Many of the country's largest companies lashed out at Microsoft this week, claiming that its decision to turn on the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10 would "harm consumers, hurt competition, and undermine American ...
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Nokia might not be the favored vendor du jour of a Windows Phone 8 smartphone, but the Finnish cell-phone maker nonetheless issued a diplomatically worded statement in response to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's praise for HTC's 8X and 8S ...
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On Monday, Microsoft announced a record low price for the upcoming Windows 8, telling customers that they could upgrade their PCs -- even aged machines running Windows XP -- for just $39.99 later this year. But almost as soon as Microsoft ...
Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales. In a document ...
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Enterprise IT decision makers are about half as enthusiastic about the new Windows 8 as they were three years ago about the then-just-released Windows 7, an analyst said. Employees, however, have a higher-than-expected interest in the ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw his bonus shrink a little in 2012 while that of other Microsoft executives rose significantly, the software maker said Tuesday. Ballmer received a bonus payment of US$620,000, about 91 percent of his ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Monday said Windows Phone will grow quickly in the global smartphone market. “We are still relatively small … I expect the volumes on Windows Phone to really ramp quickly,” Ballmer said, as ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the company’s annual Build developer conference emphasising the momentum of the company’s new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. “In just the last three days, we have ...
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Microsoft has seen strong initial demand for Windows 8, exceeding that of its predecessor Windows 7, CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday. Speaking at an event to launch Windows Phone 8, a new operating system for smartphones, Ballmer said the ...
Microsoft's purchase of Yammer is probably as much about Yammer's marketing model as it is about social networking prowess. Microsoft's social networking capabilities are perceived as weakA--and the aim of its recent $1.2 billion purchase ...
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Europe's top data privacy agency has launched a formal investigation into Microsoft's privacy policy. Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it had received a letter from the Article 29 Working Party that it would proceed with a probe.On ...
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HTC and Microsoft, have introduced Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones that will be the signature devices for the software maker’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS. The Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones will have 4.3-inch screens and ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has branded Android ‘wild’ and Apple too ‘controlled’. During a recent conversation with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman at a Churchill Club event, Ballmer said: “The ecosystem of ...
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Microsoft's temporary, or "pop-up," stores will open Oct. 26 and will sell the Surface tablet, according to the company's website. And in all but a few cases, Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple: 29 of the 32 stores are located in the ...
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today called Windows 8 "puzzling" and "confusing initially," but assured users that they would eventually learn to like the new OS. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, left the company ...
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