G

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Figuring the value of software

Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-02