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Microsoft Launching Windows 8 Now, Watch Live
The computing world won't change overnight with the launch of Windows 8, but in a few years time, the digital environment could be influenced heavily by what Microsoft shows today in New York.
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Microsoft Shows Off Skype for Windows 8
Microsoft needs every edge it can get in the next stage of the operating system battle, will a new version of Skype encourage Windows 7 users to upgrade? Windows 8 Awaits Your Call Skype for Windows 8 was announced today by Microsoft, bringing a dedicated version of the voice
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Failure to Launch: Which One of Google, Apple or Microsoft Is In For A Bad Week?
The coming week sees all three OS and hardware players hosting major product launches. Will this season's essential holiday purchase be a Mac Mini, a Surface Tablet, an Ultrabook, a Chromebook or an iPad Mini? Whatever happens at least one player is likely to be sorely disappointed.
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Microsoft's Q1 Figures Plummet As PC Market Splutters & the World Waits for Windows 8
The financial earnings numbers keep piling up -- and after a week of poor performances, the closing bell in the stock exchange is beginning to sound a bit like a death knell. Last night, Microsoft released its figures for Q1, which fell by 22 percent on the same time last
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Microsoft Selling Surface Tablets From $499 Without Keyboard
Microsoft is finally ready with its iPad challenger, selling the Surface tablet exclusively from its web store in a range of memory options and colors to match Apple, with the unique keyboard cover as an optional extra Scratching the Surface Ahead of next week's Windows 8 launch, Microsoft's web store
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Microsoft Counts Down With Windows 8 Advertising Campaign
Microsoft's billion dollar advertising campaign for Windows 8 got under way over the weekend with a countdown to all the things you can do with the new OS, as the company prepares a new Xbox Music service.
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Windows 8 Pricing and Packaging Revealed, Pre-Order Now
Windows 8 pricing has been unveiled by Microsoft, with online upgrades from $39.99, along with the rather fetching eco-friendly box art for those who still enjoy packaged versions of their software. Still Paying the Windows Tax? Starting today, U.S.
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Office 2013 Goes Gold, Prepare for Microsoft Upgrade Frenzy
Microsoft announced that Office 2013 has hit the Release to Manufacturing milestone, which sets the company up for an upgrade smorgasbord. Will users look to upgrade their whole PC, their OS, or their Office applications in the coming months, or all three? To The Stores...
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AMD-Powered PCs To Run Android Apps
Who needs a smartphone? Virtualization specialist BlueStacks is bringing Android to the desktop, allowing hundreds of thousands of apps to run on a big screen in the latest step toward device convergence.
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Samsung's Trio of ATIV Tablets Show Microsoft's Splintered Future
While a lot of the hype at yesterday's Samsung Unpacked event was around the new Galaxy Note 2, PC users will be taking a keen look at the company's Windows RT and Windows 8 tablet PCs with a range of underlying technologies.
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MS Office Web Apps Add Touch for iPad and Windows 8 Tablets
If you never thought you'd see MS Office running properly on an iPad, you were wrong. Microsoft has announced updates to its Web Office apps, bringing bigger buttons and full touch functionality to Apple's iPad and upcoming Windows 8 tablets.
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SkyDrive Shows Off New Look, Android App Joins the Party
Microsoft has revamped SkyDrive with a new UI and updated the website's design in preparation for the Windows 8 launch, with a SkyDrive Android App launch imminent.
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Microsoft Debuts Windows Phone Dev Center
Windows Phone developers now have a new online home, courtesy of Microsoft. The technology giant has unveiled the Windows Phone Dev Center, which it calls an evolution of the retired App Hub Developer Portal. Top to Bottom Redesign In a post on the Windows Phone Developer Blog, Microsoft
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Remember Microsoft's Metro? It May Be Extinct
Remember Metro, the tile-based interface in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 ? Well, that name may already be extinct. According to various news reports, the technology giant is discouraging use of the term, both internally and externally.
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