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The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle
The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle
Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft’s helm
Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates.
Starbucks customer website flooded with ideas
Hundreds of coffee-obsessed consumers in the United States chimed in moments after Starbucks launched a website asking customers to pitch changes the company should make to…
Microsoft ends production of HD DVD players
Microsoft is to stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba ceded the high-definition video-format battle to Sony’s Blu-ray. Microsoft said on…
Microsoft launches new version of server tools
Microsoft launched a new version of its server operating system with great fanfare on Wednesday, but analysts said Windows Server 2008 is an incremental update rather than a…
Judge gives green light to Microsoft lawsuit
A federal judge has said consumers may go ahead with a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft over the way it advertised computers loaded with Windows XP as capable of running…
Microsoft to give out development tools to students
Microsoft unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design…
Obama routs Clinton in White House race
Senator Barack Obama swept the board on Saturday, pummelling Hillary Clinton in three Democratic nominating contests as Republican Mike Huckabee gave John McCain a run for his…
Microsoft braces for virtualisation
Microsoft on Monday announced several moves it says will help its business customers take advantage of a technology called virtualisation, and in the process help the software…
Report: Magician Copperfield under investigation for rape
A federal grand jury is investigating allegations that magician David Copperfield raped and threatened a Washington state woman at his estate in the Bahamas, a newspaper…
Microsoft issues four security updates
Microsoft released four software patches on Tuesday to fix security flaws, including one that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company’s instant messaging…
Test flights of new Boeing 787 jetliner delayed
Boeing’s new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until mid-November or mid-December, months later than originally planned, because it is taking longer than anticipated to…
Microsoft announces first Vista service pack
Microsoft says it will release a major package of updates and fixes for the Windows Vista operating system in the first half of 2008. The company says a ”beta” test version of…
Microsoft to replace parts of Xbox 360 wheel
Microsoft will send out replacement parts for its Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel after 50 reports that the video-game controllers overheated and released smoke when plugged in,…
Is Microsoft’s Xbox 360 overheating?
Microsoft will not say what went wrong inside its Xbox 360 video-game consoles that could lead to -billion in repairs, but bloggers and their online readers seem to have their…