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General Dynamics Itronix Signed A Patent Agreement With Microsoft For Android Devices

Microsoft has signed yet another patent agreement with an Android device maker, General Dynamics Itronix and that will guarantee the software giant licensing fees for every Android device Itronix sells. Microsoft has already sued Barnes and Noble and Foxconn over Android patents and the new agreement will serve to increase the amount of money Microsoft earns from the overall success of Android…………

Facebook Now The Second Most Popular Website In UK, Overtakes Microsoft

Facebook is now the second most popular web destination behind Google and the social networking site has overtaken Microsoft’s combined websites in Britain for the first time. Facebook attracted 26.8 million visitors in May compared to 26.2 million who visited Microsoft and people age of 18s re less likely to visit Twitter than two years ago but more people in that age group are joining Facebook…………

Rumor: Microsoft Aiming To Release Windows 8 In 2012?

Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 8 might be released to manufacturers in April next year and Windows 8 RC (Release Candidate) is also rumored to be waiting to be released along with it. The plan was to RTM Windows 8 for x86, Windows 8 for ARM/SoC (system on a chip) and Windows 8 Server all at the same time………..

Google To Discontinue HealthVault Competitor Of Microsoft

Google to retire Google Health and Google PowerMeter, neither of which achieved the critical mass that Google felt would be necessary to continue it and Google Health will remain operational until Jan. 1, 2012 and also Google PowerMeter will be retired on Sept. 16 of this year. Google Health was launched to give people access to their personal health and wellness information and on the other hand, Google PowerMeter intended to raise awareness about personal energy usage by surfacing that data to users………..

Microsoft Updates Hotmail

Microsoft updates Hotmail with more signature options, Gmail and Yahoo Mail keyboard shortcuts and the company is none too subtle about admitting it wants the service to be user-friendly for folks if or when they switch from Google or Yahoo. You can et an easy way to recover deleted emails, an improved back button, HTML5-fueled speed improvements and the option of changing your default font signature in new Hotmail by Microsoft………

Microsoft Forcasts Its Kinect To Be Used For Medical Health Care

Microsoft have expressed interest in seeing the Kinect being used in operating rooms or doctors offices and this could also allow patients to attend therapy sessions which they would normally would have not due to the distance they’d have to travel. Doctors could also use the Kinect to call up patient files just by speaking the name of his/her patient and scroll through the data with swipes and gestures. Microsoft is said to have a prototype of such a system ready and hopes that the possibilities that it offers up will help to lower the resistance to change……….

Microsoft Introduced SkyDrive For Modern Web

Microsoft upgrades SkyDrive, reminds us of its place in the cloud and it include speed boosts, a revamped UI, and improvements to photo viewing. The latest version of the almost four-year-old service has cut wait time on actions like clicking folders, from six to nine seconds down to 100 to 300 milliseconds and also features H.264 video playback, a navigation system more akin to desktop browsing, and a single view for files, docs, and photos…………

Skype to integrate with one of Microsoft’s BFFs – Facebook

Skype is bringing several new Facebook features to its voice over IP service, Windows users who download the new Skype 5.5 Beta version will now be able to instant message with Facebook friends and a new Facebook Contacts tab has been added to Skype to help users more easily find and communicate with their friends on the social network.Skype for Windows users could view their Facebook news feeds from within the application and place Skype calls or send SMS messages to their Facebook friends, but if friends included their phone number in their Facebook profile………….