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Microsoft shows off new quad-core slate in New Zealand
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Aug 26, 2011
So a lot of computers today have dual-core processors. Two processors. This one has four. So it's twice as fast. And Microsoft previewed it at a...
Microsoft is trying to lure WebOS developers to Windows phones
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Aug 23, 2011
Microsoft hasn't been known for its speed in reacting to things much lately but they are making a play for stranded WebOS developers, left to drift...
Windows 8 will have an app store
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Aug 18, 2011
Leave it to Microsoft to find a great idea and then copy it two years later. The company we used to call REDMOND SOFTWARE GIANT back in Seattle...
RIM takeover seems unlikely
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Aug 17, 2011
The New York Times' Dealbook has a kind of interesting look at the fate of RIM, parent company of BlackBerry. Shares of RIM have shot up 10% since...
Microsoft Windows Phone is losing to... Bada
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Aug 12, 2011
The big question here is: what the heck is Bada? It's a mobile phone platform from Samsung (Samsung!) that is outselling the much heralded and oft...
Microsoft momentarily reveals new social network thing
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Jul 15, 2011
Microsoft is calling it an accident but for a little while yesterday visitors to socl.com were greeted with a project codenamed Tulalip (name of a...
Microsoft banning terrible passwords from Hotmail
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Jul 15, 2011
You don't normally think of Hotmail as being the most forward looking web application. It's often accused of being clunky, spammy, just old and...
It's Facebook "something awesome" day
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Jul 6, 2011
Today's the day Facebook announces what has only officially been described as "something awesome". Therefore, among the possibilities: the '75...
Microsoft cloud data policy ruffles Europe
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Jul 6, 2011
Microsoft confirmed that data on its European servers can be handed over to American investigators because of the Patriot Act. This can be done wi...
Good news for Android in new Comscore scores
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Jul 6, 2011
We get these periodic reports from Comscore that indicate exactly where the trends are going in terms of personal electronics, particularly smartp...
