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Early Shakeups In New CEO Nadella’s Microsoft
Earlier today Kara Swisher reported that Microsoft’s Tami Reller, executive vice president of marketing, and Tony Bates, executive vice president of the company’s Business Development and Evangelism group will both depart. A reportedly formal announcement date of Tuesday now appears to be little more than a coming perfunctory exercise in rehashing.
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With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In to the Google Way
Another day, another report of a Windows price cut. Having lost the war for mobile computing, Microsoft is finally trading operating system revenue for ubiquity -- Google style.
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Microsoft to bring social, machine learning tech to Office 365
Microsoft will be making some big changes as to how Office 365 looks and works later this year with the addition of new Office Graph and 'Oslo' technologies. Read this article by Mary Jo Foley on CNET News.
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Bill Gates reclaims 'world's richest person' title with $76B
For the first time in four years, Microsoft's chairman beats out telecom mogul Carlos Slim. Other tech execs grace the list this year, including Ellison, Page, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and some newcomers.
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Steve Ballmer's temper tantrum over Nokia buyout led to his firing, says report
Steve Ballmer's famously volcanic temper was the last straw for Microsoft's board, and eventually led to his firing after he berated them so loudly about their not backing his Nokia buyout plan that his shouts could be heard outside the closed doors of a conference room. So reports Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Was there more to it than just Ballmer's temper tantrum?
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Handset makers urge China to set conditions for Microsoft-Nokia deal
Both local and international mobile phone makers, have expressed their concerns to Chinese regulators, warning the deal may result in higher patent licensing fees.
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Windows 8.1 update leaks to the web, direct from Redmond
The much-anticipated Windows 8.1 spring update, released to manufacturing days ago and due for public distribution in early April, leaked to the web early. The source isn't a shady Eastern European download site but Microsoft's own Windows Update servers.
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Google's trying to boot Windows out of Android devices, apparently
Google is unhappy about sharing devices with Microsoft, claims a new report, and is trying to dissuade manufacturers from releasing devices that dual boot Windows and Android. According to Digitimes (sometimes right, sometimes not), Google is putting "pressure" on Asus to postpone the release of its Transformer Book Duet TD300 hybrid, which comes running both operating systems.
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Five reasons Microsoft could become a top Android smartphone company
I think Microsoft has a real shot of being a top-tier Android hardware company. Yes, I'm quite serious.
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Microsoft brings Office 365 data to Android apps
Microsoft just open-sourced a software development kit that will enable Android developers to bring Office 365 data to their Android apps.
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Microsoft rolls out multiple March firmware updates for its Surface tablets
Microsoft Surface 2, Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 users are getting multiple keyboard, Bluetooth and wireless network firmware updates.
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Xbox Live goes down, crippling the launch of 'Titanfall'
Now is the absolute worst time for Xbox Live to be down. Today marks the debut of Titanfall, the game that could make or break the Xbox One game console. It's a masterpiece of mechanical...
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Microsoft to make OneNote available for free for Macs
Microsoft is looking to head off note-taking rival Evernote by introducing a free, full-fledged version of OneNote for Mac users.
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Bill Gates: The Rolling Stone Interview
The richest man in the world explains how to save the planet
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Half Of Silicon Valley Startups Are 'Silly', Says Bill Gates
Half of Silicon Valley start-ups are “silly” and the price paid by Facebook for WhatsApp was “higher than I would have expected”, says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. “Innovation in California is at its absolute peak right now. Sure, half of the companies are silly, and you know two-thirds of them are going to go bankrupt, but the dozen or so ideas that emerge out of that are going to be really important,” he said in an interview with Rolling Stone.
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Microsoft Starts Giving Away Windows Phone OS in India
Microsoft is reportedly cutting the price of Windows Phone to zero in India. It's only the latest evidence that Microsoft sees little future for Windows revenue. Instead it will make its money on services and software.
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Microsoft Announces Office 365 Personal, A Cheaper Productivity Suite
Making the jump from the traditional Office suite to Office 365 was big for Microsoft but in a world where there are numerous free alternatives to Office, a new version of the software is being released at a cheaper price point.
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Xbox VP: It was a mistake to ‘sugar-coat’ the Xbox One controversy
Long before sales figures and game releases dominated the headlines, the only thing any gamer wanted to talk about was Microsoft’s radical online strategy for the Xbox One. As it was originally described, the Xbox One was going to be an online-only console in the strictest sense — if you weren’t connected to the Internet, the device wouldn’t function.
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Microsoft's next big headache: The Google Chromebook
Chromebooks, Google's cheap, modestly powered laptops, make up just a tiny percentage of notebook sales. But Microsoft is freaking out about them.
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