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No More MIX Conference, Says MicrosoftJan 24, 2012 - in News
Microsoft is killing MIX as a stand-alone conference, and cramming it into another developer conference that will be announced later this year.
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Report: Microsoft Killing Off Microsoft Points by Year's EndJan 24, 2012 - in News
Word on the street says the days of dealing in Microsoft Points are nearly at an end.
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Windows Server 8 to Get a New File System: ReFSJan 21, 2012 - in News
Microsoft will be introducing a new file system with Windows 8 Server, called ReFS, which is built on top of the existing NTFS, but will deliver new features for scale and prevent data corruption.
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Microsoft Reports $20.9B Revenue, 525M Windows 7 SoldJan 21, 2012 - in News
Things are still running well at Microsoft.
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Windows NT Dev Lead Dave Cutler Now Working on XboxJan 19, 2012 - in News
Microsoft Technical Fellow Dave Cutler has moved to Team Xbox.
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Wintel Tablets Could Cost Up to $900Jan 18, 2012 - in News
There are rumors that Microsoft-/Intel-based tablets could be substantially more expensive than Android-/ARM-based versions.
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Windows 8 Includes Tablet Hardware RequirementsJan 17, 2012 - in News
Microsoft has released the minimum hardware requirements for tablets using Windows 8.
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Opinion: 10 Technologies That Need to Deliver in 2012Jan 17, 2012 - in News
As 2011 is well behind us, we are looking back at a year of massive successes as well as some catastrophic failures, we are noticing a gateway to opportunity for some interesting products and technologies.
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LG May Be Working on Chrome OS Notebook, TabletJan 12, 2012 - in News
Thanks to a patent agreement announcement released Thursday, Microsoft let it slip that LG may be working on a Chrome OS-based notebook or similar device. Doh.
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Samsung's 40-inch Microsoft Surface Demonstrated on VideoJan 12, 2012 - in News
How long before people describe the Surface as a giant iPad?
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Steve Ballmer Already Gave Execs His Retirement DateJan 12, 2012 - in News
Looks like the current CEO of Microsoft will be sticking around until at least 2018. Windows Windows WINDOWS!!!
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Nokia: Microsoft Is NOT Buying Our Smartphone DivisionJan 12, 2012 - in News
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has put to rest a recent rumor claiming that Microsoft will purchase the company's smartphone division.
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300 Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide Over RaiseJan 11, 2012 - in News
Three hundred Foxconn workers threatened to jump off the roof of an Xbox 360 manufacturing plant after they didn't receive their pay.
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Microsoft Announces Kinect for Windows Coming February 1Jan 10, 2012 - in News
Kinect is coming to PC in just three week's time.
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MSFT Talks Windows 8, TV Interaction During CES KeynoteJan 10, 2012 - in News
Microsoft crammed an interview, demos of Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Xbox with Kinect into one action-packed hour.
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OnLive Streaming Win 7 Desktop, Apps to iPad, MoreJan 9, 2012 - in News
OnLive is offering a new service that streams a Windows 7 desktop and applications to any device, starting with the Apple iPAd tablet.
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TV Company Vizio Jumps into PC Market with Both FeetJan 9, 2012 - in News
Vizio is kicking its week at CES off with the unveiling of five new computers. This marks the HDTV company's first entry into the PC market.
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Scientists Propose Kinect-like 3D Camera for CellphonesJan 9, 2012 - in News
Gesture recognition is widely seen as a technology that could succeed touch input on a variety of computing devices, but the only successful mainstream device we have seen in this area is Microsoft's Kinect.
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Apple Patents Point to Thunderbolt on iOS DevicesJan 7, 2012 - in News
Currently present in its line of desktop and laptop computers (but not the Mac Pro), could Apple be bringing Thunderbolt to its media players next?
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Web Browser Grand Prix VIII: Chrome 16, Firefox 9, And Mac OS XJan 5, 2012 - in Reviews
Back in August, Mozilla took the WBGP crown with Firefox 7. Can Firefox 9 retain that title? And how are the top Web browsers doing in Mac OS X? We used a Hackintosh last time. This time, we're testing on the world's first Ultrabook, the MacBook Air.
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Microsoft Flight Will Offer Free-To-Play ModelJan 5, 2012 - in News
Microsoft will offer a free-to-play model in its upcoming Microsoft Flight simulator for the PC.
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Microsoft Sues Retailer for Making 94,000 Fake Windows CDsJan 5, 2012 - in News
What would MC Double Def DP say? Apart from, "Don't copy that floppy," of course.
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Microsoft Finally Says Goodbye to IE 6 in the U.S.Jan 4, 2012 - in News
The numbers are in, and less than 1-percent of North Americans are still using Microsoft's ancient Internet Explorer 6 browser. They probably still use big giant mobile phones and outhouses too.
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Microsoft Patents Way to Avoid Walking into Sketchy AreasJan 4, 2012 - in News
Microsoft has obtained a patent for producing walking directions based on several varying factors depending on the time of day, weather and even crime rates.
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Report: Acer and Lenovo to Launch Windows 8 Slates in 2012Jan 3, 2012 - in News
Rumor has it Acer and Lenovo are planning Windows 8 slates for the fall.
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Internet Explorer Slips below 40% Market Share in 2011Jan 3, 2012 - in News
IE has ended another year with a huge slide in market share. Google's Chrome posted record growth.
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Opinion: The 10 Most Influential People in IT of 2011Jan 2, 2012 - in News
Can you guess who made the list?
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The 5 Most Intriguing Patent Applications of 2011Dec 31, 2011 - in News
These are the 2011 patent applications you should be aware of.
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How You Can Log Into Windows 8 by Touching PicturesDec 27, 2011 - in News
Beware of smudges on your future Windows 8 machine.