AP - Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
AFP - Google plans to launch Tuesday its own Internet browser, opening up a new challenge in cyberspace to Microsoft and its dominant Internet Explorer.
Reuters - Google Inc is set to
introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly
handle video-rich applications, posing a challenge to browsers
designed originally to handle text and graphics.
AP - Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will slash the
price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30
percent, below Nintendo Co's (7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's
(6758.T) PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the
Nikkei business daily said on Monday.
Reuters - Struggling Sony Ericsson
(6758.T)(ERICb.ST) ditched on Monday rumors that its first
cellphone powered by Microsoft's operating system
would miss the key Christmas sales period. -- read full article
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:56:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - A decision to dismiss appeals against
the controversial fast-track approval of a Microsoft
document format has provoked six members of global
standards-setting body ISO to question ISO's relevance. -- read full article
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:06:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp will slash the
price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30
percent, below Nintendo Co's (7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's
(6758.T) PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the
Nikkei business daily said on Monday.
AFP - Microsoft will slash the price of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan by almost 30 percent to try to boost sales amid tough competition from rivals Sony and Nintendo, a report said Monday.
NewsFactor - Microsoft warned developers preparing to download the new Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 8 that under certain conditions those who have already installed IE8 Beta 1 cannot revert to older iterations of the browser. -- read full article
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:30:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash. -- read full article
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:03:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield
Online, owner of popular European price comparison website
ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search
and e-commerce business in Europe.
NewsFactor - The second beta release of Internet Explorer 8 is now available for download by developers and consumers alike on Windows-based PCs running Vista, XP, Server 2003 and Server 2008.
Reuters - Microsoft on Friday announced its
first major deal since failing to buy Yahoo Inc ,
agreeing to acquire Web-based survey company Greenfield Online
Inc for about $486 million.
