Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Microsoft sues the user who activated too often pirated Windows


Microsoft sues the user who activated too often pirated Windows
Corporation Microsoft, whose products rank as the most popular computer pirates, infrequently leads the persecution of individuals using counterfeit software. Previously CEO Satya Nadella even said that the pirates in certain circumstances may become users of licensed software.

Under this approach, Microsoft regularly conducts campaigns to combat piracy indirectly. So, in 2012, immediately after the release of Windows 8, the software giant offered a significant discount on the OS in a hundred countries. Then Belarus, in contrast, for example, Honduras was not included in the list, which operated the program, and since then the situation has not changed much.

Probably in Microsoft still decided to take more active steps to combat fraudulent users. According to TorrentFreak, the corporation has issued a lawsuit against the user (or users) American provider AT & T. The company's specialists have determined that a certain IP-addresses were carried out a significant amount of activation of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 10.

Many users prefer to pirated software, they find that they are difficult to calculate, however, argue at Microsoft, in reality it is not. The company is currently taking steps to identify the user, hiding behind a certain IP-address (76.245.7.147), that he said, according to the law.

The new smart bracelet for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone

The new smart bracelet for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone
The Microsoft Band you measure your heart rate, ultraviolet rays and is the first product that will connect to the Microsoft platform health.

Microsoft finalizes the rumors of his first product of the portable or wearable technology with Microsoft Band.

Microsoft New Bracelet Band has 10 sensors, a battery that lasts up to two days and is available from $ 199.

A heartbeat detector, infrared sensor, a sensor for measuring stress and GPS, are some of the components of the Microsoft Band. The bracelet built with a thermal plastic material, which makes it soft, supple and comfortable, has a small 1.4 inch touch screen with a resolution of only 320 × 160, your battery is 100mAh and has a microphone so that Cortana understand your voice commands, only when you use a phone with Windows Phone.

The bracelet is just the beginning of the great project of Microsoft which is based on the Health application that wants to be the health center of our lives. The bracelet is compatible with Windows Phone, iPhone and Android.

Microsoft Band has a strong focus on being the monitor of exercise chosen to todaclase users, but also get all kinds of notifications, such as e-mails, appointment reminders, calls, notices of Twitter and Facebook, climate, financial market information and others.

Microsoft Bracelet Band also works with MyGitnessPal, RunKeeper and MapMyFitness.

Saturday, 6 December 2014

Microsoft Lumia 535, the first phone with Microsoft Lumia brand

Microsoft Lumia 535, the first phone with Microsoft Lumia brand
Nokia is in the past and begins the era of Microsoft on cell phones. Although apparently there is a big change in design or strategy, Microsoft Nokia Lumia 535 fires.

Microsoft says goodbye name and announces its first Nokia phone with Microsoft Lumia brand.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 Windows Phone 8.1 has a 5-inch screen and a front camera of 5 megapixels.

Nokia did not put the most powerful Qualcomm processor, but decided to affix the Snadragon 200 1.2GHz processor low end. Using Windows Phone, Navigation and expect basic functionality is adequate, but not the most suitable cell for mobile games fans.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 also has a 5 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, the screen has a resolution qHD 960 × 540, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory with microSD card support up to 128GB and 1,905mAh battery .

The new cell Microsoft is not the most advanced we've seen, but is focused on providing the basics for a low price. The Microsoft Lumia 535 goes on sale for about 110 euros or $ 136, starting in Europe in December and reaching Latin America in early 2015.

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Windows XP has lost another place in popularity OS

Windows XP has lost another place in popularity OS

Despite the fact that some users still prefer the operating systems Windows XP, it is gradually losing ground, giving way to a new operating system from Microsoft.

According to an independent analytical agency NetMarketShare, Windows 8 operating system (including Windows 8.1) for the first time surpassed the popularity of Windows XP, which took second place for quite some time.

As reported on the website of the agency, in November 2014 the number of computers running Windows 8.x reached 18.65%. While the share of Windows XP on the market decreased to 13.57%. Thus, we can see that the majority of users gradually update their computers to newer operating systems.

Quite possibly, this was the end of Windows XP support from Microsoft, as many users of the importance of security of its own operating system.

It is worth noting that a large margin continues to lead the "Operating System» Windows 7. According to the agency, the share of the most popular operating system from Microsoft is 53.71%, while the figure is increasing every month.

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Bill Gates got rid of Microsoft shares for $ 925 million

Bill Gates got rid of Microsoft shares for $ 925 million
According to the Commission on Securities and Exchange Commission (USA), former director general and head of the board of directors of Microsoft sold another stake in the corporation for $ 925 million. It is noted that due to the increase in share prices of the software giant Bill Gates has not diminished his fortune - on the contrary, it increased.

Currently, Bill Gates owns 278 million shares worth $ 13.6 billion. In August, when Gates held a similar deal in his possession had 298 million shares at a total cost of $ 12.9 billion, reports Computerworld.

Businessman on for about 10 years, every year from 80 million shares of Microsoft. The funds are used to finance the project from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charitable foundation in the world. If the rate at which Gates sells shares to continue, securities Microsoft had not already left by 2018.

Since April 2014 the title of the largest shareholder of the corporation has Steve Ballmer (333 million shares for $ 16.3 billion). Unlike Gates, Ballmer did not intend to sell shares of Microsoft, as he said in an August letter, current CEO of the corporation Satya Nadella.