Category: Tech News

Thursday said it plans to spend $1 billion over the next three years to expand its headquarters outside of Seattle. The development will increase the campus of the world’s largest software maker by a third and provide the capacity for an additional 12,000 workers, Microsoft said a news conference with Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire… Continue reading Microsoft to Spend $1 Billion to Expand Headquarters

The long awaited beta 2 of Windows Defender, formerly Windows AntiSpyware has now been released. The new versions sports a new user interface similar to what is found in Windows Vista. The UI has been redesigned to make normal tasks easy, a better warning system and to be less intrusive. Real time protection and monitoring… Continue reading Microsoft Releases Windows Defender Beta 2

Apple have launched a countdown webpage to their one billionth purchased download. With this countdown, Apple have taken the opportunity to launch a competition in which you can win numerous high value Apple products. For every 100,000th download, the lucky user will receive a 4GB Black iPod Nano with a $100 iTunes voucher. The grand… Continue reading iTunes Countdown to One Billion Downloads

The iconic mascot of Ask.com, Jeeves the butler, will be retired from the site at the end of the month. The decision was taken in September of last year, but the search engine’s bosses left him in place to monitor users reactions. Jeeves was originally intended to add a friendlier feel to the search engine.… Continue reading (Ask) Jeeves retiring this month

Google’s UK satellite photos have been drastically improved, I now have a crystal clear view of my garden, in fact I can almost make out my plants! Perhaps I should put a large red sign in my garden saying “jeffwu.net” so that next time Google updates their satellite images I’ll be getting free advertising on… Continue reading Google Maps UK Update