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Microsoft Just Lost a Title It Has Held for More Than Two Decades
Apr 5, 2017Google's Android is no longer just the world’s most popular smartphone software, it’s now the most used operating system in the world, period. Taking a crown that Microsoft has held for almost three decades, Google’s ...
Tags: Google, Android, smartphone
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer Boosted Its User Share Last Month by 53%
Jun 3, 2013Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE10) boosted its user share last month by 53% as the company's enforced upgrade for Windows 7 continued to take effect. IE10 increased its user share of all copies of IE from 10.8% to a record 16.5% in May, ...
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Microsoft Had Sold 100 Million Licenses of Windows 8, But How Many Copies Are Being Used?
May 13, 2013Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft Was Hit with a Double Whammy Last Month for Scant Progress in Windows 8 and XP
May 3, 2013Microsoft was hit with a double whammy last month as it made scant progress in either boosting the usage share of Windows 8 or depressing the share of Windows XP, data published today showed. According to Internet analytics company Net ...
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 Doubled Its Usage Share Last Month
May 3, 2013Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) doubled its usage share last month, and now accounts for nearly 11% of all copies of IE in use, a Web measurement company said today. IE10, which Microsoft launched last October for Windows 8 and in ...
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer 10
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The Easy Upgrades From Windows XP Are Done
Apr 24, 2013The easy upgrades from Windows XP are done, say migration experts, who predict that a sizable number of large enterprises will still be running the aged operating system after Microsoft stops supporting it. Microsoft plans to retire ...
Tags: Windows 7, Computer Products
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Microsoft's Windows Division Yesterday Posted Revenue About The Same as The Last Year
Apr 23, 2013Even though PC shipments were down 14% last quarter, Microsoft's Windows division yesterday posted revenue about the same as the last year, making up for slumping sales to OEMs with impressive growth in long-term licensing agreements sold ...
Tags: Windows 8, software, Computer Products
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Microsoft Today Kicked off a New Promotion Aimed at Windows XP Customers
Apr 11, 2013Microsoft today kicked off a new promotion aimed at Windows XP customers, who have just one year to ditch the 12-year-old OS before it's retired from support. Small- and medium-sized businesses still running Windows XP and Office 2003 -- ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, Computer Products
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Millions of Its Users Will Hold Onto The Operating System Much Longer Than Some
Apr 2, 2013The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the operating system much longer than some, including Microsoft, expect. ...
Tags: Windows XP, software, Computer Products
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A Web and App Designer Has Stolen a Page out of Microsoft's Own Playbook
Apr 2, 2013A Web and app designer has stolen a page out of Microsoft's own playbook in urging users to abandon three of the company's four newest browsers because Microsoft is "standing in the way" of progress. Josef Richter, formerly a website ...
Tags: APP, Computer Products, software
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Windows 8 Fell Even Further Behind The Historical Adoption Pace of Windows Vista
Apr 1, 2013Windows 8 last month fell even further behind the historical adoption pace of Windows Vista, Microsoft's 2007 flop, new statistics showed today. The bright spot for Windows 8 in the data from Web analytics company Net Applications: Its ...
Tags: Windows 8, software, Computer Products
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Mobile-Based Browsing Is Making Significant Inroads on Traditional Internet Access
Mar 25, 2013Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company. Mobile's gains are in part a side ...
Tags: Mobile, Browser Usage, app
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Apple Surprised Developers and Analysts Alike by Debuting a Preview of OS X Mountain Lion
Mar 13, 2013Last year, Apple surprised developers and analysts alike by debuting a preview of OS X Mountain Lion, then announcing it was shifting to an annual release schedule for its Mac operating system. That was Feb. 16, 2012, a year and three ...
Tags: Apple, Mac operating system, OS X
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Who Would Comment on Microsoft Browser Rival?
Mar 12, 2013No Microsoft browser rival would comment on, much less confirm, that it reported the omission of the browser ballot to European antitrust regulators. All three of Microsoft's Windows browser competitors -- Google, Mozilla and Opera ...
Tags: Microsoft browser, Google, Mozilla, Opera Software
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Windows 8's Uptake Pace Slowed in February for The Third Straight Month
Mar 5, 2013Windows 8's uptake pace slowed in February for the third straight month, an analytics company said today. According to Net Applications, Windows 8's February usage share -- including what the firm labeled as "touch" for Windows 8 and ...
