Analysts remain skeptical that Microsoft's relaunch of Windows 8 and the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 will translate into increased PC and tablet sales in the second half of the year. "[Windows 8.1] is unlikely to have a major impact [on] ...
Microsoft will hand over its most recent version of the operating system Windows 8.1 to OEMs in late August, Microsoft's Windows marketing chief told its partners on Monday morning. Speaking at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Tami ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to unveil a major restructuring of the software giant on Thursday. The aim, according to sources, is to achieve "functional coherence" and to better align people with corporate goals. That will mean cutting ...
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Microsoft executive Don Mattrick as left the Seattle company to join social games firm Zynga as CEO, with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer stepping in to fill the vacant position of head of interactive entertainment. It's a move that ...
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Brandished on stage at Microsoft's Build conference last week by Steve Ballmer himself as the next great thing in Windows 8 tablet hardware, Acer's Iconia W3 is the first 8-in tablet with the ability to run the full version of the company's ...
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Microsoft will be focusing its software efforts on an "outpouring" of more powerful touch screen devices, as it works on "getting the ecosystem to comply with a product line of touch PCs", company CEO Steve Ballmer said today. While the ...
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Microsoft needs "to do a better job of telling the world" about Windows 8's features as a "fully-fledged" HTML 5 application platform, the company's general manager of platform strategy, Tim O'Brien, said today. Speaking at a session on ...
Rivals Microsoft and Oracle are to team up on their cloud-based platforms as they face growing competition from new agile internet-based tech firms that sell cheaper services. For years Microsoft and Oracle had been competing for the same ...
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Oracle and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see Oracle's database,application server,Java programming language and other products find a home inside Microsoft's Azure cloud service.? The deal,which will also provide Oracle ...
Sprint announced Wednesday it will soon sell two Windows Phone 8 smartphones that run over fast LTE, the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo. The HTC 8XT smartphone will be available from Sprint later this summer. (Photo: HTC) The 8XT ...
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Microsoft today shipped Windows 8.1, the free upgrade to Windows 8, with CEO Steve Ballmer calling it "a refined blend" of what many critics had called a jarring disconnect between its two radically different user interfaces. The upgrade, ...
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In its ongoing challenge to attract more users to Windows 8, Microsoft is offering bits of its Bing Internet search service to boost the functionality of third-party Windows Store applications. "We're opening up Bing as an application ...
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Microsoft is close to another restructuring that could see several senior managers moved sideways or leaving the company as it reduces its number of business units from eight to four. The restructuring is being prepared by a small group ...
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Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop (R) stands with Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, during the launch of a new Nokia Lumia phone. Source: AFP Microsoft was in talks to boost its position in the mobile phone market by buying ...
Microsoft and Oracle are set to reveal details of a new partnership on Monday, one of a "startling series" of announcements Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promised next week around the Oracle Database 12c. Oracle will be announcing next week ...
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