Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Live.com just got three new handy features in what appears to be an attempt to once again compete with Google's search engine. Nevertheless, these features are pretty handy if you're fond of Live Search and welcome a bit more functionality: Currency Conversion A feature that should have already been implemented a long time ago, since it completely ... Full story

Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 8 has been available for beta-testing for about a year now, but since this morning the Redmond company released the final version worldwide for your downloading pleasure. The software is free for licensed Microsoft Windows users and will be an integrated part ... Full story

Microsoft finally enabled POP3 access for their users worldwide! It's about time, I must say... The setup is pretty easy and you can quickly setup a client to access your hotmail account with pop3 following the instructions on the Windows Live blog post. Of course a lot of people already found out about ... Full story

Word got out that there's a new beta version of Microsoft's new operating system! Windows 7 Build 7057 is available for download on the popular torrent sites and there seems to be minor changes that suggest Microsoft is starting to polish up the OS. ... Full story

As I said before, Microsoft is about to launch Windows Marketplace for mobile, as you can see in the mobile-formatted page over at client.marketplace.windowsmobile.com. Unfortunately, marketplace.windowsmobile.com still redirects to the Windows Mobile Catalog. Microsoft was very quiet about it at ... Full story

Apple's App Store just added more 5000 commercial apps to it's collection, meaning it now holds around 25,000 apps, taking the number one place and leaving Microsoft's nine year-old collection crying like a baby. Up until now Windows Mobile hold the record for applications available, building a wide collection over nine years. ... Full story

I almost could not believe my eyes when I read about this! According to Chris Holmes and aeroxp.org, Microsoft will give users the ability to disable and delete Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7. The bloggers identified the feature in a recent build (7048) of a pre-release version of ... Full story