Microsofts week involved rumors of Windows tablets, some new Bing features, and yet another round in the never-ending competition against arch-rival Google. – For people who follow Microsoft, this week offered a distinct sense of déjÃ
vu, with rumors suggesting the company plans to reveal a new line of
Windows 7 tablets during the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Should that
come about, it would essentially be a repeat of January 2010, when Microsof…
The Serbian dinar (RSD) will continue to rise against euro on Friday for the seventh day in a row. The home currency will strengthen by 0.48 percent, thus setting the official middle exchange rate at RSD 104.3355, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) stated in a release.
Is newly-separated Michael C. Hall romancing Dexter co-star Julia Stiles? Stiles says she and the still-married Hall are just friends, contradicting recent whispers claiming that the two have been secretly dating. Hall and his wife, Jennifer Carpenter, who plays serial killer Dexter Morgan’s cop sister on the show, shocked fans this week after announcing that [...]
The week of Hollywood Breakups continue! Nip/Tuck star Dylan Walsh has filed for divorce from his wife of six years, actress Joanna Going, according to PEOPLE. In court documents filed in Los Angeles this week, Walsh, 47, cites “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of the split. The actor is seeking joint legal and physical custody [...]
Microsoft’s week revolved around its large cloud contracts and updates to its Windows Phone 7 app-submission and payment schedules. – Microsoft’s
week was all about the cloud and Windows Phone 7.
On
the Windows Phone 7 side of things, Microsoft
announced this week that it would adjust its schedule of payouts to Windows
Phone 7 developers, moving up its timetable from February to January. This
could have been in response to…
Here are this week’s updates on the Gulf:“We keep seeing this foam coming in just about everyday†— “They keep spraying†dispersant says Emergency Operations Center workerFeds now ignoring workers who report being sprayed by Corexit (VIDE…
Singapore shares ended lower Friday, tracking other regional markets and with investors booking profits on gains made earlier this week.
The benchmark 30-share Straits Times Index closed down 0.8%, or 24.78 points, at 3,185.42, falling below the psychologically important 3,200 level after spending two days above the mark. Still, the 30-STI ended the week up 0.4%.
Straits Asia Resources (AJ1.SG) flat at $2.55, after last week’s run-up to a $2.80 52-week high. The recent weakness was triggered partly by concerns the Indonesia-based coal miner may again face delays in getting regulatory approval to work on a new area in its Sebuku mine.
WikiLeaks, the Mega-D botnet and online privacy led the way in cyber-security news this past week. – The saga that is the WikiLeaks controversy dominated security news this past week as governments around the world dealt with the fallout from the breach and the site dealt with denial-of-service attacks.
WikiLeaks posting of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables online for many highlighted insider se…
Xbox Kinect has sold 2.5 million units, a bright spot in Microsoft’s week otherwise marked by looming conflict with Google over government cloud contracts. – High sales of the Xbox Kinect boded well for Microsofts holiday
retail season, but the company nonetheless faced difficulties this week
on a number of fronts.
Some 2.5 million Kinect hands-free controllers have sold in the
devices first 25 days of release, according to Microsoft. “We are on
pa…
A series of corruption scandals shake Indian businesses
IN INDIA, not only the economy is booming; so, it appears, is graft. The government announced this week that GDP grew by a dashing 8.9% year-on-year in the most recent quarter, from July to September. Yet the atmosphere for business is looking dirtier than ever.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing an alleged bribes-for-loans scandal involving state-controlled banks and lenders: eight people were arrested last week. The telecoms market is in turmoil, as it transpires that dozens of mobile licences were improperly issued. And a wonkish report from a former IMF man estimates that India has lost $462 billion in illegal capital flight since independence. …
Wesley Snipes will be spending the holidays behind bars. On Wednesday, the US Marshal’s Office in Orlando, Florida ordered the Blade star to report to the Federal Correctional Institution McKean in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania by noon on Dec. 9 to begin his three-year sentence for income tax evasion. Snipes, 48, was convicted in a Florida [...]
A look back at the security news of the past week touched Facebook, Gmail and exploit code for a vulnerability exploited by the infamous Stuxnet worm. –
The week may have been cut short for some due to
Thanksgiving, but the security news machine kept churning nonetheless.
A report by security firm BitDefender highlighted the
challenge of malicious links and malware on Facebook. According to BitDefender,
more than 20 percent of the people usin…
Microsoft’s Kinect will likely be a strong Black Friday best seller, once final numbers come in, while Acer announced a Windows 7 tablet for early 2011. – Microsofts Kinect hands-free games controller sold more than 1 million units in its first 10 days of release. At least a portion of those buyers were IT pros and other tech tinkerers, who snatched up the rectangular devices for a purpose other than virtual dance-offs and road-races: They wanted to e…
We wouldn’t call it Beatlemania, but The Fab Four are definitely large and in charge on iTunes. The Beatles catalogue was released on iTunes, the world’s No. 1 digital music retailer, for the first time on Nov. 16, ending years of negotiations between Apple founder Steve Jobs. In the first week since the catalogue was [...]
The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will cost the country’s economy 5 billion pounds by creating consecutive four-day weekends in April, according to businesses. Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that the nation would be given an extra bank holiday to celebrate the marriage, which will take place at Westminster Abbey on Friday, [...]
Microsoft’s week included strong early Kinect sales, the launch of its Lync 2010 unified communications platform and Office Apps with the revamped Facebook Messages. – Last week’s Windows Phone 7 launch drew attention to Microsoft’s consumer
side. But a company of Microsoft’s size necessarily has other areas of focus;
and this week, it was the business-product end of Redmond’s
operations that seemed to attract news attention.
Microsoft formally launched Lync …
EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele will hand the Serbian authorities an EC questionnaire on European reforms next week, Beta reported. It will serve as the basis for a later EC evaluation of Serbia’s readiness to be granted candidacy status.
Britney Spears made an afternoon run to Starbucks and then returned to the recording studio in LA yesterday. Last week she put the finishing touches on a “monster” track and tweeted to fans to “get ready” for her return. Brit spent the weekend with her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and celebrated her third [...]
