Microsoft Windows 8 update will be free

2013 May 14 | 1864 Views
New York - Microsoft says a planned update to its Windows 8 operating system will be made available for free later this year.Microsoft announced the update last week, but wouldn't say at the t...

Pastel adds new modules, features to Pastel Partner Version 12

2013 May 07 | 2000 Views
Pastel Software Zimbabwe has announced new features and modules that have been added to the latest version of Pastel Partner, Version 12, which was introduced earlier this year.The new enhanc...

Bill Gates 'disrespects' S Korean president with his casual handshake

2013 April 23 | 4588 Views
SEOUL: Microsoft founder Bill Gates' casual style was the subject of criticism in some South Korean media on Tuesday after he shook hands with President Park Geun-Hye, with one hand in his pocket....

Zim drivers' licence App launched for PC and smart phones

2013 April 03 | 4119 Views
Test Labs (Pvt) Ltd, has launched an application to help drivers' licence applicants in Zimbabwe prepare for their driving exams.  The app works on either a personal computer or a sma...

Microsoft unveils a new corporate logo

2012 August 24 | 2303 Views
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a new corporate logo, the software giant's first such facelift in 25 years, in attempts to project an impressive image ahead of the launch of a wave of ...

Microsoft announces Office 2013 - What you might want to know

2012 July 19 | 1825 Views
Microsoft has announced Office 2013. Below is a list of answers to any questions you might have about Office 15 if you are keeping track of the version numbers....

Apple's new operating system with built-in Facebook - release date 25 July

2012 July 11 | 1623 Views
Apple's new operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion for Macs will be released on 25 July if the firm follows tradition.Apple released the "gold master" version of the software to developers...

Microsoft acquires enterprise social network Yammer for $1.2 Billion

2012 June 27 | 1032 Views
Microsoft announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire enterprise social network Yammer for 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in cash."The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliv...

Microsoft could start creating tablets running on Windows

2012 June 17 | 999 Views
San Francisco - Microsoft promised to make a "major" announcement on Monday that started the internet buzzing with talk that it would involve taking on Apple iPad with tablets running on Windows softw...

Microsoft sues two Chinese IT companies for about 1.59 million U.S. dollars

2012 April 29 | 2294 Views
Two Chinese IT companies were brought to court on Thursday for using a number of pirated Microsoft software packages in their offices, and the U.S. company is seeking at least 10 million yuan (1.59 mi...

Source code cannot be protected by copyright

2011 November 29 | 634 Views
Luxembourg - A computer programming language cannot be protected by copyright, the adviser to the EU's top court said on Tuesday in an opinion that could affect the competitive IT industry.Adv...

iSO 5 users complain Apple update didn't fix battery

2011 November 12 | 654 Views
Apple customers who have updated their devices which are running iOS 5 operating system with the new iOS 5.0.1 are saying iSO 5 is still suffering from weak battery life, even after the software updat...

Apple releases iSO 5 beta with battery bug fix

2011 November 10 | 711 Views
Apple delivers iSO 5.0.1 Beta with battery bug fix to a selected end users in the wake of battery-life issues confirmed last week, according to PC Magazine.The early iSO 5, unreleased to the m...

Windows 7 sells overtakes Windows XP

2011 September 13 | 623 Views
Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP sells  with sells nearly approaching 450 billion copies.Microsoft made that announcement at the developer-focused Microsoft...

Internet Explorer users have low IQ: Research

2011 August 03 | 598 Views
A study by a Vancouver based Psychometric Consulting company, AptiQuant has just released results from a IQ test carried out online.Over 100,000 web surfers took the free online IQ test and ...

Microsoft puts Office in the cloud to Defend Its Office Business

2011 June 28 | 588 Views
Microsoft is making its biggest move into the mobile, Internet-accessible world of cloud computing this week, as it takes the wraps off a revamped online version of its hugely profitable Office softwa...

French Company to File Anticompetitive Suit Against Google, Seeking Damages

2011 June 28 | 581 Views
BRUSSELS - An Internet company in France says it will seek heavy damages from Google in what it says is the largest claim of its kind in Europe against the American giant, New York Times reported on T...

Database giant, Oracle acquires FatWire Software

2011 June 22 | 619 Views
Oracle [Database giant] on Tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire FatWire Software, a provider of web experience management solutio...

Microsoft unveils Kinect feature to control live tv feeds

2011 June 07 | 698 Views
Microsoft Corp is looking to put its popular Kinect motion-sensing device at the heart of its Xbox game console, unveiling plans on Monday to allow users to control live television feeds, search YouTu...

Zimbabwe has the highest number of pirated software

Microsoft unveils the design for Windows 8

2011 June 03 | 616 Views
The next version of Windows will look a lot like Windows Phone 7. But the familiar PC design is still there under the hood.Microsoft unveiled the design for Windows 8 at the All Things Digita...

Microsoft to power Toyota cars online

2011 April 07 | 559 Views
San Francisco - Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp (TMC) on Wednesday announced they will work together to infuse the Japanese auto maker's cars with digital capabilities hosted in the internet "cl...

Bill Gates Dumping Microsoft Shares

2011 February 10 | 674 Views
Over the past 12 months, Chairman Bill has sold off 90 million shares in the company he co-founded. Does he think it's become that bad an investment? Ma...

Free Windows XP and Windows Vista downloads

2011 February 06 | 684 Views
Microsoft recently updated its free Windows XP and Windows Vista downloads making fresh releases available as a part of a continued effort (more than a couple of years now) to make it easier for webs...

Android operating system has overtaken Symbian

2011 February 01 | 554 Views
Google's Android operating system has overtaken Nokia's Symbian platform to become the world's leading smartphone platform.According to the latest report by Canalys, shipments of smartphones r...

Microsoft earnings get boost from Xbox, Office

2011 January 28 | 648 Views
Microsoft beat Wall Street's expectations today with its fiscal second quarter earnings.For the three months ended December 31, Microsoft earned $19.95 billion in revenue, or 77 cents per shar...

Windows 8 will support system-on-a-chip(SoC) architectures

2011 January 06 | 496 Views
Microsoft announced today at the Consume...

Apache Slips Through, As Oracle Tightens Its Grip

2010 December 13 | 629 Views
Oracle gives lip service to open source, but the company appears unwilling to give it much more than that, and the latest fallout is the resigna...

Yet another Microsoft storage disaster

2010 November 25 | 554 Views
So Microsoft has decided to kill off the Drive Extender technology in the next release of Windows Home Server, codenamed Vail (and the other concotions of the same basic recipe: Small Business Server ...

Acronis True Image Home 2011 review

2010 November 25 | 590 Views
This latest version of Acronis’s disk and file backup package has a bright Windows 7-style interface that’s a breeze to use — but few new features. The only real enhancement over last year’s e...