2011 Year in Review: Technology
Posted on January 1, 2012 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
With 2011 quickly coming to an end, and 2012 just around the corner, it’s sometimes good to reflect on the progress that has occurred throughout the year. ‘11 was an overall good year for technology, and we’ve made some significant leaps forward over the past 365 days. Technology tends to move fast, and this year… it did just that.
In today’s post, we will review the year in technology, by listing some of the most important, major, and influential happenings of 2011.
Download Windows 8 for Free and Test Features Now
Posted on September 14, 2011 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
Microsoft has officially released Windows 8 for free download (Developer Preview). This is good news for many who have been waiting for updated features and new operating system features. After all, Windows 8 is slated to be a tablet/desktop hybrid OS. Will Windows 8 be all that much different than Windows 7? or will it be a not so cool update, similar to Vista? Download Windows 8 now and learn about some new features that the next generation operating system has in store.
Why Apple is Dominating the Competition
Posted on August 22, 2011 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
By now, you have probably heard the news that HP is axing their mobile and tablet division. The new plan, for HP, is to get back to their roots as a PC company, and further establish their PC business infrastructure. The most notable example of this recent occurrence is Hewlett Packard’s announcement of discontinued support, and end product line, for their fairly new product, the HP TouchPad.
Bing – A new search engine from Microsoft
Posted on May 29, 2009 - Filed Under Industry News | 4 Comments
Heard enough hype about new search engines? Recently, I wrote about Wolfram Alpha, a computational search engine, and previously I wrote about Cuil, the definitely-not Google killer.
So now we have another new search engine to unveil, this time from Microsoft. But doesn’t Microsoft already have a search engine called Live Search? Yes they do, but they’ll be killing that off in the next few days.
Bing is the hope and prayers of all Microsoft employees, especially Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. According to Microsoft, it’s a “decision engine” that will help you make decisions about travel, health, and shopping.
Wolfram Alpha – The best computational search engine ever
Posted on May 14, 2009 - Filed Under Industry News | 5 Comments
When Google released their search tool to the world way back in the days, everyone knew it was going to be a game changer. Why? Because it was simply awesome compared to everything else out there.
Today I am pleased to say that there is another tool releasing soon that will be just as big of a game changer. It’s not a competitor to Google, but it does something Google cannot do right now.
It’s Official: Microsoft buys Yahoo and Google buys Facebook
Posted on April 1, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | 7 Comments
Holy crap! It looks like it’s a done deal. Last night Yahoo agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $47.2 billion, only $2.6 billion more than Microsoft’s original offer on Jan. 31st. This is huge news!
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There have been many speculations circling around about the buyout for the last two months and what it would mean for Google and the rest of the Internet if it happened. I guess we can stop guessing and just start praying!