Microsoft scores biggest patent licensee yet: Foxconn
"One company - Taiwan's Foxconn - makes a staggering 40 percent of the world's consumer electronic devices. Starting now, Microsoft will be getting paid a toll on many of those devices. The company's...
View ArticleMicrosoft reports quarterly results
"Microsoft today announced quarterly revenue of $20.49 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Operating income, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $7.61 billion,...
View ArticleA perspective: developers vs. Microsoft
"Most people understand that Windows is used by a variety of people who have a variety of needs, ranging from corporate server to workstation to POS terminals to home PC and beyond. Most people accept...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches Office 365 for iPhone
"Overall the app is really basic, and designed for on the go editing. Microsoft says it's not planning to create an iPad version, noting that tablet users can utilize the Office Web Apps instead. We'd...
View Article'Microsoft gives zero-day exploits to US government'
From Bloomberg: "Microsoft, the world's largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two...
View ArticleThe importance of sound in technology
"In the first episode of Microsoft's new film series 'On the Whiteboard', Editor Pamela Woon chats with two-time Oscar winner Randy Thom about the (often underestimated) importance of sound in...
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms major reorganisation
"In a large staff memo, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer details how the company is aiming for a 'One Microsoft', by altering its organization around the 'devices and services' vision. Terry Myerson will...
View ArticleRevealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
Documents released by Snowden show the extent to which Microsoft helped the NSA and other security agencies in the US. "Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that...
View ArticleMicrosoft cuts Surface RT prices by 30 percent worldwide
"Microsoft's Surface RT is getting price cuts across the world this week as the company looks to boost sales of its first ever tablet hardware." Great vote of confidence on a platform barely out the door.
View ArticleMicrosoft took a $900 million hit on Surface RT this quarter
The Verge, reporting that Microsoft lost almost a billion dollars with Surface RT, in this quarter alone. "At the end of the day, though, it looks like Microsoft just made too many Surface RT tablets -...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer retires
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months, upon the completion of a process to choose his successor. In the...
View ArticleTide rolls in: Microsoft acquires Nokia's devices unit
Ever since Stephen Elop became CEO of Nokia we knew this outcome was inevitable. It was his job to make it as easy as possible for Microsoft to acquire the vital parts of Nokia, and here we are:...
View ArticleMicrosoft raced to deal with soul-searching Nokia
Microsoft's agreement to buy Nokia's handset business, codenamed Project Gold Medal, was more of a sprint than a marathon. Talks between the two companies began in February after both sides agreed a...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches iPad trade-in promotion
Microsoft is kicking up a notch its competition with Apple's iPad with a new, limited time trade-in offer. "Trade in your iPad, Get a min. $200 gift card," according to the deal, outlined on the...
View ArticleMicrosoft launches redesigned Bing website
With this release we've created a modern Bing.com experience - one that is faster, cleaner and more visually appealing. We believe that search can be beautiful as well as functional and efficient. With...
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