Microsoft garnered just a "niche" in the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2013, following a period of user confusion after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, analysts say. According to Strategy Analytics, Windows ...
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Microsoft's Business division, which manages the company's Office cash cow, recorded a 5% revenue bump in the first quarter over the same period in 2012, an increase driven by a surge in enterprises signing long-term licensing agreements. ...
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Some of the biggest names in IT including IBM, Microsoft, Google and Intel reported quarterly earnings this week, revealing a picture of the tech sector that, while not as gloomy as had been feared, is nevertheless mixed. The earnings ...
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Even though PC shipments were down 14% last quarter, Microsoft's Windows division yesterday posted revenue about the same as the last year, making up for slumping sales to OEMs with impressive growth in long-term licensing agreements sold ...
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Microsoft increased revenue across all its divisions in its third fiscal quarter, achieving an almost 20 percent revenue increase year on year. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, Microsoft generated revenue of US$20.5 billion, up 18 ...
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Microsoft's profits for the third quarter jumped 19 per cent as its core Windows division reported higher sales, despite reports of tanking sales for personal computers. Microsoft's Q3 earnings report follows figures released by IT ...
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Last week, Microsoft made the clearest case yet for its Surface Pro tablet when a top Windows executive said it should be compared with not one, but two Apple devices. While analysts agreed that Microsoft's Surface Pro message was much ...
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Today is the last day customers can purchase an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for the discounted price of $39.99. Starting tomorrow, Feb. 1, Microsoft will quintuple the price of the upgrade to $199.99. An upgrade to Windows 8, a less-capable ...
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Revenue at Microsoft's Windows division was up 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012, bucking the long-running trend where the company's OS sales have mirrored PC sales. But the unexpected results, which made Windows the company's top ...
Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft's revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion ...
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Microsoft's quarterly figures came in today pretty much as analysts had expected, with earnings of $6.4bn (£4bn), down from $6.4bn in the previous year, and revenues of $21.46bn (£13.6bn), a three per cent increase year on year, ...
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Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, an analyst said. According to IDC, global PC shipments in 2012's fourth quarter fell 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011, a ...
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Defending Windows 8 against reports that sales have been sluggish, one of Microsoft's top executives said it will take time for customers to digest the new operating system and for device makers to ramp up production of the hardware users ...
Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is "roughly" in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the same stage of its release three years ago, according to Tami Reller, CFO and chief marketing ...
Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is “roughly” in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the same stage of its release three years ago, according to Tami Reller, CFO and Chief ...
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