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Despite controversy, Microsoft all grins about ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ promotion
Microsoft has a blog post out today that lays out a grip of statistics about its ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ promotion, in which handset owners of rival smartphone brands are pitted, using normal, daily tasks as the barometer, against its units ...
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May’s Patch Tuesday lands, and we have all the details
Under a week ago, TNW brought you the rough sketch of what we could expect in May’s Patch Tuesday event. Every month, before the date, Microsoft puts out a pre-release set of notes, to help people prepare for the coming updates. From that post, this...
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IE9 more popular on weekends than weeknights, breaking with IE’s long-held usage patterns
According to StatCounter’s collected browser usage data, Internet Explorer 9 is an anomaly among its franchise brethren: IE9 is more popular on weekends than on weeknights.
For some time, the rule was simple: people used Internet Explorer at work, a...
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Microsoft Can Detect Your Gestures Using Just Your Computer's Audio [Video]





Kinect has drawn a huge amount of interest, not just from gamers but computer scientists, engineers and artists. Now, it seems Microsoft is branching out, because one of its latest research projects offer...
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Microsoft goes green, commits to becoming carbon neutral from July 1
Microsoft has become the latest technology company to commit to reducing its environmental footprint, today announcing that it wants to make its data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings carbon neutral.
The software giant&#...
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Track 8 Music Player Brings Microsoft’s Beautiful Metro Design to iPad [Video]





People tend think of Macs as the "creative" computer and Windows as the "business" computer, but those lines have blurred for years. System administrators figured out how to support iPhones for enterprise...
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Facebook’s Uphill Battle Vs. Child Pornography
The uphill battle that Facebook faces on a daily basis to curb inappropriate content such as child pornography was brought to the forefront again in a report by WND about its continuing presence on the social network.
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Microsoft pitches SkyDrive to Mac users, continuing the cloud wars
The latest flash point between the technology giants is that of cloud storage for consumers, with Google, Apple, and Microsoft all crowding into a space that has long been dominated by the very successful Dropbox.
Given that each service is offering a lar...
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You Can Get an Xbox/Kinect for $99 Now [Dealzmodo]





We heard about a crazy $99 Xbox/Kinect bundle last week, but we weren't sure what the catch would be. Now we do: You need to sign up for a two-year $15 per month Xbox Live Gold contract. Not bad! More&n...
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AT&T’s 4G-enabled Samsung Focus 2 unveiled, offering 4-inch Super AMOLED display and 5MP camera from May 20 for $49.99
Samsung has unveiled the successor to its immensely popular Focus Windows Phone handset, today launching the 4G-enabled Focus 2, hitting AT&T on May 20.
The Samsung Focus 2 will position itself as a mid-range Windows Phone device (like its predecessor...
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I Lost All My Money Betting On the Windows Phone Horse [Video]





True story: I bet on Windows Phone yesterday and lost. Actually, I bet on a horse named Hansen, a Kentucky Derby contender sponsored by Windows Phone. Hansen turned out to be a disappointing loser. Mo...
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Zynga sues Microsoft-backed social gaming startup Kobojo over ‘PyramidVille’ game

Last week, social gaming juggernaut Zynga filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against one of Europe’s leading social games companies, venture-backed Kobojo.
The Paris, France-based social games studio last year released a Facebook game called Py...
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They Shoot Yahoo CEOs, Don't They? But Not Without a Really Smoking Gun and a Much Stronger Board

Earlier today, Yahoo’s persistent thorn, activist shareholder Dan Loeb of Third Point poison-penned another letter to the board of the Silicon Valley Internet company, demanding that Yahoo fire its new CEO Scott Thompson, as well as director Patti ...
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Windows Phone is sponsoring a horse in the Kentucky Derby
You can’t make this sort of thing up. Microsoft, in a bid to boost the image and profile of its Windows Phone brand, is sponsoring a horse in the upcoming Kentucky Derby horse race. According to GeekWire, the thoroughbred that Microsoft has put its ...
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This week at Microsoft: Windows 8, Xbox, and ebooks
Friday has arrived in all its glory and splendor, meaning that while it’s almost martini-o-clock, you still have some work to do. As always, this post is a short compendium on all things Microsoft from the past week. And, again as always, there is s...
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If you like Windows Media Center, you’ll have to pay for it in Windows 8
Microsoft is pulling out all the stops when it comes to changing the market perception about its company and its operating system, Windows. With Windows 8 looking to be the biggest overhaul and refresh the OS has seen since Windows 3.1, it seems like the...
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Microsoft details Windows 8′s cloud mojo [Video]
Windows 8 is going to be quite similar to Windows Phone, and in a good way. Today Microsoft announced sweeping changes to its cloud services, rendering the Live brand moot, shooing the services under the new Microsoft account jurisdiction.
It’s a bi...
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How Did a Phantom CS Degree Get on CEO's Bio in SEC Filings? Yahoo's Not Saying.

Back in early 2008 when Scott Thompson got the job as president of eBay’s PayPal, the regulatory filing accurately listed his educational pedigree:
“Mr. Thompson holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Stonehill College.”
The eBay filin...
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May’s Patch Tuesday to contain 7 bulletins, patch 23 vulnerabilities
The month is fresh, which means that Microsoft has a raft of upcoming fixes and patches coming out next Tuesday for its software products. Patch Tuesday is an institution, and one that matters as it helps keeps everyone a bit safer, and hopefully, one ste...
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Microsoft picks up Seagate’s CEO for its board, expanding to 11 members
At this point Microsoft’s board could be called a horde, it’s so large. That’s not necessarily a bad thing: having more smart people is usually better than having fewer.
Today Microsoft announced that Stephen Luczo has been appointed to ...
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Microsoft’s Windows 8 play: Kill Live, build one login to rule them all
Sometimes the biggest news isn’t shouted, but is instead intimated, as it is a pivot from former strategies. So far as I can tell, Windows Live as a brand is over. Microsoft is moving from it to a single-login system that will be a huge boon to Wind...
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Microsoft moves its SMB advertising brand under the Bing aegis
And you thought that Microsoft would take break from moving its divisions around. Ha. The company has announced that its advertising teams are undergoing a very telling change: “Today [...] our small and medium business brand is changing from ‘...
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The Windows Phone Web Marketplace is now available in 22 new countries
That sound you just heard was the collective contentment from every developer who has built an application for Windows Phone. Today, Microsoft announced that some 22 new countries have been added to the Windows Phone Web Marketplace roster, both expanding...
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New Microsoft Research lab in New York set to add “distinct but complimentary” expertise
Microsoft is to launch a new research center in New York which will push its research in a new direction and complement its existing teams with a series of specialist researchers, 14 of whom have joined from Yahoo, AllThingsD reports.
The new lab will bec...
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Yahoo Gives Dan Loeb a Fresh One, but Real Action in Proxy Fight Begins in Coming Weeks

Earlier today, Yahoo released a letter talking itself up to investors, introing a new Web site called Yahoo Forward to do more bragging and — you guessed it — giving yet another smackdown to activist shareholder Dan Loeb of Third Point.
The m...
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Microsoft reportedly gears up to launch subsidized $99 Xbox on 2-year subscription
In what could be a major game-changer for the industry, Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to launch a $99 Xbox console package, including a Kinect sensor, on a monthly subscription.
The Verge is reporting that the package could be launched in Microsoft&#...
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Microsoft Will Sell Xbox 360 AND Kinect for Only $100 (...With a Contract?) [Xbox]





The convoluted world of cell contracts and cable subscriptions just hit the awesome world of console gaming, and spit out a very exciting baby: an Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle that costs only $100, says the ...
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The Future of Nook: NFC and Deep Windows Integration [Nook]





Following Microsoft's investment in a Nook spin-off and the continued success of Barnes & Noble's e-reading empire, we can expect to see some serious changes in the future. In fact, William Lynch, who head...
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Nokia has already sent 17,000 smartphones to developers to boost the Windows Phone ecosystem
Recognising that it needs to seed devices to developers to spur app development for its Windows Phone devices, Nokia has declared that it has already given out 17,000 smartphones to creatives, sending 68% of the total devices it said it would hand out at ...
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Meet Dharmesh Mehta, Microsoft’s man with his head firmly in the cloud
Dharmesh Mehta, Senior Director Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft is currently on a European tour. Through jet lag and a hard travel itinerary he may not know what time it is, but he certainly sees how the future will work with cloud based co...
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Internet Explorer 9 pips past the 50% mark on Windows 7 in the United States
I can’t quite say if this was expected, or surprising, but Internet Explorer 9 has passed 50% market share on Windows 7 in the United States, according to Net Applications’ data that Microsoft is trumpeting.
Why is this unexpected? That Intern...
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LG: We aren’t abandoning Windows Phone but we’re focusing on Android right now
Facing reports that it had abandoned development of smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, LG has today moved to silence rumours by stating it is “still on board with Windows Phone,” also clarifying its handset develo...
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Australia to Apple, Adobe and Microsoft: Why do we pay more for digital downloads than other countries?
Australian politicians and have ordered an inquiry that seeks to determine why consumers are forced to pay more for software, music and game downloads from companies including Apple, Microsoft and Adobe, than their overseas counterparts.
Each company will...
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Microsoft partners with Barnes & Noble in $300 million e-reading investment
In a surprise announcement, Microsoft has partnered with major bookseller Barnes & Noble, forming a new venture that will operate to “accelerate the transition to e-reading, which is revolutionizing the way people consume, create, share and enjo...
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Microsoft Ponies Up $300 Million Investment For Nook Spinoff [E-Books]





In what some may consider an odd move, Microsoft has just announced that it's investing $300 million into a "strategic partnership" with Barnes & Noble to develop the future of e-reading. More &raq...
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Steve Wozniak on Windows Phone: “Compared to Android, there’s no contest”
After alerting his Twitter followers that he was intent on securing one of Nokia’s new Lumia 900 smartphones, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed what he thinks of the company’s new handset and the Windows Phone platform as a whole ...
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Microsoft forges ahead with its campaign to automate your home
Author’s note: This is the first post that I have ever written on a mechanical keyboard, so if I bork a letter, I beg your patience and forgiveness.
Maybe no one told Redmond that the Jetsons is over (is it?). The company’s plan to build an op...
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Byte Me: Yahoo Files More Patent Claims Against Facebook

In spite of intense criticism against its patent infringement lawsuit in March, Yahoo filed additional claims against Facebook today.
“Today Yahoo! filed additional claims against Facebook in U.S. District Court in San Jose related to two additiona...
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This Week in Microsoft: SkyDrive, Bing, and Windows 8
For the first time ever, I can happily report that this report is being penned from the South; Nashville, to be exact. Yes, dear readers, I’m in Tennessee. Now, that doesn’t change much, keyboards blend together, but as I have to come up with ...
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Bing’s winding path to profitability
Yesterday we brought you the news that fresh rumors were swirling concerning the potential of Microsoft selling Bing. If you need a primer on what is going on, and why TNW doesn’t expect Bing to be sold, hit the post for all the information that you...
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Bing for sale? Given its losses, I doubt any potential suitor could afford it
And, it’s back. The rumors that Microsoft is looking for a new home for Bing are swirling, and they are, in my view, about as sensical as the last time we had this talk: not at all.
Here’s what’s up: according to sources, there have been...
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Inside the walls of Microsoft’s first-ever directly managed accelerator
After a whirlwind trip in Israel for Microsoft’s Think Next conference and meeting with many up-and-coming startups, I have a whole bunch of tales to tell. For those who are aware of the tech scene in Israel, you’re familiar with the descript...
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Office for Mac 2011 SP2 is out, again
Good news, Mac users, the second Service Pack for Office for Mac 2011 is out, yet again. Microsoft pulled the original edition after it caused issues on some machines. The problems were mostly clustered in Outlook, and ‘Mac database.’
Microsof...
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Facebook Debuts Antivirus Marketplace
The Facebook security team opened the doors to the Antivirus Marketplace, featuring free downloads and six-month licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos, and Symantec.
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Kaspersky: Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft in terms of security
This is bound to cause a stir. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the influential Kaspersky security firm today made the comment that will rile some: “I think they [Apple] are ten years behind Microsoft in terms of security,” he said. But that is only t...
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Microsoft may be set to finally consolidate its music and entertainment properties. Maybe.
Folks, it may all finally come together. The products, and the story that surrounds them: Microsoft’s entertainment offerings may soon be under a single aegis, and not scattered across different brands and platforms.
As the company pulls together it...
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Pegatron agrees to pay royalties to Microsoft for its Android and Chrome OSdevices
In another case of IP trolling gone wild licensing, it appears that Microsoft and device maker Pegatron have signed an agreement that will keep Pegatron from getting sued into oblivion. All that was required was that Pegatron pay the piper for every devic...
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Microsoft mulling new in-Skype advertising options
Sit back and hold onto your hat, Microsoft appears interested in deriving larger revenues from its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype. While that’s not a surprise, how the company might do it could cause some users to shudder: ads.
Yes, it seems that ad...
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Report: Microsoft Will Have a Spotify Competitor at E3 [Music]





According to the Verge, Microsoft will have a sneak peak of its new music service—codename Woodstock—at this year's E3. More »



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Report: Facebook IPO May Be Delayed Yet Again
Remember that May 17 date for the Facebook initial public offering that was widely reported last week? We would advise writing that in pencil, and not ink.
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