The search
for a new Chief Executive Officer began in August, 2013 after former Microsoft
CEO Steve Ballmer revealed that he will be leaving his post within the next 12
months when Microsoft would have appointed a new Chief Executive.
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Showing posts with label Software. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Most of ATMs worldwide run on outdated OS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:51 AM
Microsoft
Corporation has decided that it will stop support for its 12-year old operating
system (OS), Windows XP on the 8th of April, 2014 and automated teller machines
(ATMs) are set to be the most affected.
Posted in Microsoft, Software, technology, windows
Friday, January 17, 2014
Google announces a project that could help 372 million people
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:53 PM
Google announced
on the 16th of January that it was going to embark on a project that would help
diabetics monitor their blood sugar level whenever it is too low or too high.
Managing diabetes is a hard task for diabetics and a technology is needed to
make detection of sugar levels in the blood easier.
Monday, January 13, 2014
Quotes for the Week: Larry Ellison (1944 - )
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 8:27 AM
Larry Ellison
is an American businessman and the co-founder of Oracle Corporation. Ellison
has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle since 1977 which makes him
the longest serving CEO in Silicon valley’s history.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Windows 8.1 is now available to users
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:41 PM
Microsoft has
announced on the windows blog today that Windows 8.1, an upgrade of Windows 8
is now available to users of Windows PCs and tablets. Present users of Windows
8 can upgrade to 8.1 free of charge starting from today.
Friday, October 4, 2013
2.9 million Users’ data compromised in attack– Adobe
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 6:11 PM
The Chief
Security Officer of Adobe, Brad Arkin, has revealed that information about 2.9
million costumers of the company was breached by cyber attackers.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Microsoft investors want Bill Gates to step down
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 7:58 PM
According to
Reuters, three of the top 20 shareholders in the giant software company wants
co-founder Bill Gates – who co-founded the company with Paul Allen about 38
years ago – to resign as the Chairman of the board.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Ctrl+Alt+Delete was a mistake – Bill Gates
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 9:10 PM
Microsoft
co-founder and the current richest man in the world, Bill Gates has admitted
that using Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot a computer as a way to log into windows
was a mistake.
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer to step down within twelve months
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 1:37 PM
Microsoft
Corp. has announced in a press release that its under-fire boss Steve Ballmer
is to retire in the next twelve months after a replacement is found for him.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Apple found guilty of inflating e-book prices
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 3:33 PM
A federal
judge has ruled that Apple Inc conspired with five major publishers to raise
e-book prices. U. S. District judge Denise Cote in Manhattan found evidence
that Apple violated federal antitrust law by playing an integral role in
conspiracy with publishers to eliminate retail price competition.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Google’s Android Jelly Bean now has more users than Ginger Bread OS
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:43 PM
The latest
Android operating system, Android Jelly Bean (4.1 and 4.2) has surpassed its predecessor
Android 3.2 Ginger Bread to become the most popular version of the operating
system used by consumers.
Windows 8.1 will be released to PC manufacturers in August
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 12:19 PM
The
Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Windows, Tami
Reller, while speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) has
revealed that the code for windows 8.1 will be finalized and passed to PC
manufacturers by late August.
Posted in Software
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Microsoft offers up to $100,000 to those who can expose vulnerabilities of Windows 8.1 Preview
Posted by Olumide Samuel on 10:23 PM
Microsoft
Corp has on Wednesday promised cash rewards for those who can breach its new
operating system Windows Blue (Windows 8.1 Preview) in a novel way. It will
offer up to $100,000 to those who can expose its loop holes and a further $50,000 bonus if
they can explain how they did it and the fix. The US software giant is also
willing to pay up to $11,000 for vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer
11 Preview.
Posted in Software, technology
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