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Tesco trials Surface for market research

Source: nma.co.uk | Published: 19 November 2008 00:00 Tesco has become the first European brand to use Microsoft's Surface table-top technology as part of market research for Tesco Wines. The grocery giant has been testing the...

Footsie into reverse as slump worries worsen: Wednesday morning report from London Stock Exchange

The deepening global recession came back to haunt City investors, with share prices reversing the gains achieved during last night's surprise late rally.A heavy list of companies going ex-dividend also added to the market's...

Microsoft feared Mac comparison in 2005, emails show

Wall Street Journal focused debate on Apple's OSXMicrosoft feared Mac comparison in 2005, emails showMore than a year before Windows Vista's release - and long before Apple started poking fun at the operating system - Microsoft...

Championship Gaming Series runs out of quarters

'The concept was ahead of its time' For two short seasons, The Championship Gaming Series tried to transform sun-starved denizens' musty, Cheeto-dusted basements into glorious "e-sport" cultural icons. Lamenting CGS was "an...

News: How to put Avatars in old XBLA games (Xbox 360)

Avatars arrive with the new Xbox 360 front-end today, and Microsoft has explained how to add them to older Xbox Live Arcade games that support them. The Gamerscore blog said that Uno should update automatically, but there are a...

Innovation Together

Since its establishment in 1998, Microsoft Research Asia's trademark and long term commitment has been to foster innovative research and advanced education in the Asia-Pacific region. Through open collaboration and partnership...

Everyday Computing: Improve Your Skills in Easy Steps, 2nd Edition

Examples at the end of each chapter help you test your skills and there is extra guidance for people with disabilities. The contents are based on the most frequently used operating systems including Windows XP and Microsoft...

TSX ends in positive territory after volatile day

The Canadian Press TORONTO -- On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average moved up 151.17 points to 8,424.75. Earlier in the afternoon, markets were all lower after the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo...

Microsoft and Novell Mark Two Years of Interoperability Progress

REDMOND, Wash. and WALTHAM, Mass. , Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Marking the two-year anniversary of their agreement to build a bridge between SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Windows, Microsoft Corp. and Novell, Inc.,...

Some Watch Instantly Titles Blocked from Xbox Streaming

Update: Netflix's Steve Swasey on the Netflix blog says that only a few hundred titles out of 12,000 are not licensed for the Xbox at this time: As watching instantly becomes a more prominent part of the Netflix service, our...