Microsoft Gives Away Developer Software

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In Seattle, Microsoft Corp. is giving away sophisticated writing tools/soft wares to students. A move to make such websites rich and raises the challenge higher by a notch towards Adobe System Inc. also intensifying challenges against open source softwares.
It has been release that soft wares like, a software development environment found in Visual Studio Preofessional [...]

In Seattle, Microsoft Corp. is giving away sophisticated writing tools/soft wares to students. A move to make such websites rich and raises the challenge higher by a notch towards Adobe System Inc. also intensifying challenges against open source softwares. It has been release that soft wares like, a software development environment found in Visual Studio Preofessional Edition, this includes graphic, web design and state of the art Web-desktop programming tools that includes XNA,  a game making studio development program. Microsoft will also give away ... Read More

Is the Compact Disc Still Compact?

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It’s amazing that the HD DVD format is now on its way out – and yet the CD is still holding its own against online distributors. Or is it?
According to the market researchers of NPD Group, consumers in the United States spent 10% less on music last year. Most of it is attributable [...]

It’s amazing that the HD DVD format is now on its way out – and yet the CD is still holding its own against online distributors. Or is it? According to the market researchers of NPD Group, consumers in the United States spent 10% less on music last year. Most of it is attributable to the declining sales of compact discs and an increase in digital sales online (thanks to iTunes). NPD also reports that CD sales fell by 19% in 2007, ... Read More