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IDC: Windows Phone Shipments Surpass BlackBerry By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 16, 2013 Android continues to dominate the smartphone market. Tags: Blackberry, IOS, smartphone, Windows Phone, Apple, Google, Android, Microsoft, IDC A New Name for Blue: Windows 8.1 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 14, 2013 The next version of Microsoft's operating system will be available as a free update for current Windows 8 users. Tags: operating system, Windows 8.1, Microsoft, Windows Blue Bing Gets Deeper Facebook Integration By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 13, 2013 Now you can comment on Facebook while using Microsoft's search engine. Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, Bing, search engine, social network Yammer Revenue Climbs 259% By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 10, 2013 Microsoft is very pleased with its enterprise social networking acquisition. Tags: Yammer, Office, enterprise social networking, software, revenue, Microsoft Rumor: Microsoft Could Buy Nook By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 09, 2013 The software company is said to be interested in the digital book business, not the e-reader hardware. Tags: Microsoft, tablet, e-reader, Barnes & Noble, merger and acquistion activity, Nook Microsoft Names Amy Hood as its First Female CFO By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 09, 2013 She'll take over Peter Klein's job effective immediately. Tags: CFO, Microsoft Microsoft Plans Updates to Office Web Apps By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 08, 2013 Android support and real-time collaborative editing are coming later this year. Tags: Android, Microsoft, real-time, collaboration, Office Web Apps Microsoft: Windows Blue Is Coming This Year By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 07, 2013 The software giant is still tight-lipped about the details of the update for Windows 8. Tags: Windows Blue, Touchscreens, Windows 8, Microsoft, tablets Hackers Exploit IE 8 Vulnerability to Attack Nuclear Researchers By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 06, 2013 Security experts suspect Chinese hackers are behind attacks on the Department of Labor site and other websites. Tags: China, Department of Labor, Internet Explorer 8, cyberattack, hack attacks, browser, security vulnerability, hackers, Microsoft, government, websites RIP Hotmail By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 03, 2013 Microsoft has officially completed the transition to Outlook.com. Tags: Outlook.com, Hotmail, email, Microsoft MICROSOFT ESEMINAR MAY 2013 SWEEPSTAKES: OFFICIAL RULES By | Article Published April 26, 2013 Register and *attend a live eSeminar this month and be automatically entered for a chance to win a new Microsoft Surface. Tags: rules, Microsoft, Surface, sweepstakes Microsoft Wins Patent Spat Against Motorola By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 26, 2013 The decision will have far-reaching implications for standards-essential patents. Tags: Microsoft, standards, licensing, patent lawsuit, Motorola, Google Microsoft Reaches Patent Deal with China's ZTE By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 24, 2013 According to Microsoft, it now gets royalties from most Android smartphones sold. Tags: licensing, patent, tablet, smartphone, China, Chrome OS, zte, Microsoft, Android, Google Microsoft Profits Climb 19% on Strong Software Sales By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 19, 2013 Revenue fell short of expectations. Tags: revenue, earnings, Microsoft, software, Windows, quarterly financials Google Chrome Gets Business-Friendly By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 18, 2013 One key feature--legacy browser support--will make it easier to use older Web apps. Tags: Internet Explorer, browser, Legacy Browser Support, cloud computing, Microsoft, Chrome, Google Microsoft, Foxconn Sign Patent Deal Covering Android, Chrome Devices By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 17, 2013 Experts say the licensing agreement is bad news for Google. Tags: Google, licensing, Foxconn, smartphone, Chrome, patent, Android, Microsoft Microsoft Windows Azure Will Match Amazon's Cloud Prices By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 16, 2013 Azure is also making its IaaS generally available. Tags: Microsoft, cloud computing, Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services, IaaS Windows Blue May Have Start Button, Boot to Desktop By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 16, 2013 Inside sources say Microsoft is reconsidering some of its Windows 8 decisions. Tags: desktop, Windows Blue, Microsoft Microsoft Said to Be Working on a Smartwatch By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 15, 2013 Samsung and Apple aren't the only companies who want to move your smartphone to your wrist. Tags: Google, smartphone, Samsung, smartwatch, LG, Apple, Microsoft Cisco, Microsoft Team Up on Data Center Offerings By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 12, 2013 Cisco products will support Microsoft's cloud and virtualization technologies. Tags: Hyper-V, Enterprise, virtualization, cloud computing, data center, UCS, Microsoft, Cisco Microsoft Pulls Security Update After Crash Reports By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 12, 2013 Windows users should uninstall a patch Microsoft released on Tuesday. Tags: Patch Tuesday, crash, Microsoft, security vulnerability, patch Report: Microsoft Working on a 7-Inch Tablet By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 11, 2013 The devices could enter production later this year. Tags: Surface tablet, Microsoft Microsoft Releases 'Boring' Patch Tuesday Update By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 10, 2013 The company still hasn't patched the IE vulnerability demonstrated at Pwn2Own. Tags: Microsoft, security vulnerabilities, Windows, Internet Explorer, IE, Patch Tuesday Microsoft Offers Deal to Get SMBs to Upgrade Windows XP By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 09, 2013 Support for the aging operating system ends in exactly one year. Tags: SMB, Windows 8, Windows XP, upgrade, Microsoft, Office 2013 Microsoft-Led Group Files European Antitrust Complaint Against Google By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 09, 2013 FairSearch Europe says Google has a monopoly on mobile search ads. Tags: European Commission, Nokia, antitrust, Microsoft, mobile advertising, Google, Europe Windows 8 Market Share Grows Very Slowly By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 01, 2013 The new OS now has 3.17 percent of the desktop OS market. Tags: Microsoft, operating systems, Mac, Linux, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista Microsoft Rule Change Will Allow 7" Windows Tablets By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 29, 2013 Manufacturers are free to design Windows 8 tablets to compete with the iPad Mini. Tags: tablet, Apple, Microsoft, iPad Mini, Windows 8 Windows Blue Leaks to the Web By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 26, 2013 New desktop, tablet and server versions of Microsoft's flagship OS are in the works. Tags: leak, desktop, servers, Windows Blue, tablet, operating system, Microsoft Microsoft's Bing Gets More Social By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 22, 2013 The search engine is more tightly integrated with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Tags: Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, Bing, search engine, Twitter, Klout Feds Investigate Microsoft Bribery Allegations By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 20, 2013 The Justice Department and the SEC are looking into a whistleblower report. Tags: software, U.S., Microsoft, SEC, Justice Department, China Microsoft Overhauls CRM Offerings By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 19, 2013 The company will purchase social analytics firm Netbreeze to boost its CRM capabilities. Tags: enterprise software, CRM, Dynamics, Microsoft, merger and acquistion activity Report: Surface Pro Sales Hit 400,000 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 18, 2013 Analysts debate whether the sales figures are good or bad for Microsoft. Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, tablet, Surface, Surface Pro Analyst: Enterprises, Consumers Aren't Embracing Windows 8 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 14, 2013 Rick Sherlund of Nomura says the new OS is "awkward." Tags: tablets, enterprises, PC, analyst, Microsoft, Windows 8 Patch Tuesday Release Addresses IE, USB Vulnerabilities By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 13, 2013 This month's security update from Microsoft patches 20 bugs. Tags: Patch Tuesday, Microsoft, Windows, USB, Internet Explorer, security vulnerabilities Hotmail, Outlook.com, SkyDrive Experience Service Disruptions By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 13, 2013 For 17 hours, users' messages were "lost in the mail." Tags: Hotmail, Microsoft, email, SkyDrive, cloud computing, Outlook.com, outage Microsoft Entices Students with Free Trial of Office 365 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 11, 2013 The special offer also comes with 20GB of SkyDrive storage and 60 minutes worth of Skype calls. Tags: SkyDrive, Microsoft, cloud computing, Office 365, Skype Microsoft Reverses Course on Office 2013 Licensing By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 06, 2013 The company may also be reducing prices for Windows 8 licenses. Tags: Microsoft, software, Office 2013, Windows 8, licensing Microsoft Pays Hefty Fine for Violating EU Browser Choice By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published March 06, 2013 Microsoft hit by $731 million fine for not giving Windows users alternatives to Internet Explorer. Tags: browser, Microsoft, EU Commission, IE How to Make Windows 8 a Winner By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | Article Published March 04, 2013 Dropping the price, attracting apps and addressing usability issues could help people fall in love with Windows again. Tags: operating system, Windows 8, touchscreen, Microsoft Facebook Buys Microsoft's Atlas Ad Service By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 01, 2013 The social network hopes to expand its share of the digital advertising market. Tags: advertising, Microsoft, Facebook, merger and acquistion activity Report: EU to Fine Microsoft over Browser Bungle By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 01, 2013 Anonymous sources say the fine will arrive this month. Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, EU, Internet Explorer, browser RSA: Google Lashes out at Microsoft Over Privacy By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 27, 2013 Facebook, Microsoft, Mozilla and Google debate privacy at security conference -- and it turns out they don't all agree. Tags: privacy, Google, RSA, Microsoft, Facebook Microsoft Updates Office 365 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 27, 2013 The software giant is rolling out a host of new options for its cloud-based office productivity suite. Tags: SaaS, SMB, software, Office productivity, Office 365, Microsoft, cloud computing, Enterprise RSA: Microsoft Makes a Case for Security Optimism By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published February 26, 2013 The sky is not falling, says the software giant, and things are happening today that will secure the future. Tags: Microsoft, RSA, Security Testing Microsoft: We Were Hacked Too By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 25, 2013 The same attack that compromised systems at Apple and Facebook also infected Microsoft. Tags: Facebook, cyberattack, Apple, Microsoft, hackers, hack attacks Get Ready to Transition from Hotmail to Outlook.com By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 19, 2013 Microsoft has taken the 'preview' label off Outlook.com and announced the service has 60 million users. Tags: Outlook.com, Hotmail, email, Microsoft Microsoft's $2.5 Billion Mistake By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 15, 2013 An analyst says the firm could bring in billions if it released a version of Office for iOS. Tags: Microsoft, Office, IOS, iPad, iPhone, Apple Microsoft Patch Tuesday Release Addresses 57 Vulnerabilities By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 13, 2013 The patches address many security bugs in Internet Explorer. Tags: Microsoft, security vulnerabilities, Patch Tuesday, Google, Internet Explorer Microsoft: 75% of Enterprises Plan to Launch Big Data Projects By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 12, 2013 Customer service and sales and marketing are driving the big data push. Tags: big data, study, Microsoft, survey Surface Pro Sells Out By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 11, 2013 Within hours, the tablet wasn't available online or in most stores. Tags: tablet, Microsoft, Surface Pro Microsoft, Symantec Take Down Botnet By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 07, 2013 The Bamital botnet had ensnared millions of PCs in a click-jacking scheme. Tags: clickjacking, Symantec, botnet, Microsoft Apple Is World's Largest PC Maker--If You Count iPads as PCs By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 07, 2013 Report says 1 out of 6 computing devices sold last year was an iPad. Tags: Canalys, Windows RT, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, Microsoft, tablet, Apple, PC market-share battle, iPad Microsoft to Open 5 More Retail Stores By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 05, 2013 The locations will feature the Surface tablet and other Windows 8 devices. Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, retail, tablet, Surface Windows 8 Struggles to Gain Market Share By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published February 01, 2013 Use of the new Microsoft operating system is growing very, very slowly. Tags: Windows 8, Windows 7, Microsoft, operating system, market share Report: Michael Dell to Spend $1 Billion to Retain Control of Dell By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 31, 2013 The company founder currently has a 15.7 percent stake in the PC maker. Tags: PC, private equity, Michael Dell, Microsoft, Dell Microsoft Launches Office 365 Home Premium By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 29, 2013 The company wants to move Office users to a cloud-based, subscription-based model. Tags: cloud computing, Office 365, Office productivity, Microsoft, subscription model Acer Says Chromebooks Are Selling, Windows 8 Isn't By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 28, 2013 The PC maker's CEO describes Microsoft's new operating system as "still not successful." Tags: Windows 8, Acer, Microsoft, Chromebook, Google Microsoft Revenue Climbs, Profits Fall By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 25, 2013 The company's earnings report largely met analyst expectations. Tags: earnings, revenue, quarterly financials, Microsoft, Windows Private Dell + Microsoft: Now This Could Be Interesting By Rob Enderle | Article Published January 23, 2013 A Dell-Microsoft deal could result in better products from both firms. Should Apple be worried? Tags: Microsoft, investment, Dell, Deal making, Surface Report: Microsoft May Invest in Deal to Take Dell Private By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 22, 2013 Unnamed sources say the company may invest as much as $3 billion. Tags: Dell, Microsoft, private equity, investment Microsoft Surface Pro to Launch February 9 By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 22, 2013 The new tablet will cost $890 to $999, plus $120 for the magnetic keyboard cover. Tags: tablet, Windows 8, Surface Pro, Microsoft 9 Things That Are Never Admitted About Open Source By Bruce Byfield | Article Published January 22, 2013 What are the taboo subjects in open source today? You might guess some of them, but others might surprise you. Tags: desktop, Mark Shuttleworth, Microsoft, FOSS, Ubuntu, KDE, Gnome, Unity, Richard Stallman, open source, Linux Google Repeats as 'Best Company to Work For' By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 21, 2013 Other tech firms in the top 10 included SAS, NetApp and Ultimate Software Tags: Cisco, Microsoft, Google, Intel, NetApp, employers, Salesforce Only One Million Surface Tablets Sold So Far By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 15, 2013 An influential analyst says the Microsoft hasn't sold as many Surface RT devices as expected. Tags: Microsoft, tablet, surface RT, Surface Pro, analyst report Microsoft Issues Emergency Update for Internet Explorer By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 15, 2013 The update patches a zero-day vulnerability in the browser. Tags: Microsoft, patch, IE, Internet Explorer, security vulnerabilities, update SAP Now Runs on HANA By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 11, 2013 According to the company, running SAP's ERP software on the HANA database instead of Oracle can dramatically speed performance. Tags: Microsoft, database, ERP software, SAP, enterprise software, HANA, Oracle, IBM The Biggest Enterprise IT Announcements at CES By Rob Enderle | Article Published January 10, 2013 Smart IT managers will be paying attention to the heftier tablets, graphics servers, table PCs and in-car DVRs on display at CES. Tags: Surface, IT, Consumer Electronics Show, enteprise, table PCs, graphics, nVidia, Microsoft, server, tablet, Panasonic, Lenovo, CES Microsoft's Ballmer Makes Surprise Appearance at CES By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 09, 2013 After vowing not to do another CES keynote, Microsoft's CEO crashed the party. Tags: Windows, steve ballmer, Qualcomm, chips, tablets, CES, Microsoft, mobile January's Patch Tuesday Release Addresses 12 Vulnerabilities By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 09, 2013 The release fixes security bugs in Windows and Office, but not an actively exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Tags: Surface, Microsoft, Windows, Patch Tuesday, Office, Internet Explorer, security vulnerabilities, Windows RT Microsoft to Open 6 Additional Retail Stores By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 27, 2012 Last year, the company opened 51 Microsoft Stores. Tags: Surface, tablet, Microsoft Store, Microsoft, retail Former Windows Chief Steve Sinofsky to Teach at Harvard By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 20, 2012 Sinofsky abruptly departed from his job at Microsoft about a month ago. Tags: Microsoft, Windows EU to Investigate Microsoft's Privacy Policy By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 18, 2012 Regulators want to examine whether changes to Microsoft's policies violate any laws. Tags: privacy, EU, SkyDrive, policies, Office, Microsoft Microsoft Surface Tablet Will Soon Be Available from More Retailers By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 12, 2012 Staples and Best Buy are among the stores that will offer the device. Tags: Surface, Microsoft, retail, tablet Patch Tuesday Updates to Fix Vulnerabilities in Word, Windows 8, Exchange By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 07, 2012 Next week's security release from Microsoft will patch 11 vulnerabilities. Tags: IE 10, Exchange, Word, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows RT, security vulnerabilities Microsoft Socl Now Open for All Users By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published December 07, 2012 The fledgling social network is still considered a beta release. Tags: Bing, Socl, Microsoft, search, social network, website, beta |
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