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Chameleon Botnet Cheats Online Advertisers $6.2 Million Monthly

March 20, 2013, 7:56 am

Botnet cheats online advertisers: Chameleon botnet has defrauded online advertisers $6.2 million monthly by generating fake clicks on ads and websites.

Skype Violated. Microsoft Silent.

March 9, 2013, 2:53 am

TOM-Skype, the Chinese version of Skype has been found again of methodically monitoring its users for certain keywords and transferring the details of such users back to its [...]

Google Losing Maps Patent Fight Against Microsoft

March 8, 2013, 8:11 am

Motorola Mobility and its parent Google are likely to lose a patent dispute in Germany that could force it to shut down its Google Maps service in an extreme case. A final [...]

Microsoft Fined $732 Million by EU

March 7, 2013, 7:15 am

The European Union has fined Microsoft for failing to provide European users a choice of using alternate web browsers.

Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission

March 6, 2013, 7:32 am

The European Commission on March 6 fined Microsoft $731 million for non-compliance with an agreement that would allow European Windows users a free choice of internet browsers.

Italian Team Uses the Kinect to Treat Autistic Children

December 13, 2012, 11:55 pm

The ambitious Fifth Element project aims to support the more than 60 million people who suffer from autism by using none other than the Microsoft Kinect, originally designed [...]

Apple Posts $8.2 Billion Q3 Profit, But Stock Falls

October 28, 2012, 11:59 pm

Apple announced a massive $8.2 billion profit for Q3 2012 on $36 billion in quarterly revenue, but its stock price fell.

EU Regulators Slamming Door On Unfair Tech Competition

October 25, 2012, 5:35 am

Yesterday regulators in the EU charged Microsoft with a breach of promise to consumer in not having provided rival browser choices. The ruling, handed down by EU antitrust [...]

With Windows 8 Sales, Microsoft Takes on China Malware

October 23, 2012, 10:57 pm

Microsoft announced an unusual move to combat piracy and malware in China: the software giant will not be selling a boxed version of Windows 8 and future products in China

Is Microsoft's Bing Finally the Google Killer?

September 28, 2012, 3:51 am

Yesterday Microsoft announced an interesting element of their Bing search revamp, a partnership with Klout as an influence modifier for the product. With this latest [...]