Archive for May, 2008

The integrated Windows Live services on RIM Blackberry

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The arrival of the BlackBerry smartphone Bold (or BlackBerry 9000) is an opportunity for Research in Motion (RIM) to strengthen its ties with Microsoft announcing the integration of Windows Live services on its mobile platform.
As for other competitors to its Windows Mobile system, the Redmond [...]

Mapping 3D: Microsoft launches its WorldWide Telescope

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The head in the stars. The U.S., Microsoft has officially launched Monday, May 12, the public beta of its “virtual telescope, the WorldWide Telescope. The firm specialist computer and follows the footsteps of Photosynth, HD View or Google, champion of 3D mapping, which enriched GoogleEarth [...]

Microsoft launches Messenger TV

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Microsoft adds, according to Reuters Monday, May 12, a new feature to its instant messaging service. The Redmond company now offers the TV Messenger, a tool for viewing at the same time as his contacts, without being in one place.
This new service instantaneous sharing of [...]

Microsoft’s second largest R & D center in China

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

China is known to be a country where pirated copies of Microsoft software stamped are legion. The Redmond company was well aware and has often denounced this state of affairs, however, always taking care not to offend the sensibilities of these valuable allies in its [...]

Live Japan: Microsoft to Softbank

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Week calm in Tokyo, half eaten away by two joined the holidays last weekend, in short, almost summer vacation for the Japanese. Truce taunts. Wednesday, May 7, a character who, what anyone says, will have marked the history of high-tech, the founder of Microsoft, Bill [...]

Windows XP: SP3 prevents intallation of IE7

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Microsoft has officially made available on Windows XP SP3 before a planned integration for the month of June in the mechanism for automatic update of Windows Update. At the same time, a ticket issued in the blog MSDN IEBlog, gave an insight into an issue [...]

Parallels Desktop reviewed for XP, Vista and Air

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Parallels has released a new version of its virtualization software for Windows and Linux, Parallels Desktop [3.0 (5600) - 88 MB (form) - Mac OS 10.4 - U.S. - 80 €]. Among its new features, better performance with the MacBook Air and Leopard, compatibility with [...]

Microsoft blocks Youtube in Windows Live Messenger

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Indeed, if you send a link to a video stored on the site Youtube messaging via Windows Live Messenger, the latter is blocked and will not be able to your correspondent. A censure which is not unlike the ebuddy blocking links in MSN.
So far, the [...]

Security Information: Windows Vista more vulnerable than Windows 2000

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

“Microsoft boasts its new Vista operating system as the Windows version of the safest. However, despite all the investments made by Microsoft to improve Windows security, experts from PC Tools remain somewhat reassured about its effectiveness respond to threats. Indeed, a recent research conducted on [...]

Display Settings in Windows 7

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Display Settings in Windows 7, which offers settings of DPI scaling prominently.