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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Closed on His Acquisition of The Los Angeles Clippers
Aug 15, 2014Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer closed on his acquisition of the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday from The Sterling Family Trust. The NBA Board of Governors previously approved the $2 billion sale, but a California court had to rule on ...
Tags: Ballmer, Clippers, Sporting Goods
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Tablet Consumers Have Taken as Big a Bite out of Mac Growth
Jan 15, 2014Tablet consumers have taken as big a bite out of Mac growth as they have out of personal computers in general, showing that Apple is not immune to the seismic shift it triggered with the iPad. During the 12 months preceding 30th September ...
Tags: Apple's Mac, Tablet Cannibal Pot
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What Were The Hits of 2013, and What Will This Year Hold?
Jan 3, 2014With Microsoft losing its controversial CEO, Apple launching new iPads and iPhones and the rise of wearable devices all making headlines, it's been another huge year for technology. That's before you look at the gobbling up of Nokia, ...
Tags: wearable devices, technology, tablet, tech prediction
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Antitrust Approved Microsoft's $7bn Acquisition of Nokia's Mobile Phone Business
Dec 4, 2013Antitrust regulators in the US have approved Microsoft's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. The deal, announced in September, sees Microsoft take ownership of Nokia's Devices and Services business, which ...
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Has Used The Company's Annual Shareholder Meeting
Nov 27, 2013Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has used the company's annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington to highlight the "complex" requirements that need to be addressed as the firm attempts to find a new CEO for only the second time in its ...
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More Than 99 Percent of Nokia's Shareholders Have Voted to Approve Microsoft's Acquisition
Nov 25, 2013More than 99 percent of Nokia’s shareholders have voted to approve Microsoft’s acquisition of the Finnish company’s Devices & Services business. Nokia entered into an agreement to sell “substantially all” ...
Tags: Nokia, Smartphones, Microsoft
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Microsoft Has Drawn up a Shortlist of Five People to Replace Steve Ballmer as CEO
Nov 7, 2013Software giant Microsoft has drawn up a shortlist of five people to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft - and the shortlist includes former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and Ford Motor Company's highly rated CEO Alan Mulally, according to ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft "Will Be Dead and Gone" in Just a Few Years
Oct 28, 2013Ex-BT CTO and futurist Peter Cochrane believes Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia could be "like bolting two sinking ships together" as he urged the company to rethink its "gaudy and horrible" branding strategies. Following up his Computing ...
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Steve Ballmer Has Used What Will Likely Be His Last Meeting with Wall Street Analysts
Sep 20, 2013Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used what will likely be his last meeting with Wall Street analysts to defend his tenure at the helm of the software giant. Ballmer, who recently announced he'll be stepping down in the next year, openly ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft Has Lagged Behind in The Cloud Infrastructure Space
Sep 20, 2013Microsoft has lagged behind in the cloud infrastructure space, the company's CTO of cloud and enterprise, Dave Campbell, has admitted to Computing. Speaking to Computing at GigaOEM's Structure Europe in London this week, Campbell, when ...
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Microsoft Is Pursuing The Ideal of OS Platforms
Sep 20, 2013Microsoft is pursuing the ideal of OS platforms: a unified code base that runs from smartphones to servers, giving users a consistent experience across devices at home and at work, and developers a common tool set for building applications. ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft's Acquisition of Nokia Was a Defensive Move to Keep The Finnish Phone Maker
Sep 9, 2013Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
Tags: Nokia Deal, Microsoft
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Microsoft Is to Acquire Nokia's Devices & Services Business
Sep 4, 2013Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, and license the Finnish company's patents for a total of €5.44 billion (US$7 billion) in cash, the companies said ...
Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Phones Business, Smartphones
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Microsoft Is to Buy Nokia's Mobile Phone Business and License Its Patents
Sep 4, 2013Microsoft is to buy Nokia's mobile phone business and license its patents in a deal worth $7.2bn (£4.6bn). Further reading Nokia whacked by another downgrade – Moody's rates Nokia four notches below investment grade Microsoft ...
Tags: Microsoft, Nokia, Mobile Business
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Microsoft Has Today Released Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT to Hardware Partners
Aug 28, 2013Microsoft has today released Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT to hardware partners, with the company declaring the patch "a significant update" that provides an "intuitive and fluid computing experience". Fresh from Friday's sudden ...
Tags: Windows 8.1, Computer Products, software, Microsoft