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Microsoft Windows 1.0 Released 25 Years Ago! Read Press Release

Microsoft Corporation officially released the retail shipment of the Microsoft Windows operating environment to dealers and distributors on November 20, 1985 (25 years ago). The cost of Windows 1.0 was $99. Windows 1.0 supported applications such as Windows Write, Windows Paint, DOS file manager, Calendar, Notepad, Terminal, Calculator and Clock; utlilities such as Control Panel, PIF Editor, RAMDrive, Clipboard and Print Spooler. […]

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Kinect for Xbox 360 – Gaming Without a Controller, Price Rs 9990

Kinect for Xbox 360 is a controller-free gaming and entertainment experience by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform. Kinect enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller. Simply step in front of the sensor and Kinect recognizes you and responds to your gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images. It is available in Microsoft India Store at a price of Rs. 9,990. […]

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Windows Small Business Server 2011 by H1 2011

Microsoft has announced name and licensing details of its Small Business Server (SBS) 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (“Aurora”) is ideal as a first server for small businesses, organize and access business information from virtually anywhere, support the applications needed to run a business, and quickly connect to online services such as Office 365, hosted e-mail, collaboration and CRM. It can be used by up to 25 users and is expected to release in H1 2011 and estimated retail pricing is $545US. […]

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Windows (XP) Keyboard Shortcuts

This article describes the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP (Home Edition and Professional). As you know, using keyboard shortcuts improves productivity. Various keyboard shortcuts avaible for Windows XP are listed below, which includes keyboard shortcuts for general use, Dialog box , Windows Keys, Accessibility, Windows Explorer, Character Map, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Remote desktop connection and Internet Explorer. […]

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Windows Embedded Handheld Platform, Coming to Motorola ES400

Microsoft introduced plans to launch a mobile software platform called Windows Embedded Handheld, which is expected to be available this year. Windows Embedded Handheld is essentially a warmed-over version of WinMo 6.5.3 with some key UI and enterprise-focused enhancements. Windows Embedded Handheld platform focuses on extending Windows and the benefits of cloud computing to the world of specialized devices. […]

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Google Dumps Windows on Security Concerns, Microsoft Responds

It has been reported that, Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft Windows OS because of security concerns, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked in January. It is possible that Google’s alleged plan to dump Windows for internal use, may be a sneaky PR stunt to trumpet the security strengths of Google Chrome OS which is expected to be released by late this year. […]