Microsoft today with the announcement of its Q2 2012 earnings report confirmed that the company has sold over 525 million licenses of Windows 7 since it hits the market in October 2009. The company previously announced in September last year, at its BUILD conference, that it was on its way to approach 450 million Windows 7 units. With the today announcement it appears that the company made additional 75 million sales in quite a less time. ...
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According to a DARPA request for proposal, the US pentagon planned to spend over $32 million to develop “fun to play” computer games that can help them refining the way weapons systems are tested so as to ensure they are free from software errors, security bugs, as per the Department of Defense. The goal is to create puzzles that are “intuitively understandable...
Microsoft Corporation reported its Q2 2012 earnings with revenue of $20.89 billion, a 5% increase from the prior year period. The company operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.99 billion, $6.62 billion, and $0.78 per share, compared with $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion and $0.77 per share, respectively, in the prior year period. “We delivered solid financial results, even as we prepare for a launch year that will accelerate many of our key products and services,” said Steve Ballmer, chief...
We’re getting multiple reports that MegaUpload may be trying to get back online, even including one directly from Anonymous tweets that site is trying to get back under another domain name www.megavideo.bz. Online sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the FBIs on the DOJs decision earlier today, which results in a reaction from the Hacker Group Anonymous to...
Online sharing site MegaUpload was shut down by the FBIs on the DOJs decision earlier today, which results in a reaction from the Hacker Group Anonymous to shut down various government agencies and big companies website. It was found that the website founder Kim Schmitz had own himself over luxuries cars which total comes with a $6 million price tag. The list, according...
With the takedown of a major content hosting website Megaupload, Hacker group “Anonymous” targeting big companies and government agencies websites. The group Anonymous on their Twitter account declared, “The government takes down #Megaupload? And in response to that 15 minutes later #Anonymous takes down government & record label sites. #ExpectUs.” The...
U.S. accuses a major internet content hosting website, Megaupload.com of copyright infringement. Seven individuals and two corporations – Megaupload Limited and Vestor Limited have been charged for the offence with running of an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of number of copyrighted works, generating...
Yesterday, we saw 25 US Senators publicly stands out against the Protect IP Act (PIPA), now just 63 supports anti-piracy bills, and opposition has surged to 122, as per ProPublica. ProPublica is an independent non-profit news room define supports and opponents’ according to “whether a member is a sponsor of the proposed bills, and each member’s voting record...
A total of 25 US Senators have publicly stated their opposition against the Protect IP Act (PIPA), according to OpenCongress. The bill previously gained support of over 40 senators, who co-sponsored the bill. But as of today, that number has dropped with 25, and another 13 too are leaning towards opposition. The news comes a day after when the whole internet is on...
Sony Ericsson this morning reports that its pre-tax loss of 247 million euros ($318 million) in the 2011 Q4, after reporting a profit of 31 million euros in 2011 Q3. The company is a 50-50 percent joint-venture between Sony and Ericsson. The company blames the loss is due to the unfavourable macroeconomic conditions and effects from the flooding in Thailand. The...
