Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations. Analysts applauded the decision to give away the update. ...
Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. "We know we're not Apple," Frank ...
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Walmart announced the completion of eight new solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in Massachusetts with an event at its Walpole store, demonstrating the store’s solar array for state and local officials, environmental leaders and other ...
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Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ship to customers until the end of June. Shield takes the form of a console game ...
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33-year pro to help window makers, consumers meet stricter energy-saving mandates - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has named Bradley P. Boone market manager, residential segment, PPG flat glass. A 33-year PPG veteran, Boone brings vast ...
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Dover Rug & Home is pleased to announce company CEO, Mahmud Jafri is the recipient of the 2013 Immigrant Entrepreneur Award, an annual awards program sponsored by the Immigrant Learning Center (ILC). Over two hundred people attended the ...
Microsoft counter-attacked Friday, calling some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views. One analyst dubbed the missive by Frank Shaw, Microsoft's head of communications, as ...
Android's new boss hinted of an eventual merger of Chrome and Android but said the two will remain separate "for the short term," in an interview posted prior to Google I/O's opening keynote on Wednesday. The comments by Google's Sundar ...
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Giant sent a note to its retailers last week saying they can continue selling Maestro-equipped mountain bikes without fear of an ongoing legal dispute over alleged patent infringement. DW-Link, owned by Dave Weagle, had filed a patent ...
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Virtual blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun have found a safe harbour at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, dodging a US government attempt to pull them off the internet. Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit that ...
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Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the availability of new online system to share patient level data from its clinical trials with researchers as part of its commitment to transparency. The new online system available on gsk.com enables ...
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Seagate Technology today announced its new portfolio of solid-state drives (SSDs) -- including its first consumer model for laptops -- and a new PCIe flash card. The new 2.5-in drive series includes the consumer-class Seagate 600 SSD, the ...
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Microsoft today announced it had sold 100 million copies of Windows 8, its first statement on sales milestones since January. In a blog post and interviews with several influential bloggers and media outlets such as the New York Times and ...
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As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. CEO and founder ...