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Microsoft has sold 400mn Windows 7, 100mn Office 2010 licenses -- Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Software giant Microsoft has so far sold 400 million Windows 7 licenses and 100 million Office 2010 licenses, company's CEO Steve Ballmer announced at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles on Monday.

Windows 7 becomes the fastest selling OS; 350mn licenses sold

Windows 7, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft, has become the fastest selling operating system after Microsoft sold more than 350 million licenses of Windows 7 in 18 months of its release.

Microsoft Warns of IE Bug

 Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has warned users of an Internet Explorer bug that could allow hackers to take control of unprotected computers. The company said it is still working on a permanent solution to debug IE, although it has released a workaround.

 

Office, Windows boost Microsoft’s profit

Buoyed by phenomenal sales of Window 7, whose 175 million licenses have been sold since the product was released last year, Microsoft rumbled to record sales in the last quarter.

Windows 7 XP Mode no longer requires hardware virtualization

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Thursday announced that Windows 7 users who want to run XP Mode on the operating system can now do it with the help of a patch that eliminates the need for hardware virtualization technology.

Microsoft unveils multitouch tablet PC

New York, January 7 -- Apple’s long rumored tablet computer has yet not been launched but it already has a contender. Weeks before the scheduled release of Apple’s tablet computer, Microsoft has unveiled tablet PC from Hewlett-Packard Co. at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Intel unveils next-gen Atom processors

New York, December 21 -- Get ready for the new generation of netbook and desktop platforms. Intel has revealed the details of its upcoming Atom processors.

Windows 7 tops Mac OS X market share

Aliso Viejo, Calif. -- A U.S. Web measurement firm said Windows 7 surpassed a 5 percent market share, putting it ahead of the total market share of all Mac OS X operating systems.

The Internet metrics vendor Net Applications said the Windows 7 operating system was operating on 5 percent and 5.17 percent of all computers actively online last Saturday and Sunday respectively, PC World reported Saturday.

Last weekend's average market share of 5.07 percent for Windows 7 surpassed the 5 percent share that Apple's Mac OS X operating system averaged for the week of Nov. 15-21.

"It's safe to say that Windows 7's daily share did peak above Mac's weekly share," said Net Applications executive vice president Vince Vizzaccaro said in an e-mail to PC World.