Optimised ITPosts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Oct 19
Windows 8 To Use Less Memory
In a post on the MSDN blog page, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows Division, outlined Microsoft’s aim to improve memory usage and to reduce the memory footprint of Windows 8. On the blog, Sinofsky claimed that ‘fundamentals such as memory usage represent… read more
Sep 29
Flash To Work On Windows 8
Adobe has stated that it expects tablets and PCs running Microsoft’s recently-unveiled Windows 8 operating system to support Flash ‘just fine’. Following Microsoft’s earlier announcement that the Internet Explorer browser in the operating system’s Metro interface wouldn’t support plug-ins, the Adobe Flash… read more
Sep 19
Windows 8 Unveiled
Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its Windows operating system, Windows 8, at the Build developers’ conference in California, and is due to be released in 2012. It has been designed to run on tablet computers, as well as desktop and laptop PCs, and will… read more
May 15
Microsoft Buys Skype
Microsoft has confirmed that it’s in the process of buying VoIP service provider Skype for $8.5 billion (£5.2 billion). Skype had previously been bought by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2006, before eBay sold 70 per cent of its stake to private investors for $2 billion… read more
Jan 24
Microsoft Blames Third Party For Data Charges
After receiving complaints from users of unexplained Windows Phone 7 (WP7) data charges, Microsoft has pointed the finger at a “third-party solution”. Internet forums were flooded with complaints about unidentified data use charges on WP7 devices, with some users wrongly charged for up to 50MB… read more
Sep 21
Internet Explorer 9 Beta Released
Microsoft has officially launched the first public beta of Internet Explorer 9, and there are some pretty impressive features. Internet Explorer Public Beta 1 adds a raft of new features to Microsoft’s default browser – including graphics acceleration, which is enabled by default to deliver a… read more
Aug 9
Microsoft Releases August Patches
This month Microsoft’s patch cycle will be fixing a huge 34 vulnerabilities across 14 bulletins. The high patch load, confirmed by Microsoft in an advanced notification posting on its TechNet site, lists eight of the fourteen security bulletins addressed in the patch cycle as… read more
Mar 12
Microsoft Offers Internet Browser Choice
Microsoft has agreed to let users choose which internet browser they want to use, as part of an agreement to head off anti-trust action aimed at watering down any advantage to be had from its estimated 90% share of the operating system market. As many of you may… read more
