Microsoft Corp. said it plans to shut down its Encarta encyclopedia, in the wake of pressures that include the growth of Wikipedia and other free reference sites.
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Microsoft to Shut Encarta As Free Sites.
31-Mar-09Adobe has partnered with one of the most popular social networking Web sites, Facebook, to give developers a new set of tools to create applications. The applications will use Adobe’s Flash platform and the new ActionScript 3 Client Library for Facebook the two companies developed together. The client library is a free open source programming [...]
Intel launched a version of its “Nehalem” processor architecture for servers on Monday, which it will market under the “Xeon 5500″ name. All told, however, fifteen derivatives of the chip were announced. According to Patrick Gelsinger, the senior vice president and general manager overseeing the Digital Enteprrise Group at Intel, the introduction of the Xeon [...]
IBM led dozens of tech companies in calling on Monday for open standards to promote “cloud” computing, a fledgling technology the industry hopes will drive growth over the coming decade. But rival Microsoft Corp dismissed the effort, accusing International Business Machines Corp of seeking to exert control of the field, while cloud-computing pioneers Amazon.com Inc [...]
Walt Disney Co and Google Inc’s YouTube said on Monday they have reached a pact to offer consumers advertising supported premium short-form content on the hugely popular video-sharing site from next month. The deal will see videos from sports network ESPN from April and the Disney/ABC Television networks such as ABC Entertainment and SoapNet become [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Infosys Technologies Ltd (INFY.BO) are a cheap investment in a bright future, Barron’s reported on Sunday. The Indian information technology company is holding up well in the global downturn and is positioning itself nicely for a recovery, Barron’s said. Barron’s also said Infosys shares, which are trading at a [...]