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Submission + - Windows Phone 8 announced during Microsoft's Windows Phone Summit (winbeta.org)

Submitted by BogenDorpher on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @01:26PM

BogenDorpher writes: During the Windows Phone Summit today, Microsoft announced the successor to its popular Windows Phone 7 platform. Windows Phone 8 was announced as the company's next generation mobile operating system and Microsoft detailed 8 different platform changes.

Submission + - Mozilla Firefox 6 Released Ahead of Schedule (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Saturday August 13, 2011 @04:26PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Mozilla is currently on schedule to release Firefox 6 on August 16th but it looks like the final version has already been signed off and is unofficially available on Mozilla's servers."

Submission + - Microsoft social media site accidentally revealed (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Friday July 15, 2011 @03:25AM

BogenDorpher writes: "Looks like Microsoft is trying to steal the spotlight from Google, as a new social media site from the company was accidentally revealed. Microsoft's new social media site, Tulalip, was accidentally revealed and appears to be a "social search" service by the company."

Submission + - 25% of car accidents are because of gadgets (winbeta.org) 1

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BogenDorpher

on Sunday July 10, 2011 @03:43PM

BogenDorpher writes: "In a recent study by the Governors Highway Safety Association, driving distractions such as cell phones and other electronic devices, cause as much as 25% of all US car accidents. It is common knowledge that driving while distracted is not a safe thing to do, but now we have some scientific data that goes in-depth on the topic."

Submission + - PayPal Predicts The End of the Wallet By 2015 (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Friday July 08, 2011 @05:29PM

BogenDorpher writes: "As new technology emerges, one can safely assume that the days of carrying a wallet will soon end. In fact, PayPal believes that by the year 2015, no one will be carrying a wallet anymore. Instead, mobile payment methods will be taking over."

Submission + - Microsoft Pays University $250K to use Office 365 (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @07:43PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Microsoft has offered to give the University of Nebraska $250,000 dollars to make the switch from IBM Lotus Notes to a much more feature-rich Office 365, which offers newer technology, greater flexibility, and operational savings. Microsoft did this in hopes that the University would not make the transition over to Google Apps."

Submission + - Microsoft Seeks Patent for Wiretapping Technology (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Sunday July 03, 2011 @12:06PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Microsoft is looking to attain a patent for technology that allows the company to eavesdrop on VoIP calls, only weeks after the purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion dollars. Apparently, Microsoft applied for this patent back in 2009. Microsoft has been working on intercepting calls on similar voice messaging software such as Microsoft Voice and Unified Communications."

Submission + - Microsoft releases IE10 Platform Preview 2 (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Wednesday June 29, 2011 @03:46PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Microsoft today has announced the availability of the second platform preview for its upcoming browser, Internet Explorer 10. The first platform preview was released in April. This new platform preview contains the same HTML5 engine seen in the recent public Windows 8 demos."

Submission + - Apple Releases iOS 5 Beta 2 For Developers (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Friday June 24, 2011 @06:59PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Apple has just put up the second beta version of its new operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. iOS 5 Beta 2 build 9A5248d is now available for registered iOS developers in the Apple Dev Center. iTunes 10.5 Beta 2 is also available for developers."

Submission + - Google Number One in Site Traffic, Microsoft #2 (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @05:58PM

BogenDorpher writes: "According to statistics from ComScore, for the first time ever, a website drew one billion visitors worldwide in just one month. Guess what website came out on top? Google of course. Microsoft and Facebook rounded off the top three."

Submission + - Malware scanner finds 5% of Windows PCs infected (winbeta.org) 1

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BogenDorpher

on Saturday May 28, 2011 @04:18PM

BogenDorpher writes: "According to statistics generated by Microsoft's new free malware scanning and scrubbing tool, Safety Scanner, one in every twenty Windows PCs were infected with malware.

Microsoft's Safety Scanner was downloaded 420,000 times in just one week of availability and it cleaned up malware or signs of exploitation from more than 20,000 Windows PCs, according to statistics generated by Microsoft's Malware Protection Center. This resulted in an infection rate of nearly 5%."

Submission + - Verizon: Say So Long to Unlimited Data (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Thursday May 19, 2011 @06:48PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Verizon will be eliminating its unlimited smartphone data plan this summer. No longer will one be able to pay 30$ a month to have unlimited data. This move is designed to "force heavy data users to pay more for mobile data.""

Submission + - Win 7's malware infection rate climbs, XP's falls (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Thursday May 12, 2011 @04:51PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Microsoft released data today showcasing that Windows 7's malware infection rate has climbed by more than 30% during the second half of 2010, while the infection rate for Windows XP has dropped by more than 20%."

Submission + - Intel to Build Next Gen Processor for iOS devices? (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @01:23AM

BogenDorpher writes: "It looks like Apple will be using Intel as a main processor manufacturer to power the iPad, iPod touch, and the iPhone. Apple, who currently uses Samsung, will focus on making a switch to Intel within a year."

Submission + - Microsoft's Xbox to have Streaming TV service? (winbeta.org)

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BogenDorpher

on Sunday April 24, 2011 @11:24PM

BogenDorpher writes: "Microsoft is reportedly in talks with major TV networks about having its Xbox Live service stream TV channels in the United States. This would be an interesting move on the company's part as it would allow an Xbox 360 user to stream TV channels though their Xbox."

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