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Windows 8, Take 2: Microsoft to spiff up maligned operating system with ‘Blue’ touch-up job

YoopyaMay 7, 2013April 8, 2023

by YoopyaMay 7, 2013April 8, 202301009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for...

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Microsoft made mistakes in early mobile strategy: Bill Gates

YoopyaFebruary 19, 2013February 25, 2023

by YoopyaFebruary 19, 2013February 25, 202303004

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates said he was not satisfied with the company’s pace of innovation over the last few years, and that it had...

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Primary pupils ‘should learn computing’, says Microsoft

YoopyaJanuary 30, 2013March 15, 2024

by YoopyaJanuary 30, 2013March 15, 202407

All children should learn computer science at primary school, a major software corporation has urged. A lack of computing in schools put the UK’s position...

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Microsoft launches Office 2013 software suite

YoopyaJanuary 30, 2013June 27, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 30, 2013June 27, 2023010

Microsoft has launched a new version of its Office software suite. Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook have been redesigned to work better with touch-screen-controlled computers. They...

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Microsoft’s Skype pressured to offer privacy reports

YoopyaJanuary 25, 2013

by YoopyaJanuary 25, 201303

Microsoft is under fresh pressure to disclose information about how confidential its Skype user data is. Reporters Without Borders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and 43...

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Microsoft ups Surface production, to sell in more stores

YoopyaDecember 12, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 12, 201202

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has stepped up manufacturing of the Surface tablet, its new device designed to counter Apple Inc’s iPad, and will introduce it to...

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Facebook in talks to buy Microsoft ad technology: reports

YoopyaDecember 7, 2012

by YoopyaDecember 7, 201204

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is in negotiations with Microsoft Corp about acquiring advertising technology that could allow the social network displays ads on other websites, broadly expanding its advertising business,...

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Microsoft vs. Google trial over patents finishes up

YoopyaNovember 21, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 21, 2012011

(Reuters) – A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $94 billion in revenue through 2017 from its Xbox game console...

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Analysis: New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky – teamwork

YoopyaNovember 16, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 16, 201206

(Reuters) – The sudden departure of powerful Windows boss Steven Sinofsky this week is the first step in a plan by CEO Steve Ballmer to...

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Microsoft and Google financials could surface at trial

YoopyaNovember 13, 2012August 11, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 13, 2012August 11, 202407

(Reuters) – Microsoft and Google’s Motorola Mobility unit are set to square off on Tuesday at a trial with strategic implications for the smartphone patent...