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Microsoft releases IE11 Developer Preview for Windows 7 with updated F12...

Microsoft today released its developer preview version of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for those devices running its Windows 7 operating system. In doing so, the company seeks to show developers that...

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Xbox One’s First Major Update Arriving on February 11

When the first component of Xbox One’s spring update arrives on February 11th, it’ll be a few weeks ahead of the first spring flowers sprouting. Like those flowers, much of what’s contained in the...

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Ballmer Admits What We All Knew: Microsoft Built Far Too Many Surfaces

At an internal meeting, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted that the company overproduced the Surface RT tablet, leading to its recent $150 per unit price cut. As quoted by The Verge’s Tom Warren,...

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Kinect Sports Rivals review pretty, if a bit overwhelming

Xbox One, Microsoft, cert: 7Simplified versions of six sports are played out against blue skies, brashness and bellowing Continue reading… The post Kinect Sports Rivals review pretty, if a bit...

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Sunrise, Sunset: Why Companies Kill Products We Love

When large companies with millions of users discontinue a site or service (called “sunsetting”), they hope to avoid any negative consequences, like yanking away a tablecloth without disturbing the...

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Steve Ballmer Just Made $769 Million

As difficult as it may have been for Steve Ballmer to announce his plans to retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next year, there’s one thing that likely made it a bit easier to stomach – the big...

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Here’s Steve Ballmer’s Memo to Employees Announcing His Retirement From...

Asa Mathat / AllThingsD.com As we’ve been reporting, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has just announced his plans to retire from the software giant of which he has been chief executive since 2000....

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Microsoft reverts YouTube Windows Phone app back to Web player release, ends...

It looks like the YouTube for Windows Phone saga is finally over: Google has forced Microsoft’s hand, pushing the company to revert the app to its previous all-but-useless state. Discussions between...

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Microsoft Is Technology’s Comeback Kid

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Microsoft Launches IE11 Developer Preview For Windows 7, Updates Modern.IE...

Almost exactly a month ago, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 11 as part of the Windows 8.1 preview and today, it is also launching a developer preview of IE11 for Windows 7. Sandeep Singhal,...

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Nokia Looks to Free Netflix, Other Promos to Boost Lumia Sales

Nokia is hoping the lure of free Netflix subscriptions will help the company sell more Lumia phones in the United Kingdom. Vodafone is offering either six or 12 months of free Netflix with the purchase...

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Windows Phone Mango has internet sharing

The Windows Phone Mango update is really shaping up to be something. The folks over at wpcentral did some digging around and discovered that Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) will have the ability to share...

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Microsoft: You Should Use Weak Passwords on Non-Essential Sites

Users should use and reuse weak passwords for websites which don’t hold valuable information, say researchers from Microsoft, overturning decades of accumulated wisdom on internet security. By not...

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Microsoft’s Holiday Goal: Conquer Google’s Chromebooks

Microsoft is aiming straight for Google’s Chromebooks this holiday season. At the company’s partner conference today, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner revealed that HP is planning to release a $199 laptop...

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Don Mattrick Debuts as New Zynga CEO, With Loss Expected in Q2

Former Microsoft Xbox head and new Zynga CEO Don Mattrick will helm his first quarterly report and conference call later today, after the company’s founder and former CEO Mark Pincus removed himself...

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Steve … Had … The Time of His Life… (Comic)

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Microsoft releases its first update for Windows 10 Technical Preview

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Microsoft Azure is suffering a widespread outage; Xbox Live is partially down...

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Skype for iPhone updated with URI support for other apps and more

On Monday, February 9, Microsoft sent out a brand new update for its popular Skype for iPhone. The new software brings the version up to 5.10. With version 5.10, Skype for iPhone reintroduces a...

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Nokia’s Lumia 1020 Gets a Permanent Price Cut, Now $199 at AT&T, Microsoft...

Next to its 41-megapixel camera, one of the most notable details about the Lumia 1020 was its hefty price tag. AT&T introduced the phone a couple months back at $299, with a new two-year contract....

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