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Internet Explorer 10: Sends “Do Not Track” signal to Web sites by default

Here we go again Microsoft.  You once again have done something out of the box that might not necessarily be a good thing.  IE 10 which will be released in Windows 8 will have a Do Not Track or DNT signal set by default.  What does this DNT feature change?  For one, advertisers are in […]

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Bing, Yahoo Actually Beating Google in Search Quality

There’s no disputing who the king of search is from a shear volume standpoint.  Google stands heads and shoulders above everyone else, and by a long ways.  To illustrate the difference, or the dominant position that Google has in the search market, check out this graph from Alexa.com: But there’s one area where Google is […]

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Business

NASDAQ:MSFT – Microsoft Profits Explode, Up 30% For Quarter

Microsoft is joining the likes of Apple this week and reporting record number sales for the quarter and the year. This must be the season for big tech companies to post record quarterly earnings. Microsoft  (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a record fourth-quarter revenue of $17.37 billion. Microsoft’s fourth quarter revenue increased 8% from the same period last […]

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Is Microsoft Working On A Social Network?

Is Microsoft working on their own social network?  A webpage was published on Thursday by Microsoft for a social network called “Tulalip.”  The page appeared on a domain called Socl.com, but was then quickly taken down. Following the publication of the page, Microsoft issued a statement stating “Socl.com is an internal design project from a […]

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Microsoft Gains Momentum From Facebook – Skype Announcement

These days, it’s hard for anyone at Microsoft to be excited about anything. However, while I’ve been criticizing Microsoft over the past couple of years over the terrible product launches, they’ve been making some pretty impressive business partnerships that might really start to pay off. We know that on Wednesday, Facebook has “a really awesome” […]

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Business

Can Google Beat Microsoft At It’s Own Game?

Microsoft is getting a lot of attention today over their Office 365 product launch, which will actually be part of a release party in New York City. The Office 365 product is basically Microsoft’s attempt to bring their production suite of software, a.k.a. Microsoft Office, to the web (or the cloud as they would call […]

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Facebook Beats Microsoft As 2nd Most Popular Site in UK

Facebook continue on its path of domination globally as it has now beat out Microsoft as the second most popular website in the UK last month. According to TNW, Facebook saw 26.8 million Britons visit its website in May, a new record for the social network, increasing 7% year on year. Microsoft’s MSN, WindowsLive and Bing […]