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Just a few days ago, Google released its new Web browser, Chrome, designed to take a swing at the market’s top three. The company presented its service as the next level when it comes to Web surfing, promising a whole new experience. It promises to provide a faster, easier and less frustraiting Web access. Unfortunately, as expected, this first beta version is filled with errors and flaws and the company keeps receiving complaints from its users.Google keeps its focus on the big picture, presenting the innovative release only as the starting point and ensures its clients that it will not be...
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Thursday, Microsoft kicked off its $300 million campaign,
which is intended to bring improvements to Windows Vista’s image, the operating
system that the company launched in January last year.
Created by advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the marketing
campaign’s first ad features household comedian Jerry Seinfeld alongside
Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates.
The commercial is only a small part of a larger project that aims at changing
the current perception people have of the product. Corporate vice
president at Microsoft, Brad Brooks, stated that presently, what the...
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Google’s Chrome browser might not be as ‘bullet-proof’ as advertised, with numerous reports on technical issues comming in from its users. The official release of the Web browser’s beta version happenend three days ago and Google announced that it will prove to be significantly faster and more secure than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Apple’s Safari browser and Mozilla’s Firefox.Even though, as with any beta version, some problems were expected with the new release, all these software compatibility glitches seem to have caught the company by surprise. Google released a list of the known...
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Just a few days ago, Microsoft officially started its new advertising campaign, starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. The project involves a series of ads, the total production costs are estimated at about $300 million. The popular comedian reportedly received $10 million for his work and from this point on we will just have to see if this was indeed money well spent.The campaign, set up with a very catchy main theme ’Windows, Not Walls’, is expected to change the general perception about Microsoft’s Vista Operating System, which received some rather bad reviews since its launch. For some...
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After the same has happened in Japan, and following the rumors of a following price drop in the U.S., it’s now official: Starting Friday, Xbox 360 prices are going down. The Xbox Arcade previously priced at $280 is now $199.99. It’s now below the “magical” $200 mark, where historically 75% of console sales occur after the price drops below this value, according to Microsoft. The mid-range, 60GB version of the Xbox is now $50 cheaper, dropping to $299.99, and the 120GB Xbox Elite is now $399.99, down from $500. Microsoft has taken full advantage of its head start, its consoles being...
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