On Thursday, Microsoft announced operating income of $7 billion on record revenue of $16.2 billion for the quarter ending September 30. The results were dramatically better than expectations and up significantly from the same time period a year ago. Indeed, the company experienced double-digit sales and income growth. Net income jumped a whopping 51 percent. Microsoft also reported that all its … [Read more...]
Computer and Internet
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New Supercomputer
Zhou Xingming, an NUDT professor said the computer is "equipped with 6,144 Intel CPUs and 5,120 AMD GPUs (graphics processing units)," and was able to "store all 27 million books in the National Library of China four times." The announcement was posted Thursday on several Chinese computer research websites. An official listing of the world's fastest supercomputers, the semiannual TOP500, is due … [Read more...]
Windows 8, Windows 9 in the Post-PC World
" What does the future hold for Windows 8, Windows 9 and beyond? Where is Windows heading in the next five years, or in the next decade? Is the post-PC era going to usher in the post-Windows era as well? Are the two synonymous? These are legitimate questions, especially on a day when Microsoft™s soon to be ex-Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie opines that we™re at the dawn of a new day and that … [Read more...]
Tips to clean up your computer
Its necessary to clean up your Windows PC for running it properly. This term clean up can be broadened to Software side and Hardware Side. Software side It is needed to clean the Junk files, temporary files, invalid registry keys (those are generated from improperly uninstalled softwares) and yes security side should be included too. Its advisable to use Disk Cleanup utility that comes naively … [Read more...]
Why there is no 64-bit Silverlight
Why there is no 64-bit Silverlight plugin from Micorsoft: In February 2009 we e-mailed Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of Microsoft's .NET Developer Division, and asked him if Silverlight 3 would have a 64-bit version. He told us no, as other browser plugins (and most browsers) don't support 64-bit. Silverlight 3 was released in February 2009 and indeed was only available for 32-bit … [Read more...]
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Here it is! Mitch Tulloch has updated his free ebook of last year; it™s now updated for Windows Server 2008 R2. You can now download Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions. Six chapters adding up to 466 pages. … [Read more...]
The History of Microsoft Windows Operating system: Part 2
Windows Premiere Edition/1.0xWindows 1.0 is a 16-bit graphical operating environment that was released on November 20, 1985. It was Microsoft's first Windows Operating system with a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based the PC platform released for the general public. Windows 1.0 was the first version of Windows launched. Codename : Interface Manager Os archetecture: 16 Bit Versions : … [Read more...]
The History of Microsoft Windows Operating system: Part 1
On 21 July 1980 Jack Sams, head of the Software side of IBM's secret personal computer project, contacts Microsoft and on 22 July 1980 they meet with Gates and Ballmer in Redmond. Gates & Ballmer immediately agree to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Without tipping its hand, the IBM people were interested in seeing if Microsoft could deliver the software they needed and whether they were … [Read more...]
Windows Media Audio
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs. The original WMA codec, known simply as WMA, was conceived as a competitor to the popular MP3 and RealAudio codecs. … [Read more...]
Windows Media Video
Windows Media Video (WMV) is a compressed video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft.The format is a part of the Windows Media framework that also includes formats like Windows Media Audio (WMA), Advanced Systems Format (ASF) and High Definition Photo (HDP). WMV files use the Microsoft container format and represent Microsoft's own version of MPEG-4 (Part 2) … [Read more...]