another one of Microsoft 's competitive prods at Google ( this time ), but rather the result of an error in the updates to Microsoft Security Essentials and Microsoft Forefront released earlier this week. Users of these anti-virus programs were prevented from visiting Google as the updates mistakenly marked google.com as a site rich with malware just waiting to get inside your ...

Microsoft has never had much luck in the digital music space. Their Zune service was relatively ignored and I don't know a single person who uses last.fm on their Xbox 360. The company may be planning to change that. CNET got the exclusive scoop from insiders that Microsoft is in talks with record companies to create a new music service to offer on Windows phones ...

Team infiltrated Microsoft 's online store in India and stole usernames and passwords for many who attempted to access the site. Today any attempting to access www.microsoftstore.co.in will receive the following message: "The Microsoft Store India is currently unavailable. Microsoft is working to restore access as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may ...

of an upcoming Microsoft Office app for the iPad elicited both excitement and skepticism, with a hearty dose of pessimism thrown in there as well. There exists Office-like apps for the iPad, but many people (like me, lifetime PC users who now spend a lot of time on an iPad) have failed to get behind any of them - since they weren't the Office suite that they were used to. ...

upcoming version of Microsoft Office for iPad . The famous productivity suite has always been noticeably absent from iOS, and the news that an app might be making its way to the most popular tablet in the world set the interwebs ablaze. The new came courtesy of The Daily , who claimed that an image was in fact the new program running on an iPad. That image came with the news that Office ...

Microsoft and Bazaarvoice have entered an advertising partnership resulting in the introduction of a new social advertising solution called People Powered Stories. This was revealed in a presentation from Jenn Creegan, General Manager for Display Advertising Experiences at Microsoft Advertising in her Social Media Week presentation. PPS will incorporate ratings and ...

than Google and Microsoft combined . I am an ignoramus when it comes to the stock market, but I can at least add this much. Apple's market capitalization: $459.66 billion. Google's market capitalization: $199.03 billion. Microsoft's market capitalization: $256.10 billion. $199.03B + $256.10B Granted, Apple is "only" worth $4.53 billion more than the combined financial ...

Microsoft has released their MSN iPad app in America following the successful launch of the app in France, Germany, Britain, and Canada last month. The app provides access to MSN's news, photos, and videos. Users can also access Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. The app also includes a variety of sharing features. Users can email links to what they're viewing, ...

Microsoft just launched a new MSN service called msnNOW , which the company says is designed to surface breaking trends from across the web, show what people are saying about the trends and why they matter. "msnNOW scours real-time sources, including Facebook, Twitter, Bing, and BreakingNews.com, so you can stay up on what everyone is talking about and join the ...

Indian Microsoft store Web site has been hacked. The Web site is currently inaccessible, but it previously feature a message from a hacker group called EvilShadowTeam. From the language used in the hack and those claiming responsibility, the attack seems to have come from a Chinese group according to WP Sauce . The actual damage was not immediately present until the hackers ...