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Stuart J. Johnston

Stewart J. Johnston is a Datamation contributor.

PC Sales Up 2.4 Percent in Q2 – Give or Take

Gartner announced PC sales worldwide grew by 2.3 percent in the second quarter from the second quarter of 2010,...

Microsoft to Open 75 More Retail Stores

Microsoft's chief operating officer (COO) surprised partners and customers during his keynote address on Day Three of the company's...

Ballmer: Microsoft ‘All In’ For Partners

Microsoft's sometimes beleaguered CEO Steve Ballmer showed a spark of his famous enthusiasm for his job, company, and customers...

Microsoft Scores Android Royalties

Microsoft hasn't been aggressive in launching a tablet, yet that doesn't mean the company is ignoring the mobile market....

Microsoft Ships Windows 7 for In-Store Use

In the less than two years since its launch, Windows 7 has come to dominate corporate and consumer PCs...

Will Ballmer Kick Off Windows 8 Consumer Beta at CES?

Shades of 2009. The promoters of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) had no sooner announced this week that Microsoft...

Baidu Chooses Bing for English Search

Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Chinese search giant Baidu to provide English language Internet...

Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 Ready for Testers

Go here to download IE10 Platform Preview 2.   Microsoft released the second "Platform Preview" of Internet Explorer 10 to early...

Microsoft Ships Windows Thin PC

Microsoft announced it is shipping Windows Thin PC, a version of Windows 7 that lets Software Assurance (SA) customers...

Survey Has Good/Bad News for Office 365

As Microsoft prepares to launch its Office 365 public cloud-based online services suite, a new study has both good...