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Virtual Yard 2.0

...drive.com.au, ebay.com.au, tradingpost.com.au, carsguide.com.au, carpoint.com.au and any other online advertiser they wish. Your salesman can... Read more

5 March, 2011

Expedia may start spin-off phase for Microsoft

...MoneyCentral could be a fine competitor for TheStreet.com or MarketWatch.com. CarPoint, MSN's online automotive service, is the most likely spin-off part... Read more

11 November, 1999 by ZDNet

Price hikes pay off for Microsoft

The software company's revenue grows 10 percent to $7.25bn, boosted in part by sales of Windows XP and by a reworked software licensing plan that's proved profitable despite customer criticism Read more

19 July, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

MSN Messenger 4.6

...scores to online auctions, courtesy of several sites, which include eBay, Ubid, CarPoint and MSN Music. The .Net Alert connection is important, since Microsoft is... Read more

19 February, 2002 by Gregg Keizer

MS credits XP, Xbox for 'record' sales

Against a background of legal woes, Microsoft posts revenue of $7.74bn in its second quarter. It's all down to Windows XP, Xbox and MSN 7, the company says Read more

18 January, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft revs up alerts service

...McAfee and MSN properties such as MSN Calendar, MSN Music and MSN Carpoint, according to sources. As part of the preview program, Microsoft by year... Read more

5 October, 2001 by Wylie Wong

Investment losses sap Microsoft profit

Microsoft manages stronger than expected revenue in 2001, but loses $2.6bn in investment losses Read more

20 July, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Terra Lycos teams with eBay on auctions

The Internet portal's multi-million pound deal with eBay is another nail in the coffin of its own FairMarket-affiliated auction site Read more

7 June, 2001 by Troy Wolverton

Web ratings: Numbers can lie

Media Metrix stands accused of publishing Internet audience figures that proved to be wrong. Is there an accurate way to track hits? Read more

30 April, 2001 by Paul Festa and Stefanie Olsen

News Roundup: Traumatic week for Microsoft sites

...sites disappeared from view. Microsoft.com, MSN.com, WindowsMedia.com, Encarta.com, Carpoint.com and Expedia.com vanished without trace, only occasionally flickering into life... Read more

29 January, 2001 by ZDNet

Microsoft blames own technicians for outages

...popular Web sites, including Microsoft.com, MSN.com, WindowsMedia.com, Encarta.com, Carpoint.com and Expedia.com, Sohn said. Hotmail.com also was largely inaccessible... Read more

25 January, 2001 by Melanie Austria Farmer and Robert Lemos

Microsoft's Web sites go down

...various Web properties, including Microsoft.com, MSN.com, WindowsMedia.com, Encarta.com, Carpoint.com and Expedia.com, said Adam Sohn, a company spokesman. "Customers aren... Read more

24 January, 2001 by CNET

Microsoft meets lowered expectations

Slowing consumer sales and lack of Windows 2000 takeup mean trouble in Redmond Read more

19 January, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Amazon could sell you a mota, guv

...car market has already been explored by such sites as Microsoft's CarPoint.com, and Amazon, which already sells gardening tools, art objects and shampoo... Read more

14 August, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Jesse Berst: MSN takes another swing at Web

...a series of content/commerce sites. Only to sell Sidewalk, partner on Carpoint and spin out Expedia as a separate company. In short, Microsoft hasn... Read more

24 September, 1999 by Jesse Berst

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

59 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

4 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

6 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

6 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

6 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

12 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

21 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

22 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report