Microsoft’s OneApp aims to be central app store for feature phones in developing countries

August 24th, 2009 Microsoft adds app access to non-smart phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs that smart phone owners have embraced.

May 12th, 2009 Dell bans e-waste export to developing countriesSEATTLE — PC maker Dell Inc. is formally banning the export of broken computers, monitors and parts to developing countries.

January 30th, 2007 In India several households and even companies are looking at PC's in the price range of Rs. 10,000 (~ 227 USD).

October 6th, 2009 Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnershipNEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software. Verizon Wireless had already said it would sell Android phones, but the announcement suggests that the carrier is positioning these "smart" phones as a main means of competing with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is exclusive to AT&T Inc.

February 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - China is unlikely to overtake India in outsourcing business anytime soon and it would take not one country but a lot of small ones to knock it off the top, according to a US expert. 'China is pretty far behind India and even places like the Philippines and Eastern Europe.

February 8th, 2006 Java is the No. 1 language on planet earth, high performing and very easy to use.

February 16th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Playing catch-up to rivals such as Apple and Google, Microsoft Monday beefed up its push into mobile business, touting new services and winning fresh support from handset makers. The software giant announced that at the Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona, Spain, the company and its key mobile partners were unveiling new smartphones with upgraded Microsoft software.

February 28th, 2009 As Firefox, Google Chrome etc are coming up with hot and new developments every month to uniquely establish themselves in the browsers' war, Microsoft isn't quiet either. Microsoft Research is developing a new browser called Microsoft’s Gazelle and they released a PDF paper last week.

March 14th, 2007 Major international bank HSBC will standardize its Linux deployments on Novell's SUSE distribution, with Microsoft's premium support. The HSBC deal requires Microsoft to supply the bank with three-year priority support subscriptions to Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

August 12th, 2009 Microsoft to put Office programs on Nokia phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft is working with Nokia to put Office software and other programs on smart phones. The companies say people will be able to read, edit and create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote programs on Nokia smart phones, which run an operating system called Symbian that competes with Microsoft Corp.'s own Windows Mobile.

January 5th, 2007 The first batch of computers built for the One Laptop Per Child project could reach users by July this year. However test XO machines are expected to reach children in February before the formal launch.

June 19th, 2006 Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will organise a one-day conference on cyber crime here today. Organized in association with Council of Europe, the conference will hold deliberations on cyber crime threats and trends, International cooperation against cyber crime, and Law enforcement.

June 22nd, 2009 T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in AugustNEW YORK — T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday. The "T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google" will be a touch-screen phone and will lack the physical keyboard of the T-Mobile G1, the first phone that used Google Inc.'s Android software.

June 1st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft stepped up its efforts to cut into the search dominance of Google, launching a public preview version of its widely praised Bing search site Monday. The site offers several features that are not automatically available on Google such as instant excerpts that allow users to see the contents of a page without actually clicking on it and a sidebar detailing related searches.