Recession effect on Intel - Profits dips 55%.

Computer-chip giant Intel reported a 55-per cent drop in first-quarter income Tuesday but said that it believed sales had bottomed out and that business was returning to normal.

The projection was significant because Intel's chips power the vast majority of personal computers, and the company's performance is often seen as a reliable predictor of the health of the technology sector. Other top technology bellwethers including Microsoft and IBM are also due to report their earnings in the next two weeks.

Intels first-quarter profit was $647 million, compared to a profit of $1.44 billion a year ago. In the same period, revenue dropped 26 per cent to $7.14 billion from $9.67 billion a year ago.

Though such results would usually signal a devastating performance, they were positively rosy in comparison to the 90-per cent drop Intel had in its fourth-quarter net income - which was among the three worst performances by the company in the last 25 years.

Intel fared worst in the Asia-Pacific region, where revenue was down 51 per cent. Revenue dropped by 21 per cent in the Americas, 18 per cent in Europe and 10 per cent in Japan. (Source)

PS - This means there is also a decrease in sale of Computers. Now blame it recession.

Microsoft's Internt Explorer holds 72% market share.

I don't know how but this is the fact.
I personally use Mozilla Firefox and I like it very much. I don't like IE that much.
Microsoft IE has faced many challenges over a period of time but has sill been able to maintain 72% market share.
Most estimates put Internet Explorer's market share at around 72 percent, which means that when a new version of the browser is released, a lot of people will likely be upgrading.
Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8), the long-awaited successor to IE 7, is about to turn a lot of heads, as Microsoft nears completion of a browser upgrade that does significantly more than tack on enhancements to existing features.
I think in mobile version (browser) Opera is the one maximum used.
Which do you use ?

Tired of Microsoft 2007 ? Here is Microsoft 2010 coming !

Microsoft will be releasing its Microsoft 2010 in the later half of 2010 , this will be finalized on Wednesday.
Office 2010, previously known by the code name ``Office 14'', will include slimmed-down versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that let people create and edit documents in a Web browser. Consumers will have access to a free, ad-supported version.
Microsoft plans to let hundreds of thousands of people test a technical preview of the new Office portfolio starting in the third quarter of 2009. (I want to access it !)
A beta version of Exchange 2010 was to be made available on Wednesday. (Source)

PS - Microsoft 2010 will be a notable one. I expect many advanced changes. Hope they all happen.