WINDOWS.BLORGE http://vista.blorge.com Windows 7 news and tutorials Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:56:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Microsoft Stores finally go international http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/11/microsoft-stores-finally-go-international/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/11/microsoft-stores-finally-go-international/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:56:27 +0000 Dave Parrack http://vista.blorge.com/?p=8640 A Microsoft Store is likely to be opening near you soon. Even if you’re not in the United States. Possibly. Probably.

Microsoft has been opening Stores around the U.S. since late in 2009. It’s been an experiment to this point, with [...] Related posts:

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Microsoft has been losing ground to Google in many sectors for the past few years. Gmail is growing at [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/09/microsoft-roasts-google-with-gmail-man/feed/ 0 Microsoft has a child friendly browser in the UK thanks to CEOP http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/08/microsoft-has-a-child-friendly-browser-in-the-uk-thanks-to-ceop/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/08/microsoft-has-a-child-friendly-browser-in-the-uk-thanks-to-ceop/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:00 +0000 Susan Wilson http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/08/microsoft-has-a-child-friendly-browser-in-the-uk-thanks-to-ceop/ Microsoft has a child friendly browser in the UK thanks to CEOPMicrosoft now has a child friendly browser thanks [...] Related posts:
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  2. Microsoft tackling child porn
  3. Sophos: Microsoft’s Windows browser ballot could be exploited by hackers
]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/08/microsoft-has-a-child-friendly-browser-in-the-uk-thanks-to-ceop/feed/ 0 Google accuses Microsoft of spreading lies in new Hotmail ad http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/07/google-accuses-microsoft-of-spreading-lies-in-new-hotmail-ad/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/07/google-accuses-microsoft-of-spreading-lies-in-new-hotmail-ad/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:20:29 +0000 Mike Ferro http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/07/google-accuses-microsoft-of-spreading-lies-in-new-hotmail-ad/ Google accuses Microsoft of spreading lies in new Hotmail ad Google previously announced plans to merge data across all of its services in order improve the overall experience for the end users. Microsoft has accused Google of violating user privacy by reading their [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/02/07/google-accuses-microsoft-of-spreading-lies-in-new-hotmail-ad/feed/ 0 Hotmail ads to become Hotmail deals http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/31/hotmail-ads-to-become-hotmail-deals/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/31/hotmail-ads-to-become-hotmail-deals/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:33:53 +0000 Dave Parrack http://vista.blorge.com/?p=8617 If you still use Hotmail, and I am one of those rare individuals, then you’ll soon be seeing a change in the ads displayed alongside your email.

Microsoft is replacing the banner adverts in Hotmail with deals. They’re still ads, [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/31/hotmail-ads-to-become-hotmail-deals/feed/ 0 ‘Bing Is For #Doing’, So Says Microsoft http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/20/bing-is-for-doing-so-says-microsoft/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/20/bing-is-for-doing-so-says-microsoft/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:01:11 +0000 Dave Parrack http://vista.blorge.com/?p=8608 Bing launched as a ‘decision engine’, with Microsoft trying to shift the attention away from Google’s ‘search engine’. Now Microsoft is upping its game.

In a new series of commercials playing on TV from this weekend, Microsoft is extolling the [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/20/bing-is-for-doing-so-says-microsoft/feed/ 0 Microsoft’s latest challenge could net money for college students but only from certain colleges http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/18/microsofts-latest-challenge-could-net-money-for-college-students-but-only-from-certain-colleges/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/18/microsofts-latest-challenge-could-net-money-for-college-students-but-only-from-certain-colleges/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:15:52 +0000 Susan Wilson http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/18/microsofts-latest-challenge-could-net-money-for-college-students-but-only-from-certain-colleges/ Microsoft's latest challenge could net money for college students but only from certain collegesMicrosoft’s Business Plan Collaborative Challenge 2012 [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-snags-yet-another-android-manufacturer-with-royalty-fees/feed/ 0 Microsoft investigates Foxconn worker mass suicide protest http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-investigates-foxconn-worker-mass-suicide-protest/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-investigates-foxconn-worker-mass-suicide-protest/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:31:35 +0000 Mike Ferro http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-investigates-foxconn-worker-mass-suicide-protest/ Microsoft investigates Foxconn worker mass suicide protestChinese manufacturer, Foxconn is in the news again with workers protesting poor working conditions at the factory. The manufacturing company came under scrutiny in the past after a number of suicides occurred in plants contracted by Apple, [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/17/microsoft-investigates-foxconn-worker-mass-suicide-protest/feed/ 0 Kinect for PC is coming February 1 http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/11/kinect-for-pc-is-coming-february-1/ http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/11/kinect-for-pc-is-coming-february-1/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:45:42 +0000 Susan Wilson http://vista.blorge.com/2012/01/11/kinect-for-pc-is-coming-february-1/ Kinect for PC is coming Feburary 1While Ballmer’s CES keynote was as lacking in excitement as expected, there was [...] Related posts:
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