Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 since the operating system hit the market last October, according to the company’s chief financial officer. That, Microsoft said, makes the software the fastest selling OS in the history of the PC industry.
We see continuing momentum in Windows 7 to date,” said Microsoft CFO Peter Klein, [...]
It’s the bane of Web designers everywhere, and it makes most modern Websites look broken and horrible. So why are 20% of web surfers still using it?
Today was supposed to be a great day for the Web. As of March 1, 2010, Google will no longer support Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 browser-a decade-old dinosaur engineered [...]
Apple’s new supplier responsibility report, issued last week in advance of its shareholder meeting, is now being used to attack the company for auditing its foreign suppliers’ labor practices and acting to stop worker exploitation.
The report, which describes the company’s efforts to police a “Supplier Code of Conduct” on the companies it contracts with, those [...]
In software application development, agile software development (ASD) is a methodology for the creative process that anticipates the need for flexibility and applies a level of pragmatism into the delivery of the finished product. Agile software development focuses on keeping code simple, testing often, and delivering functional bits of the application as soon as they’re [...]
As we hinted at last month, we knew Nexus One was going to be a great platform to showcase the rich (and technically demanding!) features of Google Earth. With a 1GHz processor, advanced 3D graphics, and Android 2.1, Nexus One packs a lot of performance in a thin package. Ever since we got our hands [...]
Back in December, Google took steps to form Google Energy, a subsidiary created for the express purpose of buying and selling electricity in bulk. In January, the company filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to enter the market, and yesterday received permission to purchase and resell wholesale energy (PDF).
Google says it [...]
WUHAN, China—Some of today’s biggest cybersecurity worries trace their roots to this central Chinese city, where a hacker with a junior high school education slapped cartoon pandas onto millions of computers to hide a destructive spy program.
The Panda Burns Incense computer worm, created by 27-year-old Li Jun, wreaked havoc for months in China in 2006 [...]
Microsoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company’s new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there’s a lot to take in — so we’ve gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the device so far and [...]
The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run.
It has signed a four-page “affirmation of commitments” with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time.
Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann – drawing criticism from other countries and groups.
The new agreement comes into effect on [...]
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer received a 5.5% decrease in his overall compensation last year as the company suffered its first-ever drop in overall revenue, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday.
(For more on executive compensation see CEOs still getting big perks despite pay backlash)
The documents also reveal that Microsoft paid [...]