InfoWorld - They???re back! Just when you thought the ???browser wars??? were over, with the two camps ??? Microsoft and Mozilla.org ??? settling in for a kind of intransigent d??tente, along comes Google to stir things up all over again. Clearly Google is unhappy with the current state of browser geopolitics and feels it needs to roll its own in order to ensure a robust base for its myriad hosted applications (e.g. Gmail, Google Docs, etc.) -- read full article
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.
NewsFactor - Microsoft hasn't publicly commented on Google's new Chrome browser, but Redmond's Internet Explorer 8 team may wind up echoing Mozilla's makers: We're not worried. -- read full article
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:34:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
InfoWorld - Microsoft is boosting integration of functional programming with its Visual Studio 2008 software development platform. -- read full article
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.
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