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Why Satya Nadella Has a Fighting Chance of Saving Microsoft From Itself
Imagine you’re Satya Nadella. You’ve just taken the helm of the world’s largest software provider, but the company faces threats from almost every direction. What’s your biggest problem? What must you do, above all else?
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Hey Microsoft, Surface 2 is great, but clear up something please
The Surface 2 and the Nokia tablets are great hardware with a dim future - but Microsoft could fix that.
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Microsoft Office on iPad: It's alive and coming sooner than most think
Microsoft's Office for iPad, codenamed Miramar, isn't dead. In fact, it just might beat Microsoft's own touch-first Office implementation for Windows to market.
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Rumor: Cheaper Xbox One scheduled for 2014
According to VG247, a “senior source” has ensured that Microsoft is planning to release a cheaper Xbox One this year. The source has not clarified if this new version would be disc-less and feature a Bluetooth adapter, but it seems that this new Xbox One version will be cheaper than the current $499 model.
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Microsoft should get used to giving Windows away for free
The mobile revolution has changed the way businesses and users think about operating system upgrades. Free is now the expected norm. Will this work for Microsoft?
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David vs. Goliath: Xbox One's Advantages Might be a Gamechanger for Sony's PS4
Microsoft and Sony are, once again, going head-to-head as the console wars begin anew. The fan favorite PlayStation 4 seems to do no wrong in the eyes of gamers, but Sony's vision of the future could be undermined by their focused marketing. Will a
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Windows 8.1 on floppy disks
Only 3700 left until were done guys!
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Apple has Siri, and Microsoft is about to get Cortana
Microsoft has been in a state of "shut up and ship" with Windows Phone for more than a year now. While the company has released a few minor updates to Windows Phone 8, its feature set hasn’t changed significantly from when Microsoft first introduced the mobile OS in October 2012.
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How to take Screenshots on Microsoft Surface
The Touch cover and Type cover don't have a print screen button. So how do you take a screenshot?
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Se* and you
Inspired by GRSecurity‘s analysis of the Linux capabilities model, I thought I’d take a quick look at how Windows fares. The following is a brief analysis of the threats associated with each Se* privilege.
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Windows PowerShell Survival Guide
PowerShell is a vast product, especially when you take into account how it's used in other products such as Lync Server, Exchange, and the Windows Operating System. It can be a little daunting to those new with PowerShell - there is a vast array of deeply technical discussions of all of PowerShell's many aspects, quirks and peculiarities and all.
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Microsoft Said to Cut Windows Price 70% to Counter Rivals
Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 percent for makers of low-cost computers and tablets as they try to fend off cheaper rivals like Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Chromebooks, people familiar with the program said.
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Windows Phone 8.1? With the size of these updates, it’s more like Windows Phone 9
Microsoft isn't yet talking about the next update to Windows Phone. Though the company has made a series of small updates to Windows Phone 8, with three delivered so far, the platform is more or less the same as it was in 2012.
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Ford expected to drop Microsoft, use BlackBerry QNX in next-gen Sync
Ford Motor Co., struggling with in-car technology glitches, will base the next-generation Sync system on BlackBerry Ltd.'s QNX and no longer use Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, according to people briefed on the matter.
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This is Nokia X: Android and Windows Phone collide
It’s official: the Nokia X Android phone is here. Microsoft might be buying Nokia’s phone business shortly, but the Finnish smartphone maker is still pushing ahead with the launch of three Android-powered handsets today.
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Microsoft Is Interested In Buying Stake In Dailymotion
Orange CEO Stéphane Richard talked with BFM Business at the Mobile World Congress about Dailymotion — as a reminder, the YouTube competitor is fully owned by Orange. The French telecom company would retain a majority stake. “We are still talking with a major American partner in particular,” Richard said. Then he dropped the name of this potential partner. “With Microsoft indeed. It doesn’t mean that we will reach an agreement but I’m confident that we will.”
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Twitch is finally coming to Xbox One
You can now broadcast your Xbox One games to a potential audience of millions. Twitch live streaming is coming to Xbox One. Microsoft’s newest console is joining the fray four months after PlayStation 4’s successful Twitch integration. Within two months of its Nov. 2013 launch, PlayStation 4 accounted for 20 percent of Twitch broadcasters and 10 percent of Twitch’s minutes broadcast.
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Microsoft Said To Be Considering A Free Version Of Windows 8.1
Microsoft is looking at a cost conscious crisis, relative to both mobile and desktop hardware, and on the heels of the news that it might be reducing its Windows Phone software license fee, there’s new evidence that it’s looking at pursuing the same strategy for the desktop. The Verge reports that Microsoft has an experimental free version of Windows 8.1 called “Windows 8.1 with Bing.”
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Microsoft's Windows Strategy: A New Hope - InformationWeek
Microsoft's Mobile World Congress announcements suggest a successful, and overdue, new direction for its Windows 8.1 strategy. Now Microsoft needs to build momentum.
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Microsoft reportedly losing two execs: Former Skype CEO and marketing head
With every big leadership change, there’s inevitably a big shakeup among those at the top — and that’s no different for Microsoft. As its new CEO Satya Nadella climbs aboard, Re/code is reporting that Microsoft is losing two major executives: Tony Bates, the former Skype CEO who serves as the had of business development, and marketing head Tami Reller.
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