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Windows 8 in Sweden: With friends like Microsoft, the OS doesn't need enemies
ZDNet
Microsoft said it's got high hopes for Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets in Sweden – but the early signs aren't good. Sweden may not be the world's biggest market but it's an interesting one, and one where the appeal, or otherwise, of the latest ...
Microsoft Stores kicking off Black Friday sales on Thursday
PCWorld (blog)
The Microsoft Store will start Black Friday earlier than most retailers by kicking off its sales extravaganza online on Thanksgiving Day starting at 12 a.m. Pacific time. It's not clear if there will be a difference between the sales online on Thursday ...
Microsoft launches sewage-powered data center
Fox News
Technology Review reports that Microsoft has "gotten approval to test a modular data center run from a biogas-powered fuel cell located at a wastewater treatment plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming." Or put another way, Microsoft is testing out a new data ...
Microsoft reveals early mockups of Windows 8 UI from 2010
CNET
Microsoft reveals early mockups of Windows 8 UI from 2010. A recent demo of Windows 8 by a Microsoft designer shows mockups for the OS as it was initially envisioned in 2010. Lance Whitney. by Lance Whitney. November 20, 2012 8:17 AM PST Follow @ ...
Oops! Oprah endorses Microsoft tablet from iPad
NBCNews.com
Oops! Oprah endorses Microsoft tablet from iPad. Media mogul Oprah Winfrey had a major online no-no when she sent out a tweet about how much she loved the new Microsoft Surface tablet. One problem — she sent it from her Apple iPad. TODAY's Natalie ...

NBCNews.com
Skype version 3.0 arrives on Android devices: Microsoft login, refreshed ...
Engadget
Arriving just after its debut on Windows Phone 8, Skype's updated its Android app, with a focus on improving the tablet experience. Surely thanks to improved Google tablet sales, Skype references that it's optimized the new UI for the Galaxy Tab 2, the ...
Google aims to take on Apple's AirPlay, Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass
PCWorld
Google is reportedly working on an open alternative to the AirPlay functionality in Apple TV as the next phase opens in the battle for the living room between the search giant and Apple and Microsoft. Google is hoping to convince a variety of device ...

PCWorld
Will Microsoft Lose Its Grip Of The PC Market?
Seeking Alpha
I wrote last month about a potential hostile take-over of Research in Motion (RIMM) by Microsoft (MSFT). The thesis was this: Microsoft cannot risk losing in the mobile market, and buying the undervalued RIM was one of the cheapest ways it can ...
Microsoft pits the Lumia 920 camera against the iPhone 5 and HTC myTouch
Digital Trends
Microsoft's Ben Rudolph showcased the Windows Phone 8X camera by taking a photo of a family of five in Santa Monica, Calif. known as the Cooks. Rudolph snapped one photo with the Windows Phone 8 device and another with the myTouch handset, ...

Digital Trends
Leaked videos show Microsoft knew the Kin was terrible
TechRadar UK
Focus group videos filmed ahead of the launch of the Microsoft Kin show that the company knew the handsets struggled to do basically everything. If you don't remember the Kin range, let us refresh your memory: it was a short-lived line-up of ...
What Microsoft's Default 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting Looks Like
AdAge.com
Like a proverbial tree falling in the woods, most ad firms can't hear the thud of Internet Explorer 10's new Do Not Track feature. For several months the privacy feature has been a hot topic of conversation because Microsoft had chosen to enable it by ...
Microsoft Kin focus group videos reveal why phones failed | BGR
BGR
Back in 2010, Microsoft (MSFT) released two home-built social-driven smartphones aimed at teenagers. Less than two months later, Microsoft axed the phones, presumably because they were so terrible. Wired has uncovered three never before seen focus ...
Compugen a Double Winner in the 2012 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT ...
Marketwire (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2012) - Compugen announced today that it has been selected as the winner in the Volume Licensing Partner of the Year and the Community Leadership Partner of the Year categories at the 2012 Microsoft ...
Emirates Airlines crews to use Windows 8 tablets
The Seattle Times
The Dubai-based airline will use a line-of-business application called Knowledge Driven Inflight Service (KIS) that it has developed on the tablets, according to a Microsoft news release. Emirates plans to deploy 1,000 of the HP ElitePad 900 tablets ...
Microsoft to build experimental biogas-fueled data center
Hindustan Times
Microsoft will build an experimental biogas-powered data center in the US state of Wyoming in March 2013, in an effort to enable its data centers to be less reliant on the traditional power grid, US media reported. The data center will be powered by a ...

Hindustan Times
Microsoft Xbox 720: new spec leak and rumour roundup
ITProPortal
The penultimate issue of fading UK gaming publication Xbox World is set to reveal a number of the key specifications and features of Microsoft's forthcoming next-gen console, commonly thought of as the Xbox 720. Codenamed 'Durango,' the new platform ...
Google Nexus 10 Vs Microsoft Surface | Part 1 | Web Browsing
YouTube
//Nexus 10 is running Android 4.2 JellyBean and Microsoft Surface Tablet is Running the latest version (at the time of filming) of Windows 8 RT// To get the latest on my work follow me on G+ or Twitter Google+ - http://gplus.to/wicked4u2c. Follow me on ...