As promised last year, Microsoft has launched the first Internet Explorer 8 beta version, the browser meant to replace IE 7 and to continue the battle for supremacy with Firefox 3.0, currently also in a beta phase. Microsoft promised a load of improvements.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Man, can Microsoft do anything right anymore ? I hope this thing is still in pre-pre beta because this is just ridiculous. Until they can fix their consoles and softwares, they will keep disappointing consumers.
EDIT: Btw, Firfox FTMFW
Doesn't sound good. I'm waiting as they said they have a more "public" use beta coming soon and i still want to give it a try myself.
But, right now, I'm using FireFox 3 beta 3, and the ONLY problem i can find is that you don't seem to be able to add a "home" button to the toolbar, the hotkey "ALT + home" does my head in (personal issue really, not modzilla's and an easy fix), oh and a lot of the cool plug-ins aren't compatible (yet).
meh... it's a beta. The story strikes me as somewhat opportunistic.
Since the site seems to be down there's no way for me to check their procedures. If anyone has read the article, did they use a large group of computers for testing? Cause that's what beta's for... Some hardware configs won't run at all. There's just no way to tell. If the reporter only tested on a couple, it's really not indicative of IE's quality or lack thereof... *edit* finally got the site to load. Looks like a single install was used to judge. So this really seems like a non-story.
Anyway, I'm just glad to never have to use the bloody thing. In the Mac world there's a lot more choice, from the ones you know on windows (Firefox, Safari, Opera) to fab Mac-only browsers (Shiira, Camino, etc.) so it's more of a decision based on which fab browser I'd like to use today. Generally in the past it's been everything except IE and Firefox... but Firefox has vastly improved and 3.0 looks to be a real competitor with the rest of the Mac browsers.
I am rooting for IE8 though because it seems much more compatible with web standards, which will make the web a much more pleasant place for everyone (especially designers).
Internet Explorer is far better than Firefox.
The pattern continues. Just like XBOX 360. Crash, Restart, Crash, RED RINGS.
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