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Microsoft To Open 600 Mini-Stores in Best Buy, Continues to Poke the iPad in Adverts
Microsoft is running with the "if you build it they will come" theme, by opening up 600 mini-stores within Best Buy shops to get people interested in new Windows products and the Xbox One console.
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Microsoft Takes Users On A Video Guide Through Windows 8.1
As the hype ramps up for Windows 8.1, Microsoft is preparing the road for new buyers and upgraders ahead of some good, and some controversial, changes.
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Samsung Sells 10 Million Galaxy S4s, as Microsoft's Advertising Takes on the iPad
After the big Spring launches comes the bragging and the competitive advertising. Samsung is seeing rocketing sales, and Microsoft is using Siri to have a dig at Apple's iPad with its own Windows 8 tablets.
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Microsoft's Xbox One Console Runs Three OSs Including Windows 8
What is Xbox One? Is it a games machines, a media center, or an app player? Microsoft wants it to be all three, with near instant-on, voice activation, Skype and many other features, but to do this, it runs a version of Windows 8, a gaming hyper-OS and a media
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Windows Blue is Free, Windows Phone 8 Update Details Burbling Out
Windows and Windows Phone 8 customers are hearing some details about Microsoft 's plan for updating each system in the coming months, and it starts with a public preview of Windows Blue by the end of June. Windows 8 Second Launch Windows Blue will actually be Windows 8.
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Microsoft Upgrades Office Web Apps With Real-Time Co-Authoring, Android Editing
After the announcement that SharePoint Online is coming out of Preview, Microsoft has also announced a number of upgrades to Microsoft Office Web Apps, which, when all the upgrades become available, will come with support for Chrome on Android tablets and co-editing in real-time.
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Microsoft Announcing Second-Generation Surface Tablets Soon
The first product in any line is often more for show, to help raise interest and awareness. So, Microsoft might consider the first Surface a complete success in that respect.
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Google Figures Lifted On Better Click Rates; Microsoft Windows Performs, With New Mini Device Due
If IBM’s figures were disappointing for investors, then those of Google and Microsoft will reassure them and offer some optimism around the IT industry. Google, which was concerned over lower mobile ad prices, appears to have shaken it off and has posted profits of US$ 3.
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Intel and Microsoft Looking to Reinvigorate PC and Windows 8 Sales
After a barrage of negative press due to weak PC sales, and Intel's latest flat quarterly figures, the PC landscape is looking pretty barren. Both parts of the Wintel alliance are making their own moves to try and improve the situation.
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Bing Upgrades Apps For Windows 8, Adds Offline Capabilities
It's spring cleaning time, and Microsoft has been busy with Bing. In October it launched six new apps for Windows 8, which it extended to Office 365 at the beginning of February. This week, it announced on the Bing blog that it is now upgrading those apps.
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Windows 8 Support Included in Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization Update
Windows 8 support has been included in a couple of updates for the Novell ZENworks Mobile Management (BYOD) and application virtualization suites. The Cloud Cometh This is Novell making moves that help keep workers productive, even if they aren't at their desk. As Forrester analyst James Staten predicted, companies are moving into the cloud and no
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Windows 8 Should Be the Choice for Touch Business Apps
Windows 8 was a bold move for Microsoft. And whether you are a regular Microsoft or iOS user, businesses looking to build a line of business mobile applications should consider Windows 8 a front runner, specifically if its touch application would augment what you want to do.
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Early Build of Windows Blue Appears Online As Microsoft Pushes the Pace
An early build of Windows Blue, the first upgrade for Windows 8, somewhere between a service pack and Windows 9, has leaked online allowing users a peek at what Microsoft plans for its evolved user interface.
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Twitter Releases Windows 8 App with New Viewing, Sharing Features
Twitter has joined companies who have adapted their products for the Windows 8 operating system with the launch of Twitter for Windows 8 app. A User Friendly Decision With the launch of Windows 8 in October, Microsoft incorporated an app based system designed to let users visit popular websites,
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