Microsoft’s marketing department has been putting in some overtime this month, it seems.
The company has taken a bizarre approach to promoting Windows 7 in Japan. Burger King locations there have launched the “Windows 7 Whopper”.
To match the software theme, the Windows 7 Whopper features seven patties stacked in a Whopper bun and measures 5.1 [...]

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The Wii is following the lead of Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 by slashing its price.
On Sunday, Nintendo cut the price tag of its popular Wii gaming console from $249 to $199. This follows Microsoft and Sony’s price cuts last month on their game systems. Sony’s PS3 now goes for $299 (was $399) and Microsoft’s [...]

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We know, we know.  You just can’t wait to get your hands on the new Zune HD.  Neither can we…but we have to wait until September 15th.
Luckily, you can now do the next best thing.  Beginning today you can pre-order your very own Zune HD.
The price for a 16GB version will cost $219.99, while a [...]

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“It’s DAMN real!”

It’s finally happened.  The long-rumored search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo has come to fruition.
Under the terms of the new 10-year agreement, Bing will now power Yahoo search, essentially creating a Google competitor that just last month reached a combined 28.4 percent of the search market share, according to comScore. Microsoft will also [...]

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Microsoft Office 2010 is coming.  In fact, today we received word that the online suite, called Web Apps, will in fact be free.  A semi-private beta test of Office 2010 begins today.
With nearly-free competition coming from Google, Apple and Adobe, Microsoft really had no choice when it came to offering the product suite [...]

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If you use Hotmail as your e-mail service provider, Microsoft has now added a new feature called Quick Add, courtesy of Bing. The new feature allows you to include a variety of special goodies in your e-mails including restaurant reviews, movie times, images, videos, and maps.
Quick Add is available to users in Australia, [...]

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Google has dropped the bomb. The company has just announced that it’s going to roll out its own operating system, called Google Chrome OS. The new OS should be lightweight and will be based on the Chrome browser. Clearly, Google is issuing a challenge to Microsoft with this announcement, taking us one step [...]

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Microsoft has taken the unusual step of warning users about a serious computer security hole it hasn’t yet fixed.
The vulnerability disclosed on Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers are running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.
The “hole” allows hackers to remotely take control of victims’ machines. The victims can become infected by merely [...]

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Microsoft has announced pricing for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and the best deal you’ll find is $49.99 if you pre-order Windows 7 from Microsoft.
The company announced today that pre-orders will begin on Friday and run through July 11.
On Friday, Microsoft will also launch its Windows 7 Upgrade Program, through which it [...]

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Google is not going to sit quietly by while Bing continues to eat away at its search share.  In fact, recent figures show that Bing’s search share has jumped to 12 percent.
Now Google has decided to battle back.
When you now go to Google, you will see a new link that says “Discovering the Web” [...]

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