Microsoft explain don’t push dual-core mobile phone reason: extending battery life
Microsoft Windows Phone business President Andy rees (Andy lees) said on Monday, Microsoft has yet to launch dual-core Windows Phone mobile Phone the main consideration to the battery life and prices, and other factors. Smart phones this year in the biggest change hardware way from mononuclear upgrade for dual-core processor, iPhone 4 S and some mainstream Android smart phones are equipped with a dual-core processor.
But so far, Microsoft has no a dual-core mobile phones, Windows Phone system based on smart Phone all use mononuclear processor. Microsoft Windows Phone business President Andy rees (Andy lees) expressed way, monocyte the processor can ensure that the longer battery life, but also can be sold at lower prices.
Rumours Microsoft Silverlight development will stop
ZDNet columnist Mary-Jo Foley writing today, said Adobe Flash as the biggest rival Microsoft Silverlight development several years of browser plug-in will stop update after version 5, but it is not clear to this product Microsoft will provide more long follow-up support time, Microsoft doesn't respond to the news.
Stop the cause of Silverlight products for the time being, is not clear, but believe that is the arrival of the meta and Windows 8, IE10 new technologies, such as the existence of Silverlight let no value.
At present Siverlight 5 the official can only run on Windows, the open source community have some compatibility scheme can put a cross-platform Silverlight content.
Microsoft will be in apple iOS Hotmail and strengthen development
Microsoft's Hotmail team will be and is actively strengthening in iOS and the opportunity to show on Android, of course also include his own Windows platform. Google launched in apple's iOS devices for Gmail users on the same day, two of the Microsoft product team will not fall after people, want to let everybody know they also support iOS. The team will be published its recently should equipment will be a new version of the application, can be in iPhone and Android on execution.
. Will be the product manager for Mobile Santanu Basu said the new version to use meta with the experience of equipment and procedure of browser experience, so in the browser use m. Will should be. Com or will be to equipment search, can enjoy the results as fast.
The new version will be equipment hybrid program can only in iOS 4 version of the iPhone and Android devices on the specific use. But it does not support the iPad, Microsoft also didn't say when it will update.
Also, Hotmail team also announced Hotmail can support iOS 5 platform. Windows Live enterprise vice President Chris Jones said that, while we support iOS has more than a year, but with the iOS 5 launch, now more easily in the iPhone or iPad set the Hotmail, every day now nearly 100000 a new iOS 5 equipment set Hotmail account.
Microsoft video game psu on Xbox 360 sales growth of 20% in October
Market research firm NPD Group Inc. According to a report released by in October, and Microsoft video game in the psu on Xbox 360 U.S. retail sales are in the same period last year grew by more than 20%. In all the hardware and software on the market average performance, it is really a window. NPD company says the U.S. retail, all video games, playstation and accessories sales rose 1%, grew to $1.08 billion. All games hardware sales rose 6%, grew to $295.6 million.
Microsoft's psu on Xbox 360 game console, although it is a mature products, but its sales have been under the body feeling peripherals Kinect boost. This type of Kinect equipment in a year ago launch, as of march this year has sold 10 million units.
Microsoft yesterday quoted company research report says NPD, psu on Xbox 360 game console market because of the existing 44% share of; Psu on Xbox 360 game in the October has sold 393000 units, and hold the American game sales the location of the first. Microsoft also quoted NPD data said, including hardware, software and games accessories,, psu on Xbox 360 platform of consumer spending at $490 million, other than the United States any game consumer spending are high. "We feel about it very well." Microsoft spokesman David Dennis (David Dennis) said, "this is the holiday season is a good start."
In addition, Microsoft claimed, psu on Xbox 360 game also has the top 10 best-selling game of six games, including Battlefield 3 "(Battlefield 3), and" the Batman: forrest City "(Batman: Arkham City), and" the NBA 2 K12 ", "Rage" (Rage) and psu on Xbox 360 proprietary game "limit racing 4" (Forza Motorsport 4) and "War machine 3" (Gears of War 3).
High appellative and Windows 8 exciting to look forward to
Qualcomm is currently the only to provide a running Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating system processor manufacturers, Forbes reported today says qualcomm is planning to expand the cooperation Windows 8 fields.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf said in the interview, Windows 8 can provide function "very exciting", is expected to form a new ecological system, and change the entire operating system market operation mode.
Mollenkopf admit that at present market for WP7 type of attention as other opponents, but believe that will have change, qualcomm for Microsoft's Windows of the large scale of investment, the next development cooperation with Microsoft will also run Windows 8 of the ARM processor, the first paragraph is expected to products will be dual core MSM8960 chip, is expected to be in the early 2012's sometime, and was eventually Windows 8 support, and then release the specific products.
At present, the ecological system Snapdragon team is building in qualcomm chip can + Windows 8 on the platform of the operation of the application.
For the first time in Microsoft Bing dynamic background image used in
Today in Britain and Australia to Microsoft's Bing version of the video on the page first used as Bing search engine's background, this animation is the leading role a Manu national park from Peru green frog crawling scene, let page become full of humour and wit. Microsoft's Bing is one of the largest window can often replace hd large size background, pattern of the introduction of the meta video and give the search engine brought joy.
Microsoft CEO ballmer re-elected the directors approval ratings down
Although Microsoft in the past 12 months profits hit a record high, but the company CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) in the popularity of shareholders but not as good as last year. According to the vote on Thursday, according to the results of the board of directors of the election this year in Microsoft, he got 92% of the shareholder support, and last year the figure closer to 95%. In addition to other than ballmer, including chairman Bill Gates (Bill Gates), the other Microsoft directors to more than 99% of all is elected again approval ratings.
Microsoft last fiscal year set a record company profits, but some of the shareholders to ballmer still reservations about, especially if he can lead the Microsoft in mobile computer age to write brilliancy attitude questioned attitude. Ballmer is in 2000 to replace gates as Microsoft CEO.
Some shareholders this week at the Microsoft its annual meeting complain that they don't get enough time to ballmer and gates questions. In may this year, hedge fund manager David ajax (David Einhorn) said he believed Microsoft outlook, but feel ballmer was the resigned. Microsoft is not about ajax criticism make a public response.
Enterprise products Google and Microsoft face-to-face service
Since always, Journal Communications company shall be responsible for the information technology the vice President of the Michael O 'Brien are using Microsoft office software products. Now, he is someone else, installation and using Google application products, Google application products provide word processing, E-mail and calendar slides broadcast, function. At present, the company has 400 people use Google enterprise application products, he plans to more than 900 people will use Google product transfer.
He points out that Google enterprise application products have many similar Microsoft office products function, and the user through Internet browser can no longer need to install the operation and local software, the operability and Microsoft office products lower prices, better. He pointed out that, in December, the company still 1400 people will give up using Microsoft email, document and slides of products, and to adopt Google products.
He also said in the Google application products saw and different places. People began in cloud computing environment to share documents.
For Google, it in the Journal Communications company all happened only a small victory, Google cloud computing is to Microsoft office products to challenge. Since Google enterprise product in four and a half years since, people have to ask: Google actually whittled away in the enterprise market how much of Microsoft's share?
Microsoft says, Google's efforts to gain little. However, Google says, there are more and more large enterprise started to use its cloud computing services. Perhaps, more important is, its application products help Google in the enterprise internal established social networks. If successful, it will be a serious threat to Microsoft, and also be the rule of Facebook users and life market with new changes.
Google for application products of David Girouard points out that the competent business every day, about 5000 companies registered for use Google application products, but large enterprise is not a lot of, this is mainly because many users still don't trust cloud computing services, they like to use Microsoft products, also don't want to forcing staff to learn to use the new system. Therefore, Google focused on small businesses, and in the realization of document, calendar and slide the maximization of the product function. Many companies say, Google products than Microsoft office products cheap 50% to 80%. For Google, it is the solid strength to support the business, its search related business annual income of more than 30 billion dollars.
Of course, Microsoft has the formidable strength support. Its office products business annual income of $5.6 billion. Most of the enterprise software Microsoft every year is through the IBM or Accenture and other large consulting enterprise to sell, but now Google has not partners. Market research group Gartner analyst David. Smith says, "Google is working with other enterprise negotiations, but other enterprise think and Google cooperation do not fit with their best interests." This name analysts predict that Google a year from application products income of about $150 million and it is not sufficient to cover the cost. "Google spend a dollar and do Microsoft spent ten dollars do, because in the search market Microsoft behind Google."
To this, Microsoft to disagree. Microsoft office products responsible for the senior director Tom Rizzo says, "every second, we sell a product, and has now sold office about 100 million office products use Google search service. In every 10 users of nine of the desktop is still in use Microsoft office products." From June, Microsoft began selling online office products.
Google is responsible for Google + vice President Bradley Horowitz says, cloud computing is the realization of the long-term at present the enterprise and the consumer use unification, "will work and family fusion in each other. Through the Google cloud computing, users at home can access large-scale super operation machine, they no longer work in the use of traditional tools."
Google application products to Gmail as the center, free for hundreds of millions of customers. The free version and advertising and other functions, the free version without advertising, Google promised keep increasing the service quality, provide release enterprise video etc. Function.
Recently, Google in Google + for enterprises, which is the web page. Consumer version of Google + has "circle" function, enterprise circle to develop virtual department and the team can, or cooperation development project. Once Google + improve its security and encryption sex, it will change people work, sharing and means of communication. The next few months, Google application products will increase more features, enterprise social will become faster, informal also more efficient, "to make the enterprise social network will be focusing on the development of our future" Google said.
Windows version Kinect launched early next year close to use
As the world's fastest consumer electronic products sales, Microsoft Kinect can not let nature created every opportunity, Kinect for Windows SDK beta version release is one example. But the most natural light attract developers don't satisfy, recently Microsoft Kinect for Windows official blog said will be released in early 2012 Windows special edition Kinect.
It was not clear whether the Windows version Kinect appearance will do change, but Microsoft's promise will improve the psu on Xbox 360 Kinect in the space is lesser room is not able to use the phenomenon, minimum distance will drop to identify 50 cm, and some other fine point will also for desktop and laptop computers optimization of such as shorten the USB cable length, etc.
Microsoft flashed a white flag to the European Union antitrust ruling not appeal
Us software giant Microsoft 24 announced that the company plans to the eu market sold for the first time without the media player software of the Windows operating system. The move shows that Microsoft will not again to the European Union's antitrust ruling appeal.
The European Union last month's decision to determine Microsoft company had to European markets out of the Windows operating system in violation of relevant regulations against monopoly, ordered its must launch with media player software version of the Windows operating system. Microsoft 24, said, is not this appeals, and will take concrete steps to meet the requirement of the European Union.
Microsoft said, the company has its cooperation with the computer manufacturers to reach an agreement, the first batch of don't take media player software of the Windows operating system will soon listed. Microsoft pointed out that after the changes, a new version of the Windows operating system on the function to degradation, for users do more harm than good. But the eu believes that, new Windows operating system will help users to select other media player software.
Along with the computer hardware continuously upgrade and more and more users through the broadband Internet access, Microsoft's operating system user to the media player software requirements of function is increasing day by day, Microsoft's operating system incidental player software is also facing growing capacity.