Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
In what has been a long anticipated move, Microsoft will offer the consumer version of Vista and Office 2007 as online downloads as an alternative to buying boxed versions, according to an Associated Press report. Microsoft has held back from selling its software as online downloads but caused a few tongues to wag last year when it started charging a nominal $1.50 fee for downloads of Office 2007 Beta 2.
The online downloads announcement, which
according to AP is due to be made today, follows an announcement from
Microsoft that it will allow customers to upgrade their versions of
Vista to a higher version online.
Called the Windows Anytime Upgrade, the new option allows customers to
upgrade their existing edition of Windows Vista to a higher-grade
edition by way of an online transaction. To use Windows Anytime
Upgrade, a customer will be able to click on a Windows Anytime Upgrade
option in the Start menu, select the desired upgrade edition, purchase
it online to secure a new digital key, and then follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the upgrade.
The commonly held view among market watchers is that most of
Microsoft's Vista business will come by way of consumers buying new
PCs. A major issue for Windows XP users will be whether their existing
hardware is capable of running Vista.
In many if not most cases, users will not have enough memory to run
Vista with acceptable performance and the graphics capability to run
the new Aero interface. There are no such issues for Office 2007,
however.
David Bass
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