WARNING!! Critical Zero-Day flaw attacks Internet Explorer!

Zero-day flaw hits IE

(If you are reading this post in Internet Explorer close it now and use any other good one, now!)

Security experts are urging Internet Explorer users to stop using the browser, following the discovery of a new flaw that makes your desktop vulnerable to malicious code hosted on websites.

Hmmm...People don't troll Microsoft's Internet Explorer without reasons 

And here is just another reason not to use Internet Explorer, a serious security flaw 

Microsoft challenges Google with "Bing It On" Campaign

If you had to name your favourite search engine, which would it be?

Google mostly! According to a recent research by comScore, Google accounts for almost 67 percent of all searches in July, while Bing has slightly over 15 percent. Yahoo, Ask and AOL are the remaining minority search engines.

Microsoft's Bing search engine may be stuck in a distant second place, but Microsoft thinks it can prove its search results are better than Google's.

All You Need To Know About Nokia Lumia 920

When the world is busy talking about the Apples and the Samsungs, here is Nokia silently making some statement with its new phone Lumia 920, 

Nokia is still alive and kicking!

Nokia, the former No: 1 in the mobile market has come up with the new Windows phone 8 powered Smart Phone, Nokia Lumia 920.Not just for Nokia , this launch means a lot to Microsoft as this will be the first Nokia smart phone with the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 OS.

Take a look at Microsoft's first new "simple" logo after 25 years!

New Beginning

After 25 years Microsoft redesigned their logo yesterday. The last time Microsoft changed its company branding was in 1987. 

With the new age stylish upcoming releases like, Windows 8, Windows Phones, Surface and the Xbox 360, it's time for a new look.

Revolution of MS logos

First impression: 

Top Funny Never Seen Before Windows Error Message!

Error messages are so annoying and disturbing .

Windows Trolled!

When they pop-up, that means your work for the day is just screwed and if you are a Windows user this happens regularly.    

But there are few exceptions, some seriously funny error messages make us forget the seriousness of the problem and go ROFL!  

So here is an array of such epic windows error message troll! 

Windows 8 has arrived!!!

Microsoft has released a 90-day trial version of Windows 8 Enterprise Edition for developers and IT professional to build and test Windows 8 apps. So that the apps could be made ready before the Official release of Windows 8 by 26th October.

Don't worry if your not a Developer or an IT professional, as Microsoft does't restrict you from downloading the Trial version.

The Windows 8 trial version on offer is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. Its available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish.

Microsoft will release Surface with Windows 8 on October 26!

Surface and Windows 8 will be available on…26/ October 2012!

Earlier this month, Microsoft promised to ship Windows 8 sometime in October. Today, it announced the official date of the operating system’s arrival: October 26, 2012.

Speaking during Microsoft’s annual sales meeting, Steven Sinofsky, president of the company’s Windows division said,

Microsoft Kills Hotmail and gives birth to ‘social-friendly’ Outlook.com!

Microsoft the software giant killed its long standing email service Hotmail and gave its mail service over to ‘social-friendly’ Outlook.com.

The changes include the new email address “@outlook.com “ which will replace the older “@hotmail.com” address, used by  millions worldwide for more than 10 years of its service. Users can already "Upgrade to Outlook.com" to keep their existing address.

CoolMail

 Hotmail still the world's largest email service with 324 million users (about 36 per cent of the market) but had been losing its market to Google's fast-growing Gmail with 425 million users!

Hotmail was launched in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million. The rebranding and overhaul of Microsoft's email service is Microsoft's first major change in its email service in 10 years.

Microsoft is hoping that the new Outlook.com as a free mail service that pulls features from Hotmail and Exchange. It is designed for both  personal consumer use, Microsoft continues to position Outlook as its business e-mail client. 

We call it ‘social-friendly’ Outlook.com because;

Say hello to Windows 8 and Bye-bye to the Desktop and Start menu

Gone is the Start Menu. Gone is the Desktop. Instead, applications, widgets and social network updates appear in the form of a mosaic of tiles.

Everything is touch-friendly, as you swipe across screens to access more tiles and more tiles.

This is the new version of Windows, and it is almost ready for prime-time, with Microsoft preparing Windows 8 for launch in October.

Windows fans may lament their loss, but Microsoft has seen the future, and it is all about touch.

Microsoft officially announced the time-frame for Windows 8's mass-market release at a company conference in Toronto.

New versions of Windows typically come out every three years, but this update is the most widely anticipated overhaul of the software since 1995.

Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, has designed the operating system so it can run on personal computers or touch-based tablet computers. 

Desktop aficionados may lament the new focus on touch - and wonder how it will work on older, non-touchscreen computers.

Critics may also wonder whether touch is any kind of replacement for keyboard and mouse in terms of day-to-day productivity.

Luckily those who miss the old approach will still find their Desktop accessible. But now it is more like a program, in the same way Office or Photoshop are programs.

The company is also putting a special price on its next version of Windows - offering upgrades to the operating system for just $40.

The offer, which translates to about £25 in the UK, will run until next January and applies to the previous versions of Windows - XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

Microsoft has not yet confirmed the price in the UK yet, but the company is likely to price the upgrade at between £25 and £40.

Microsoft will also throw Media Centre, which allows you to browse picture, music and video files from a distance, in for free.

Microsoft will be anxious to get the latest Windows on to as many desktops as possible, following the rising popularity of Android and Apple tablets, and Google and Apple - as well as other companies - encroaching in on the Microsoft-heavy segment of the PC market.

Windows 8 will be quite an evolution. The core Windows concept has changed little in more than 20 years, but for the first time, Microsoft is dramatically overhauling the interface, making it touch-friendly.

The Start Menu - and the desktop - have both gone, to be replaced with the Metro interface, which uses 'Live Tiles' for updates and for programs, in a manner similar to Windows Phone 7, and the upcoming Microsoft Surface tablet.

Those upgrading from Windows 7 will be able to keep all their settings, programs and files, while the older operating systems have some caveats, such as the inability to carry programs over from Vista, and settings over from XP.

Microsoft announced the moves on the company blog.

A spokesman said: 'We believe that your upgrade experience in Windows 8 will be a breeze by offering a faster experience, a single upgrade path, and compatibility from prior versions of Windows.

'We’ve continued to listen to our customers and have expanded the ability to download to over 100 countries and 37 languages.

'We have simplified the Windows upgrade experience with the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant which supports you during your upgrade with everything from selecting your language to pausing your download to built-in compatibility checks - it’s seamless. And if you’re an enthusiast you will have the flexibility to download and control how you upgrade.

'If you prefer to shop at a local store, a packaged DVD version of the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro will be available for $69.99 during this promotion.

'This upgrade promotion for Windows 8 Pro both online and at retail runs through January 31st, 2013'.