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Exclusive: Inside Microsoft's Fanboy Fantasy, the Star Wars Xbox 360 [Video]






Fanboy. There's perhaps no franchise more immediately connected with our immediate mental conception of a fanboy than Star Wars. Then there's Xbox. A whole ‘nother world of chest-thumping, battle cries,...
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Bing’s new Live Tile design starts rolling out
The new Live Tile design for Microsoft's search engine Bing has begun to roll out, according to WP Central.



The new design hasn't yet rolled out on a wide scale but some users are reporting that it is available to them. It appears Microsoft is remainin...
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Microsoft subjected to most vulnerability exploits in Q2: Report
Network antivirus and internet content security software provider Trend Micro has released its quarterly threat roundup (PDF) of the most dangerous threats to mobile and computer security, highlighting that in the second quarter, Microsoft was the top ven...
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Microsoft demos coming Twitter and LinkedIn integration for WP7
When we got our hands onto a Windows Phone 7 handset that had the coming Mango update installed, the first thing that we wanted to try was the new Twitter integration into the People Hub.

We couldn't, as the company had disabled that part of the new oper...
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Developers can submit WP7 Mango applications in August
Today Microsoft released an update to its App Hub for developers building Windows Phone 7 applications.

Perhaps most important among Microsoft's announcements on the matter is that developers can begin to submit applications designed to run on Mango, the...
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Microsoft pitches WP7 Mango’s communication features
In our continuing series on the Mango update to the Windows Phone 7 platform (based on your feedback, we are trying to be exhaustive on the topic), today we bring you a number of clips that Microsoft posted that explain its vision for mobile email and com...
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AVG launches MultiMi: One Windows app to manage your online life
With our online lives increasingly moving to the cloud, keeping track of all the different communication channels, social outlets and document stores we use can become difficult. MultiMi, a new Windows app from anti-virus firm AVG, could be one of the bes...
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Bing’s customer satisfaction jumps, nearly matches Google’s
Bing might be the butt of many a joke in the technology world, but the ‘second’ search engine seems to be effectively wooing the public.
According to the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index, Bing’s customer satisfaction rate jumped...
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Microsoft Japan prepares for Windows Phone Mango with new website
Inside the Mango update to the Windows Phone 7 platform is support for 17 new languages, one of which is Japanese.
In preparation for that upgrade, Microsoft Japan today launched a website to inform customers about Mango, and Windows Phone 7 in general. O...
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ChevronWP7 preparing $9 Windows Phone 7 unlock tool
Microsoft’s new stance on people hacking and tinkering with its products has been on display with its actions towards experimentation on the Kinect, but the company is also working to ensure that anyone who wants to play with its Windows Phone platf...
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Microsoft exits Hulu bidding process
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has left the bidding process and auction for Hulu, telling the firm that it would not participate in its second round.
While this might disappoint certain parties, it is not overly surprising given the company’s clo...
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Microsoft releases latest version of its enterprise cloud migration tool
Microsoft has today released the 6th version of its Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, or MAP 6.0 for short.
The tool is designed to help organizations move to the cloud, providing, as the name suggests, an assessment of the company’s curren...
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Nokia’s “Sea Ray” Windows Phone 7.5 prototype emerges in hands-on video
Nokia’s “Sea Ray” Windows Phone prototype, first showcase by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in an internal meeting in June, has emerged again, this time in a two minute hands-on video.
The video shows what could be Nokia’s first Windows Ph...
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With Yet Another Flat Quarter Expected, Does Yahoo Need a Hail Mary Hulu Acquisition?

Tomorrow, Yahoo will announce its second-quarter earnings and, once again, Wall Street is expecting yet another meh performance from the Internet giant.
In his “cheat sheet” report, Citi analyst Mark Mahaney’s take is pretty typical of ...
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Microsoft puts up $250,000 for new information on Rustock botnet
In the middle of March this year, Microsoft effectively killed the Rustock botnet. But the company is not content with that, and wants to dig deeper into how it came about.
To that end, the company is putting up a $250,000 prize to anyone who can bring it...
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Avatar Kinect for Xbox reportedly launching July 27th
According to sources speaking with WinRumors, Avatar Kinect for the Xbox will be released on July 27th.
This is, however, not the first rumor that we have heard about the release of Avatar Kinect. The last time we went round the shrub with the topic was w...
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Microsoft may open source its cloud analytics project, ‘Daytona’
Microsoft released the technical preview of its ‘Daytona’ project last Friday, and has made new waves today by stating to ZDNet that it may open source the project, pending community feedback.
Daytona is an “iterative MapReduce runtime&#...
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World’s worst theme proves Microsoft once had sense of humor
Microsoft is not a company that has been known for a particularly sharp sense of humor, at least in recent years. Yes, occasionally the company and comedy have been aligned, but Microsoft makes too much money off the enterprise sector to be wonky.
But tha...
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Report: The Next Xbox Can Render Avatar Graphics [Next Box]


No, it won't be wall-to-wall digital blue people. Well, I hope it won't, because, man, I did not like Avatar. More »






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Microsoft job posting highlights new “Market Disrupting” Windows Phone project
Wording used in a new job posting on Microsoft’s Careers website advertising for a new Software Development Engineer to become part of its Windows Phone division has highlighted a new “top secret project” which the Redmond-based company ...
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Sony-Microsoft.com Domain Registration Was Merely a "Defensive Domain Hold" [Microsoft]


According to a Microsoft spokesman, the Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com domain registrations last week were nothing but "a defensive domain hold," in case of cybersquatting I suppose. I'd be inclined to believe them, if it weren't...
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Microsoft now owns Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com, say what? [Updated]
Now this is an interesting development. Apparently as of June 14th, Microsoft now owns the domains Microsoft-Sony.com and Sony-Microsoft.com, reports gaming site Zoknowsgaming. Updates below.

The domain registrations were discovered by a member of the Ne...
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New data points to Windows Phone 7 momentum
We’ve been negative about Windows Phone 7′s current commercial outlook over the past several weeks as sales data has been scarce, and we have not heard a peep that pointed to things leaning in a positive direction.
However, today, new data has...
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This week at Microsoft: Macs, Ballmer, and Windows 8
It is that lovely time of the week when we all begin to glance at the clock and count down, so let TNWmicrosoft soften the end of your work day with a roundup of the biggest Microsoft stories from the past seven days.
For this week’s question, pipe ...
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The first WP7 handset running Mango set to land in August
One day after it was revealed that Mango would be released no later than September, Microsoft appears set to allow phones running the updated version of its mobile OS to be sold in August.
According to several reports, the waterproof Fujitsu IS12T will be...
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Microsoft Leaks Social Site, Then Says "We Didn't Mean To, Honest" [Microsoft]






Microsoft, what have you done? You've only gone and leaked your social-networking site, Tulalip, haven't you? Bad boy—get back in your cage! After taking it down, Microsoft wrote that it was "mistak...
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Why Does Sony-Microsoft.com Exist? [Blip]


DomainTools is showing two domains were registered by Microsoft this week: Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com. Now, why would that be? Anyone got any ideas? [DomainTools via Kotaku and GamesOn via UberGizmo] More »
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OMG Kate Hudson Totes Just Called Her New Baby "Bing" [Blip]


At least the kid's future looks caked in gold bars with all that sponsorship Microsoft's going to throw his way. In fact, Kate Hudson will never have to make another movie again! I'll drink to that. [People via SAI] More »
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Microsoft accidentally unveils social search project, quickly pulls it offline
Microsoft today accidentally revealed a test version of a social search service it has codenamed Tulalip, Winrumors reports.
The site appeared at socl.com for a short time, a domain owned by Microsoft. It’s no wonder the project is still meant to be...
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Hotmail releases new security features to protect users from themselves
Often a user’s worst enemy when it comes to security is their own self, provided they employ weak passwords and allow their email account to become hacked.
Hotmail is out to protect its users from hurting themselves with two new features that it ann...
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Why Windows 8 is the end of Windows as you know it
The company that built and shipped Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 8, and the Kin, is dead. The new Microsoft that has risen from the sad ashes of its former self is a company that is looking to tear up its past, and go in a completely new direction.
The...
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Why Microsoft’s tablet strategy might not be a complete mistake
You are not allowed to build a Windows Phone tablet. Microsoft will not allow it. Why? Because in the eyes of the company, a tablet computer must be a full PC. According to Microsoft, a tablet that does not fulfill that role completely is not worth produc...
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VMware CEO Paul Maritz Talks About the Cloud Monster, Microsoft and More! (Video)

Yesterday, in a bid to stay ahead in the hyper-competitive virtualization space, VMware announced a major upgrade to its flagship product, vSphere, and also a range of other improvements to its offerings.
Moving fast is a good idea as the Palo Alto, Cali...
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Empire Avenue ties up with Microsoft’s Xbox brand to offer virtual goods
When we first covered Empire Avenue, it was an obscure, but interesting, game based around the idea of trading visrtual stocks in users’ social media presence – Klout crossed with the NASDAQ, if you like. Since then it’s picked up a lot ...
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Microsoft announces $5.8 billion partner investment
Microsoft has today announced that it will invest 5.8 billion dollars into the Microsoft Partner Network in fiscal year 2012. The expenditure will be a combination of “tools, training and incentives.”
This announcement caps a busy week for Mic...
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Bing Maps releases impressive usability upgrade
As any Windows Phone user can tell you, of all the Bing products Bing Maps is easily the best.
While Bing’s web results are still not as good as Google’s, though they are quite capable and usable on a day-to-day basis, Bing Maps is now nearly ...
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Microsoft set to launch 75 new stores
Today at its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft unveiled a plan to open a large number of new stores in the coming years.
The company said: “We’re going to open up to 75 more stores over the next 2 to 3 years, and continue to bring our stores o...
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Microsoft details its coming ‘Big Bets’ for fiscal 2012
To cap off its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft provided the thousands in attendance with a rather detailed roadmap of what its plans are for its coming fiscal year (2012). Naturally, we took an interest in the matter.
What follows is roughly what ...
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Are Tablets Really PCs as Microsoft Claims? [Microsoft]






Microsoft insists tablets are Windows-powered mobile PCs. Even Windows Phone president Andy Lee, who should be pushing for a WP7 tablet, said, "We view a tablet as a PC." More »





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Steve Ballmer's Dr. Hyde and Mr. Jekyll

Whenever I know Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is going to speak at a major public event, I get two feelings at once: Excited anticipation that the chances are high that he’ll say something controversial and dread that the chances are high he will say...
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Gathering Storm: As VMware "Monsters" Up, Citrix Buys Cloud.com

At a live event in San Francisco today, virtualization giant VMware unveiled what it called a “monster” of a cloud infrastructure suite, upgrading its flagship VMware vSphere, even as rival Citrix forked over more than $200 million for Silico...
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Microsoft releases third CTP of SQL Server ‘Denali’
In line with expectations, Microsoft today released the third community test preview of the forthcoming ‘Denali’ edition of its SQL Server product.
You can find the download in both 32 and 64 bit versions here. The software is available in ele...
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Microsoft’s Windows 7 sales figures may point to slowing PC market
Big numbers always make for splashy graphics and hot headlines. And there is no better company than Microsoft, with the possible exception of Apple, at using ‘big numbers’ as a weapon.
Yesterday’s keynote at the company’s Worldwide...
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Microsoft releases July security updates
Today Microsoft announced and released its July 2011 security updates.
Four bulletins are part of the package. They focus on the following issues: A bluetooth vulnerability, two Windows vulnerabilities, and one vulnerability in Microsoft Visio.
Three of t...
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Microsoft demos new Windows Phone 7 hardware
Microsoft might know that its Windows Phone 7 platform lacks momentum, but that is not stopping the company from not only pouring cash into the project, but also continuing to hype the mobile line at every turn.
Today was no exception. At its Worldwide De...
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Microsoft talks Windows Server 8
The era of 7 is over. The era of 8 is upon us. Gone now is Windows 7 as the product in the limelight; it has been upstaged by Windows 8. And now Windows Server 8 is stealing onto the scene, causing ruckus as it goes.
Today at its Worldwide Partner Confere...
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This is what a waterproof Windows Phone 7 handset looks like
While Microsoft is busy trying to wow and court their partners, the rest of the technology world is parsing their speeches and staring at their demonstrations, looking for fresh hints as to what the Redmond giant has in store.
Earlier today we brought you...
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Apple, RIM, Microsoft and Friends Allowed to Buy Nortel Patents [Blip]


After collectively bidding on Nortel's 6,000 wireless patents, Apple, RIM, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson and EMC have been cleared by US courts and allowed to buy them for $4.5 billion. [Reuters] More »






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Microsoft Talks Up Windows Sales, and "Very Small" Windows Phone 7 Sales [Verbatim]






Ballmer knows the fastest way to get people talking about Microsoft is if he slags off the competition, which is exactly what he did yesterday. Boasting, he compared 350m sold PCs in the last year with th...
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Ballmer’s WPC keynote points to Live Tiles in PowerPoint’s future
During Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote today at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference, a part of his presentation caught the eye of many: It appeared that his PowerPoint deck had animated elements similar to ‘Live Tiles.’...
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