Microsoft Opens Live Mesh Beta
Microsoft this week opened the prerelease version of its Live Mesh cloud computing service to the US public for the first time, allowing in a much wider audience. Previously, the service--which provides file synchronization across PCs, devices, and a Web... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
[July 18, 2008]
WinInfo Short Takes: Week of July 21, 2008
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news, including an iPhone 3G defeat, 180 million copies of Windows Vista in the wild, Microsoft earnings some more Yahoo silliness, Wii vs. Xbox 360, EU vs. Intel, AMD ousts its CEO, and so much more... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
[July 16, 2008]
Time Warner in AOL Talks with Microsoft, Yahoo
Lost amid all the hoopla of the on-again-off-again negotiations between Microsoft and Yahoo is a third player, AOL, which, like Yahoo, is a struggling one-time Internet powerhouse. AOL parent Time Warner has engaged in separate discussions about a... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
[July 15, 2008]
Microsoft Speaks Out Against Google-Yahoo! Deal
Speaking before a congressional subcommittee today, Microsoft Senior Vice President And General Counsel Brad Smith said that Yahoo!'s recent Internet search outsourcing deal with market leader Google would harm online competition and innovation. The... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
[July 15, 2008]
Too Late, Microsoft Takes Xbox 360 in a New Direction
In a major strategy shift, Microsoft will focus less on the hard core gamers that have made its Xbox 360 a favorite with that crowd and will instead target a far more mainstream audience. The change is an implicit, if tardy, response to Nintendo's... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
[July 14, 2008]
Microsoft Cuts Xbox 360 Price ... Sort Of
On the eve of the video gaming industry's biggest trade show, Microsoft has temporarily cut the price of its mid-level Xbox 360, paving the way for a slightly revised version of the console that will cost as much as the old version. In other words, this... WinInfo - Paul Thurrott
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