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A Microsoft Surface Revenue Bet
After the introduction of the Surface Pro 3, I tweeted that I thought it would do pretty well in the market. I should have clarified that I meant that in the context of prior Surface sales, but I can’t edit tweets after the fact, so here we are.
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Nigeria may have no polio cases next year, says Bill Gates
Nigeria could cut the number of polio cases to zero next year and be declared free of the disease in 2018 even though a national eradication campaign has had to contend with an insurgency in the north, Bill Gates told Reuters.
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Hackers exploiting Internet Explorer to expose security flaws on a huge scale
Hackers and cybercriminals are using flaws in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to search computers to discover what kinds of security software they are running and how to take control of them, security researchers claim.
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Windows 8 Died at Launch, Microsoft Moves on to Windows 9
Microsoft attempted something different and daring with Windows 8. It introduced a whole new interface and means of interaction with your PC that was identical to a smartphone or tablet. The public hated it
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Judge: Microsoft Must Turn Over a User's Emails Stored Overseas
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Microsoft must turn over to the U.S. government a customer's emails stored in servers overseas, in an unprecedented case that could have wide-ranging effects on the digital privacy rights of both Americans and foreigners using U.S. email services.
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Microsoft Scraps Windows 8 Major Updates. Bets The Farm On Windows 9
Microsoft sidelines Windows 8 despite the operating system being less than two years old.
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First-person Hyperlapse
"Our algorithm first reconstructs the 3D input camera path as well as dense, per-frame proxy geometries. We then optimize a novel camera path for the output video (shown in red) that is smooth and passes near the input cameras while ensuring that the virtual camera looks in directions that can be rendered well from the input."
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Saying Goodbye To Windows 8
We’re starting to understand what’s next for Windows. Considering the most recent leaks involving the Charms Bar, desktop improvements, and the like, it’s becoming plain that some of what Windows 8 emphasized and introduced will be scaled back in Microsoft’s next Windows build.
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Nadella's challenge: Saving Microsoft
Satya Nadella was the right choice for Microsoft's CEO chair, it's just too bad he's arrived too late to save the company from its long slow decline.
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Meet Microsoft's cell phone: Nokia 130 will sell for $25
Microsoft’s decision to wind down Nokia’s Asha, Series 40 and Nokia X Android phones, following its acquisition of Nokia’s phone business, doesn’t mean it’s exiting the market for basic mobile phones.
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Are the Linux versus Windows flame wars finally coming to an end?
Are the Linux versus Windows flame wars finally coming to an end? Plus: Linux Mint Debian Edition will switch to Debian Stable, and the virtues of open source textbooks.
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The Windows Store is a Cesspool of Scams — Why Doesn’t Microsoft Care?
Microsoft’s Windows Store is a mess. It’s full of apps that exist only to scam people and take their money. Why doesn’t Microsoft care that their flagship app store is such a cesspool?
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Microsoft's first Chromebook killer is a $200 HP laptop
Microsoft announced that it would be working with its partners to release ultra-low-cost Windows laptops just over a month ago, and now thanks to a leak from MobileGeeks, it looks like HP will release one of the first of these ultra-low-cost computers. The HP Stream 14 is a 14-inch, Windows 8.1 computer that is expected to sell for a paltry $199.
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Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board
In a letter addressed to the Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former chief executive and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers Steve Ballmer officially stepped down from the Microsoft board of directors, effective immediately. Citing his new commitments to the NBA and civic contribution, he states that it would be impractical for him to serve on the board, but that the company will climb to higher heights.
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Windows 9 to debut soon
REDMOND, USA: Codenamed ‘Threshold’, Microsoft’s latest installment to the Windows Series of PC Operating Systems is set to debut on September 30, at a press release. Though built on the existing Windows 8 codebase, ‘Threshold’ is touted to be a modern operating system, devoid of...
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Why Microsoft needs to reveal Windows 9 sooner than later: The end of Windows 7
After October, there will be no way to buy a Windows 7 PC and nothing but Live Tiles on the horizon. Unless Microsoft, as widely anticipated, announces Windows 9.
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China ditching Windows and Android for its own operating system
China is once again taking a nationalist stance on technology, this time, with its own PC and mobile operating system.
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Microsoft Is Officially Killing MSN Messenger Once and For All
Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype, it's been slowly but surely pushing those last MSN/Windows Live Messenger clingers-on into its brave new, Skype-based world. And now China, the last MSN Messenger stronghold, is finally getting the boot, ending the messaging service's 15 year run once and for all.
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Microsoft finally tries to de-crap the Windows Store
The Windows Store has come under fire recently for its sheer amount of misleading apps. Scam apps that claim to offer downloads or training for other applications are abundant, and these bogus programs routinely abuse others' trademarks.
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Microsoft Defies Court Order, Will Not Give Emails to US Government
Despite a federal court order directing Microsoft to turn overseas-held email data to federal authorities, the software giant said Friday it will continue to withhold that information as it waits for the case to wind through the appeals process. The judge has now ordered both Microsoft and federal prosecutors to advise her how to proceed by next Friday, September 5.
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