That Happened!

New York - On January 31, Microsoft announced that it will not be releasing a Beta 2 for Windows 7. Instead, the company plans to release only one public beta (called Windows 7 Build 2000). Microsoft is not giving a timeframe for a release of Windows 7. It is only promising to release the next version of Windows by the end of January next year, on the 2nd year anniversary of its release of Windows Vista. However, based on speculations from Microsoft employees, version ... Read More

Seattle - On Wednesday, Google stated that it is going to launch a reseller program when the new Google Apps Premier makes its debut. The program will allow resellers to sell the new Apps and directly make profit. The new Apps program will be discounted 20% to the resellers. By purchasing the program from resellers, companies will be able to get one on one customer support. The resellers will be responsible for all of the customer's needs. Also, Google will not be ... Read More

New York - Microsoft has unveiled a public beta version of its new Windows 7 operating system. It was made available for public download on Friday January 9, 2009 at 12:00 noon PST. Microsoft’s servers were overwhelmed Friday morning with people anxious to download the new system, even though it had not yet been made available. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer said that the company would only provide 2.5 million activation keys for the beta software download. However, everyone can still download and install ... Read More

New York - There was news about the release of Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7. But the beta version was recently found being shared over the Bit Torrent network. However Microsoft officials claim that soon the beta version will be available to all the users but still the company is not commenting on any particular dates for release of the beta version. But there are some hints that the beta version will be available around January 13. The beta version will ... Read More

New York - On Thursday, software giant Microsoft Corp. announced a new music subscription to users of its Zune players, allowing them to have 10 songs per month and add to their permanent collection. The Zune Pass subscription service currently gives consumers access on demand to millions of items for $14.99 U.S. dollars per month. As of Thursday, the new subscription plan will allow Zune customers have 10 songs per month, which will have an estimated value of $10. Users can also add these ... Read More

New York - Little by little we are starting to get good news about the development of Windows 7, the new operating system from Microsoft which is expected to hit the market by the end of 2009 or beginning of 2010. It seems that the software giant has managed to reduce the time it takes to boot the system by 20% ... up to the same level as Vista's predecessor, XP. At the moment it is a beta (test), so it's likely that ... Read More

New York (That Happened!) - Mozilla Firefox has recorded for the first time in history a world market share of 20 percent, growing together in popularity and in use. Its main competitor, Internet Explorer, has not been doing so well -- their use by users has dropped to 71 percent. Firefox is the second most popular browser in the world covering a market share of 18 percent since June 2008, according to published data from a follow-Net Applications, which includes The New York Times. Mozilla's ... Read More

New York - A new report from Microsoft shows that while vulnerable programs are on the decline, the vulnerabilities now left are easier to exploit. In the past year, vulnerabilities have dropped 20% from the previous year showing that virus protection technology is improving, however the remaining vulnerabilities are now easier to exploit using less complicated programs, usually Trojans, which made up 30% of the removed malware during the second half of last year. Overall, malware removal increased by 43% over the ... Read More

New York (That Happened!) - While rumors about the arrival of a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360 console is circulating the internet, Netflix has taken a further step to position itself as a meeting point for the console from Microsoft and multimedia content in it. After announcing this summer that they would be responsible for carrying streaming movies and series to the Xbox 360, we know that with the next update of the console, the content you can get will be in ... Read More