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Microsoft's Profits for The Third Quarter Jumped 19 Per Cent
Apr 22, 2013Microsoft's profits for the third quarter jumped 19 per cent as its core Windows division reported higher sales, despite reports of tanking sales for personal computers. Microsoft's Q3 earnings report follows figures released by IT ...
Tags: PC, Microsoft, Consumer Electronics
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Microsoft Blamed Lower-Than-Expected First Quarter as User Delay Software Upgrades
Dec 27, 2012Microsoft has blamed lower-than-expected first quarter results on consumers and businesses delaying desktop software upgrades until after Windows 8 is launched. For the three months ending September 30 2012, Microsoft reported revenues of ...
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Now That Microsoft Has Finally Launched Its Next-Generation Operating System
Dec 27, 2012Now that Microsoft has finally launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, it must tackle what may be the most daunting marketing challenge it has ever faced. Once the supreme leader of personal computing, Microsoft is now ...
Tags: Microsoft, operating system, Windows 8, marketing challenge
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The Vendor's New Surface Tablet Can Withstand a Fall From Several Feet Onto a Floor
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft officials on Thursday demonstrated that the vendor's new Surface tablet can withstand a fall from several feet onto a carpeted floor and is strong enough to be used as a skateboard. Steven Sinofsky, the president of ...
Tags: Microsoft, Surface tablet, carpeted floor, skateboard
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Windows 8 Is Finally Here and The Stakes Are Sky High for Microsoft
Dec 26, 2012Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. "We're so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs," said Steven Sinofsky, president of ...
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Microsoft Has Launched Its Next Generation Operating System, Windows 8,
Dec 26, 2012Kicking off what may be the company's most challenging marketing effort yet, Microsoft has launched its next generation operating system, Windows 8, in New York City. "Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC really is," said Microsoft ...
Tags: Microsoft, operating system, Windows 8, New York City
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Microsoft Will Walk Away From The "Metro" Tag It's Been Using for Over a Year
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft will walk away from the "Metro" tag it's been using for over a year to describe the new environment and apps in both Windows 8 and Windows RT, the company confirmed Friday. "We have used Metro style as a code ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows RT, computer product
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Microsoft Revenue Rose Slightly But Due to Several One-Time Items
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13%. Revenue in the quarter ended June 30 came in at ...
Tags: Microsoft, net income, online services, Windows Live Division
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Microsoft Will Start Selling Windows 8 on Friday
Dec 25, 2012Microsoft today announced that it will start selling Windows 8 on Friday, Oct. 26, a little more than three months from now. New PCs equipped with the operating system will go on sale the same day, said Microsoft spokesman Brandon LeBlanc ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, PCs, operating system
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Windows 8 Is Finally Here and The Stakes Are Sky High for Microsoft
Dec 19, 2012Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. “We’re so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs,” said Steven Sinofsky, ...
Tags: Apple, Galaxy, iPad, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, Samsung, Steve Ballmer
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Microsoft Has Posted First Quarter Fiscal Revenues Down 7.9 Per Cent
Oct 19, 2012Software giant Microsoft has posted first quarter fiscal revenues down 7.9 per cent to$16bn(£10bn),from$17.372bn(£10.8bn)achieved in the same period a year earlier. The company claimed that the results partly reflected a ...
Tags: Microsoft, first quarter revenues, Windows and Office sales, PC sales
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Microsoft Warned That Some Older Printers Will Not Work with Windows 8 and RT
Oct 18, 2012IDG News Service-Hewlett-Packard and Dell have published compatibility lists of printers and multifunction devices for the upcoming Windows 8 and RT tablet OSes,with a large number of models listed as bring incompatible with Windows RT. ...
Tags: Dell, HP, printers, multifunction devices, Windows RT
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Microsoft Has Rebranded The Hotmail Service to Become Outlook.com
Aug 1, 2012Microsoft has rebranded the Hotmail service to become Outlook.com. Currently in preview, Outlook.com is being heralded as a re-imagined email service by Microsoft. Further reading Microsoft admits to angering partners with Surface ...
Tags: Microsoft, Hotmail service, Outlook, re-imagined email service
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The Stakes for Microsoft Are Extremely High
Jul 16, 2012The stakes for Microsoft, which is outlining the next version of its profitable Office suite, are extremely high because that part of its business generates more revenue than any other, an analyst said today. According to the company's ...
Tags: Microsoft, profitable Office suite, online-serviced Office, Windows
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Microsoft Will Introduce Office 2013 on Monday
Jul 13, 2012Microsoft will introduce Office 2013, the likely official label for the next version of the company's money-making suite, on Monday, according to a report from USA Today. CEO Steve Ballmer will host a news conference July 16, said the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office 2013, USA, Applications