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Archive for May, 2008

May29

Microsoft’s grand plan to eliminate phone numbers

I’ve been puzzling over transcripts of a couple of recent speeches by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates where he discussed his vision for the end of phone numbers. But it wasn’t until today, when I learned more about Microsoft’s “Echoes” services platform for telcos that I began piecing together how Gates & Co. thinks Microsoft can do this.

Filed in: Microsoft

May29

Microsoft looks to ‘Echoes’ to grow its Windows Live mobile, TV services share

Microsoft is readying a new platform, code-named “Echoes,” that it is hoping will get more telco carriers to offer their subscribers Windows Live and other forthcoming Microsoft services.

Filed in: Microsoft

May28

Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google

Google has nothing on open source when it comes to potential competitive threats to Microsoft, according to Redmond’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.

Filed in: Microsoft

May28

Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)

It sounds like Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out earlier than it promised — at least if you believe the company’s CEO.

Filed in: Microsoft

May27

See the demo of Windows 7 multi-touch

Not to say I told you so — well, OK, I will say it — but Microsoft demonstrated the multi-touch functionality it is building into Windows 7 at the D6 conference on May 27.

Filed in: Microsoft

May27

What if Microsoft had picked a different Chief Software Architect?

Ray Ozzie may not have been Microsoft’s first or only choice to fill the big Microsoft Chief Software Architect shoes left vacant by Bill Gates.

Filed in: Microsoft

May27

TeliaSonera to roll out iPhone to Northern Europe (AFP)

AFP - Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera announced a deal on Tuesday to bring Apple’s iPhone to the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Filed in: Apple/Mac

May27

Microsoft sees Windows Mobile unit sales up 50 pct (Reuters)

Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects global
unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to
grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009
as demand for smartphones rises rapidly.

Filed in: Cell Phones

May27

Vodafone yearly profits up, CEO to step down (AFP)

AFP - Mobile phone giant Vodafone unveiled a 5.7-percent rise in operating profits on Tuesday and announced that chief executive Arun Sarin would step down at the end of July.