Melbourne, September 13: The problems plaguing Windows Vista at launch have actually been fixed, according to new tests conducted in the wake of Microsoft’s 300million-dollar marketing campaign to improve the operating system''s image.
US computer magazine Maximum PC decided to conduct the tests as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld tried to "reconnect with real people" through the second advertisement of the campaign.
The journal ran extensive benchmarks comparing the original Vista to a version patched with the latest updates.
San Francisco - Microsoft's first spot in its 300-million- dollar advertising campaign to revamp its stodgy image features comedian Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates in a quirky attempt to buy shoes at a discount store.
The bizarre ad debuted late Thursday during the season opening game of the National Football League, and by Friday its effect was being heatedly debated on the internet.
The ad shows Seinfeld advising the world's richest man on how to stretch cheap new shoes that are a little too small.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is reducing the price of its three Xbox 360 models from Friday onwards, which would make Xbox 360 the cheapest game console in the market, even from the successful Nintendo Wii console.
The price of the Arcade model of Xbox 360 has now been reduced to $199.99 from initial price of $279.99. This is implanting hope in the company’s mind that lower price would attract more and more customers.
New York - Google Inc, creator of the world's most popular internet search engine, has developed its own web browser in a challenge to Microsoft Corp's dominant Internet Explorer.
A test version of new software, named Google Chrome, is to be available for download Tuesday in more than 100 countries, Google announced Monday on its corporate blog.
The company said its aim was to deliver a faster, more user-friendly and safer browser.
San Francisco - Hoping to boost its internet power, Microsoft agreed to buy Greenfield Online Inc, the owner of European price comparison site Ciao GmbH, for about 486 million dollars, the company said in a statement Friday.
The price of 17.50 dollars a share represented a 1.4 per cent premium over the previous closing price, but was 32 per cent more than Greenfield was worth when it withdrew from a deal with Quadrangle Group LLC for 15.50 a share two weeks ago.
Melbourne, September 13: The problems plaguing Windows Vista at launch have actually been fixed, according to new tests conducted in the wake of Microsoft’s 300million-dollar marketing campaign to improve the operating system''s image.
San Francisco - Microsoft's first spot in its 300-million- dollar advertising campaign to revamp its stodgy image features comedian Jerry Seinfeld and company founder Bill Gates in a quirky attempt to buy shoes at a discount store.
models from Friday onwards, which would make Xbox 360 the cheapest game console in the market, even from the successful Nintendo Wii console.
New York - Google Inc, creator of the world's most popular internet search engine, has developed its own web browser in a challenge to Microsoft Corp's dominant Internet Explorer.
San Francisco - Hoping to boost its internet power, Microsoft agreed to buy Greenfield Online Inc, the owner of European price comparison site Ciao GmbH, for about 486 million dollars, the company said in a statement Friday.
