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Windows 7 Fail
October 25, 2009, 2:58 am
Filed under: Japan, OS | Tags: , , ,

Fuji TV tries and fails to give a demo of Windows 7 during a live news broadcast:

The anchor tries to zoom in on the Fuji TV studio, but nothing happens. At the end of the failed test, he concludes that Windows 7 is indeed faster than Windows Vista…

Another problematic Windows 7 demo for Fuji TV’s “Tokudane” morning show



Microsoft Will Sponsor FC Barcelona to The Tune of €2 million
August 5, 2009, 2:21 pm
Filed under: Football, Microsoft, Soccer, Sport | Tags: , , ,

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according to Catalunya Informació, it looks like Microsoft is going to sponsor, in some capacity, the reigning European and Spanish football champions, FC Barcelona. It’s said to be worth some €2 million.

Does this mean Barça will soon be running around with MICROSOFT on its chest? Doubtful; we all know the team is in a multi-year agreement with Unicef whereby it (Barça) gives money to the United Nations organization.

Apparently Laporta and Co. visited the Microsoft headquarters earlier today.

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‘Bing’ To Be Yahoo’s New Search Engine?
July 28, 2009, 7:48 am
Filed under: Microsoft, Web | Tags: , , ,

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After months and months of on-and-off talks, Microsoft and Yahoo may be only a couple of days away from announcing a partnership. Sources close to Yahoo say that the deal is ‘likely’ to be announced this week. They expect that Microsoft and Yahoo will work out a revenue-sharing plan, rather than exchanging a big lump sum payment. (more…)



Microsoft Opening Shops Right Next to Apple Stores
July 16, 2009, 7:31 am
Filed under: Apple, Microsoft | Tags: , , ,

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Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner has officially announced that they will open their own retail stores “right next door to Apple this fall”:

And stay tuned, because we’re going to have some retail stores opened up that are opened up right next door to Apple stores this fall. Stay tuned, just stay tuned.

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