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Microsoft Has Announced The Availability of Surface PRO 3
Jul 7, 2014Microsoft has announced the availability of Surface Pro 3 for commercial customers in the United Arab Emirates. Surface Pro 3 is a tablet and a laptop in a package that Microsoft says is 30 percent thinner than an 11-inch MacBook Air. ...
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Steve Ballmer Is to Retire Within 12 Months
Aug 23, 2013Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft to Hand Over Its Most Recent Version of The Operating System Windows 8.1 to OEMs
Jul 10, 2013Microsoft 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 Yesterday Confirmed Windows "Blue," an Upgrade to Windows 8
Mar 27, 2013Microsoft yesterday confirmed Windows "Blue," an upgrade to Windows 8, but analysts remained uneasy about how the faster release cadence that Blue represents will be digested by businesses. "Microsoft is going to be on an annual release ...
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Microsoft Began Taking Reservation Orders for Its 128GB Surface Pro Tablet
Feb 26, 2013Less than a week after Microsoft began taking reservation orders for its 128GB Surface Pro tablet, the company on Thursday again slapped a sold-out sign on its website. Yesterday afternoon, Microsoft's online store displayed "Out of ...
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Steven Sinofsky, Took The Stage in New York Today to Launch Windows 8 and Its Sibling
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft's top executives, including CEO Steve Ballmer and the head of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, took the stage in New York today to launch Windows 8 and its sibling, Windows RT. Analysts' impressions were mixed, with some asking, "Is ...
Tags: Microsoft, CEO, Steve Ballmer, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT
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Microsoft Makes More Than$300 on Each Surface RT Tablet It Sells
Nov 6, 2012Microsoft makes more than$300 on each Surface RT tablet it sells,showing that the company has adopted the business model of its rival,Apple,analysts said yesterday. According to IHS iSuppli,which disassembled a 32GB Surface to estimate ...
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Microsoft CEO Tells Shareholders That The Firm Is a Devices and Services Company
Oct 10, 2012Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has told shareholders that the world's largest software firm is a software firm no longer–but instead,a"devices and services company". In his annual letter to investors,Ballmer said there is ...
Tags: Microsoft CEO, Devices and Services Company, release of Windows 8
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Microsoft Is Not Anymore Just a Software Company
Oct 10, 2012Network World - Stop thinking of Microsoft as just a software company; it's not anymore, according to CEO Steve Ballmer. "It truly is a new era at Microsoft," he says in his annual letter to shareholders, and that means the company is ...
