Friday, November 23, 2012 8:24:36 AM

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Reed Hastings says Microsoft's real test is Windows 8
CNET (blog)
Hastings, CEO of video-rental service Netflix, was on Microsoft's board until stepping down last month. In a meeting with Dow Jones reporters, Hastings reflected on the challenges facing Microsoft. "They got a better set of competitors than they've ...
Microsoft Backs Away Slowly from the Grid
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Microsoft's concern with the reliability of the electric grid is driving the company to seek alternate options to power its data centers. The company recently said it will begin a pilot project in Wyoming to test the use of fuel cells, powered by ...
Microsoft vs. Google trial over patents finishes up
Reuters
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $94 billion in revenue through 2017 from its Xbox game console and Surface tablet that use Google's patented wireless technology. Michael Dansky, an ...
Microsoft Type Cover (for Surface)
PC Magazine
With the introduction of the Microsoft Surface RT tablet ($699.00 direct), Microsoft also unveiled the latest in PC peripherals, the Surface cover and keyboard. While there will likely be third-party accessories coming soon, right now, Microsoft's own ...
Microsoft knew the Kin was laggy and terrible, internal testing videos show
Ars Technica
Microsoft was under no delusions that its doomed Kin phones were in good shape prior to launch, according to some testing videos posted over at Wired's GadgetLab. The phones are universally bad, and the testers quickly become frustrated with the lag ...
Will Microsoft and Others Challenge the Apple Tablet Hegemony This Holiday ...
Minyanville.com
The poll result certainly should comfort Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who just last week told a French publication that his company's recently-introduced flagship tablet has had a "modest" sales start. (Bloomberg pointed out later that Ballmer was ...
Microsoft Continues Skype Rollouts with Updated Android App
Sci-Tech Today
Skype allows users to make free or inexpensive calls around the world, over the Internet. It has become a popular means for communications between companies, and many businesses, especially smaller ones, regularly use the service. Microsoft has ...

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Microsoft may report first quarterly loss in 20 years
Washington Post
Investors are cautious about new stimulus measures on the way for Europe and Asia; Microsoft could report its first quarterly loss in 20 years; And The Highway Loss Data Institute found high tech safety features in vehicles are actually improving ...
Oprah tweets her love of Microsoft Surface tablets from her iPad
Network World
If you've taken a look around, Microsoft is marketing its new Surface tablets pretty aggressively. And despite some questionable guerrilla style graffiti marketing, so far Microsoft's efforts have been rather intriguing - which is arguably essential ...
German city dumps OpenOffice, switches to Microsoft
Computerworld
IDG News Service - A majority of the city council in Freiburg, Germany, has voted in favor of ditching the open source suite OpenOffice to return to Microsoft Office after severe problems and complaints from employees. The council voted 25 in favor and ...
Meet Microsoft's New Research Exec, Former Gov. Scientist Jeannette Wing
TPM
Forget Windows 8, Microsoft is thinking more futuristic than that: On Tuesday, the company that drove the modern PC era announced it had appointed a respected government scientist and computer science professor to help lead its global research efforts.

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Microsoft Surface vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Features: Could the "Phablet ...
Latinos Post
The tablet market is getting tighter with the introduction of the Microsoft Surface, but will it be enough to capture new customers? The main competitor for Microsoft will be Apple's iPad series, but there is the "phablet" from Samsung. The "phablet ...

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Alabama Department of Education and Microsoft Announce New Statewide ...
Sacramento Bee
20, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Alabama Department of Education and Microsoft Corp. today formally announced the official launch of the Alabama Microsoft IT Academy Program. This new initiative is focused on further developing the overall technology ...
Some AWS partnerships -- like with Oracle and Microsoft -- are just about to ...
ITworld.com
Amazon is in the lead, but enterprise IaaS providers are giving chase. Image credit: maartmeester. A look at some of the presentations scheduled for Amazon's first AWS conference next week made me think about shifting alliances and how Amazon might ...
How Microsoft fudges Windows 8 sales figures
InfoWorld
I've seen a lot of "analyses" in the technical press about lousy early sales of Windows 8, however none to date are willing to put a number on Windows 8 sales or make a prediction for this quarter. The simple fact is that nobody knows anything about ...
Most Active Stocks: Microsoft, Research In Motion, Ford, Hewlett-Packard ...
Sacramento Bee
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 20, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- EarningForecast.com has issued consensus earnings forecast reports and equity research for the following companies: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), Ford ...
Wall Street's Not Buying What Microsoft's Selling
Forbes
There is no getting around the fact that Wall Street does not care much for the management team at Microsoft. In the eyes of many analysts, the company deserves to lose its status as a tech company. Because unlike Apple and Google, growth has not been ...
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Also Has Black Thursday?
Insider Monkey (blog)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced this week that it will have its online Microsoft Store Black Friday deals available on the retail Web site starting at 3 a.m. ET Thursday (midnight Pacific), with the deals expected to be effective through ...

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Microsoft's OWN tests on Kin 'social phone' foretold its doom
Register
The videos, hosted by Wired, show the two Kin devices that Microsoft lunched back in 2010 being put through their paces, or rather being pushed through them, as latency problems cripple the highly animated interface and the testers become increasingly ...
Microsoft's App Troubleshooter Finds and Fixes Problems with Windows 8
Lifehacker
Most of the time, Microsoft says, the Windows Store will automatically tell you if there's a problem with an app and will try to fix it. However, some Microsoft support forum users are reporting Windows 8 errors such as failed Windows Updates and apps ...
Most Active Options Update: Microsoft, Yahoo!, and JPMorgan Chase
Schaeffers Research
Three of today's most actively traded names among options players are Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - 26.65), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO - 18.38), and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM - 41.11). Here is a brief look at some interesting activity we ...
Microsoft Impact Awards hit 10 year milestone
ITBusiness.ca
The Microsoft Canada Impact Awards marked the debut of sorts of Mark Dodds, the new vice-president of small business, mid-market solutions and partners for Microsoft Canada. Dodds was front and centre at the tenth annual Impact Awards, which ...