Microsoft to sue Comet over the sale of dodgy Windows discs
January 4th, 2012 2:32pm
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Microsoft is suing the big UK electronics retailer Comet for allegedly flogging off pirated Windows discs.
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Bing search now comes with a pointlessly perambulating video frog
November 16th, 2011 11:06am
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In an attempt to make its search engine more appealing to users, Microsoft’s UK Bing search page now comes with a green frog scrambling along a branch.
Where are the multiplication and divide symbols in Windows 7 calculator?
November 5th, 2011 1:12pm
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This annoyed us for ages – we felt quite stupid for not working it out – but to be fair, the solution isn’t exactly blindingly obvious.
Step into Microsoft’s astonishing sci-fi future [video and pics]
October 28th, 2011 8:15am
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![Step into Microsoft's astonishing sci-fi future [video]](http://www.wirefresh.com/images/microsoft-sci-fi-future.jpg)
Man oh man, we want to jump straight into the wonderful world of high tech shown off in Microsoft’s astonishing futuristic movie.
T3 Gadget Awards 2011 – Kindle, Galaxy S2 and Kinect in the winners
October 11th, 2011 1:00pm
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Tech magazine T3 has announced the winners of the 2011 Gadget awards and there’s a few surprises in store.
Bill Gates on Steve Jobs’ death: ‘I will miss him immensely’
October 6th, 2011 2:06am
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Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and long-time rival of Apple, has issued a touching statement about Steve Jobs’ death.
Microsoft slams down a salivatingly good set of Windows Phone 7.5 demos [video]
September 15th, 2011 10:15am
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![Microsoft slams down a salivatingly good Windows Phone 7.5 demo [video]](http://www.wirefresh.com/images/microsoft-windows-mango-video.jpg)
It’s only a video taster, but we have to say we’re getting increasingly stoked up at what we’re seeing of the forthcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Mango mobile interface.
Microsoft shows off ‘Mango,’ the swishy, next-gen Windows phone
May 25th, 2011 9:45am
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Microsoft has served up a well stuffed platter o’facts about the forthcoming major update to its mobile OS, with the upcoming Windows Phone 7.1 update set to regale under the name ‘Mango.’
Official: Microsoft scoops up Skype for $8.5 billion
May 10th, 2011 2:11pm
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Microsoft has dug deep into its pockets to purchase the internet voice and video chat service Skype for an eye watering $8.5 billion.
Google Calendar Sync adds 64-bit Outlook 2010 support
April 28th, 2011 10:00am
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There’s an awful lot of Outlook users out there, and most of them were chuffed when Google Calendar sync started supporting the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 in August last year.
Microsoft’s IE9 browser ratchets up 27 downloads per second
March 17th, 2011 9:45am
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Released on Monday, it looks like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is off to a flying start, with the company reporting that the new browser was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours it was available.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 annoys before it’s even begun
March 15th, 2011 12:57pm
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Doing our best to forgive and forget the beastly browser creations that Microsoft has foisted upon us in the past, we thought we’d give their shiny new Internet Explorer 9 a spin.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 browser gets global release
March 15th, 2011 12:42pm
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With one of the longest press releases we’ve read in a long while, Microsoft has launched its next-generation desktop Web browser, Internet Explorer 9.
Meet the fastest selling consumer electronics ever – and it’s not an Apple product
March 10th, 2011 9:40am
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It wasn’t exactly welcomed with open arms by some hard-core gamers but it seems that Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 has confounded its critics and gone on to claim the title of the fastest selling consumer electronic device ever.
Thrill to 25 years of Microsoft Windows upgrades [video]
March 3rd, 2011 11:03am
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![Thrill to 25 years of Microsoft Windows upgrades [video]](http://www.wirefresh.com/images/microsoft-installs-25-years-1.jpg)
There’s dedication and then there’s Roy Castle-style dedication, and it certainly must have taken some heroic gumption to sit down and create a 9.5 minute video showing every install of Microsoft Windows from version 1.0 right through to the latest Windows 7.
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