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No Plan B? The fallacies and risks of Microsoft's all-in Windows gambit
Microsoft CFO Peter Klein said the company has no backup plans if its multi-device vision for Windows fails, but experts beg to differ.
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Bill Gates calls for more innovation at Microsoft after past mobile 'mistake'
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has admitted that the software giant didn't nail the mobile market when it had the opportunity. "There's a lot of things like cellphones where we didn't get out in the lead early," says Gates. "We didn't miss cellphones, but the way that we went about it didn't allow us to get the leadership." Gates says this strategy was "clearly a mistake."
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Microsoft preparing Windows Blue public preview with significant search improvements
Microsoft is working towards a public preview version of Windows Blue. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed that the software giant is aggressively targeting a summer launch date.
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Surface Pro vs. PC gaming: We torture test the tablet's gaming prowess
The Surface Pro has been advertised as a business machine, but that doesn't mean it can't play games. We take a look at just how well it handle itself when put through a few days of the average gaming machine.
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10 Fun Microsoft Facts You Might Not Know
With such a vast presence, much has already been written about Microsoft: Its history, its products, even its former CEO Bill Gates. For those itching to know even more, we've dug up 10 snippets of info that you might not have heard before.
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EU fines Microsoft over web browser
Microsoft has been fined 561m euros for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer, to users in the European Union.
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Microsoft Backs School Privacy Bill Taking Aim at Google
Massachusetts lawmakers could soon consider a bill that would restrict commercial use of data gathered while children use computers at public schools. Its stated purpose is protecting privacy. An unnamed focus of the bill—backed by Microsoft—is Google.
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Skype's Been Hijacked in China, and Microsoft Is O.K. With It
How a computer-science graduate at the University of New Mexico deciphered a complex surveillance system governing Skype chats in China...
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Bill Gates : "Lift Gay Ban!"
Most of us know Bill Gates as the Microsoft co-founder guy and philanthropist. Unless you've done some extensive research on him, you probably don't know that he was a boy scout... or that he supports gay marriage. Believe it or not... I'm fired up about it too.
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Report: Only 1.5M Microsoft Surface Tablets Sold
Microsoft has moved about 1.5 million Surface devices in less than a year, Bloomberg reported, but is it enough to make up for a poor reception?
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Visualized: Microsoft's homegrown 120-inch 4K television
Samsung's $40k work of art has nothing on Redmond's non-existent TV division: Microsoft has built a 120-inch 4K display. Don't start pinching pennies, though -- this TV was created strictly for demo purposes, and won't be coming coming to stores any time soon.
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Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox
Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox video-gaming system doesn’t violate the patent rights of Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said.
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Internet Explorer 11 will pretend it's Firefox
Microsoft has figured out how to get websites to stop treating Internet Explorer like a second-class web browser: it's going to disguise itself as Firefox.
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Just how much do people hate Windows 8?
Some of you don’t like Windows 8. And thanks to Internet comments and social media, you have lots of ways to express your loathing. But a closer look at one well-known real-world rating says Windows 8 might be more popular than you think.
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Dell admits being a PC maker is a dead end
There’s a good reason Dell wants to go private and back out of the traditional PC business: Because it thinks selling computers based on Microsoft’s Windows operating system is quickly becoming a dead end.
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5 reasons why the Windows 8 Store is a complete mess
Want to buy an app for your Windows 8 PC? You may change your mind after you see the Windows Store, an epic blunder that Microsoft seems unwilling or unable to fix, even months after its operating system launched to the public.
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Microsoft co-founder to open investment office in Silicon Valley
Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp, is opening an office in Silicon Valley to make new investments in emerging technology and internet companies.
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Microsoft Obsolete by 2017, Report Says
Microsoft obsolete: A report released said that Microsoft, which controlled as much as 90 percent of the OS market in its heyday, could go obsolete in 2017.
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Xbox games director clueless about why fans hate always-on consoles
Creative director Adam Orth speaks out about always online and insults "non-cities."
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Apple devices to outsell Windows for first time ever in 2013
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have long been considered the future of computing and a new projection from market research firm Gartner shows just how important the mobile market has become
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