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Microsoft’s Zune has always been smacked around on the Portable Media Player market, always being outdone by Sony, and the ever vicious Apple. But, after taking a massive beating from the two companies, Microsoft has clawed it’s way up to 2nd place in the PMP market. Unfortunately, the market share it possesses stands at around [...]

Microsoft has released the final version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). You can download it for free HERE.
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept [...]

Microsoft has a behind the scenes video of their Laptop Hunters ad. Enjoy.

New, from Microsoft’s education labs and development, comes software that is supposedly going to revolutionize the classroom. At least, it’ll save a few trees from destruction… The company has just announced a ‘Math Worksheet Generator’ where teachers can create… Math Worksheets, and email them to their students to solve. In addition to this Worksheet Generator, [...]

A Game Informer survey of 5,000 readers found that the Xbox 360 has a mind blowing 54.2% failure rate. Sony’s Playstation 3 had a failure rate of 10.6% and Nintendo’s Wii had a failure rate of 6.8%; both significantly better than the Xbox.

Also according to the survey, about 41% of those Xbox 360 owners [...]

Bing is beginning to claw it’s way upwards in terms of Market Share, with another series of statistics showing that it has increased it’s share from 8.5% to 8.9% this Month. The data itself is quite interesting, with statistics proving that the gap between the Demi-God Google, and Bing is not as cataclysmic as once [...]

Microsoft has revealed details of the soon to be released Zune HD. It has also available for pre-order (currently at Amazon and at the Microsoft Store). It is planned to be released on the 15th of September and is available in 5 different colours. The 18GB model is sell for $220 and the [...]

Windows 7 is just around the corner. Here’s what’s Microsoft told the public so far in regards to the upgrade pricing of Windows 7:
Below is a table of the cost of upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista or XP.

Windows 7 Product Edition
Price
Vista price
Savings
Savings (%)

Home Premium (Upgrade)
$119.99
$129.99
($10.00)
8%

Professional (Upgrade)
$199.99
$199.99
-
-

Ultimate (Upgrade)
$219.99
$219.99
-
-

Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) makes upgrading the version [...]

Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner, provided some details about the company’s plans to open retail stores (similar to Apple’s) this week at the Worldwide Partner Conference.

Turner also told a funny story about Apple. Apparently the Cupertino company recently called Microsoft and demanded Microsoft to stop running its “Laptop Hunter” ads on TV. The ads [...]

Here are the prices for Windows 7 , what did Microsoft think?  Is Windows 7 really worth that much? We want your opinion

Windows Vista
Initial Pricing
Today’s Pricing
Windows 7
Initial Pricing

Home Premium (Upgrade)
$160
$130
Home Premium (Upgrade)
$120

Business (Upgrade)
$200
$200
Business (Upgrade)
$200

Ultimate (Upgrade)
$260
$220
Ultimate (Upgrade)
$220

Home Premium (Full)
$240
$240
Home Premium (Full)
$200

Business (Full)
$300
$300
Professional (Full)
$300

Ultimate (Full)
$400
$320
Ultimate (Full)
$320