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Microsoft Tests Smartphone With Asia Suppliers
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test its own smartphone design, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting the computer-software giant is increasingly adopting a variation of a business model favored by ...
Microsoft versus Google trial raises concerns over courtroom secrecy
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google's Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request for a tech company fighting for billions of dollars: a public court ...
Microsoft Hyper-V Backup Software for Windows Server 2012 and 2008 R2 with CSV Capabilities...
BackupChain
BackupChain is a simple to use and fully automated backup software for Microsoft Hyper-V and offers several key features to save time and storage space, such as built-in deduplication and full CPU core usage. ...
Microsoft renames former Metro apps to 'Windows 8 Store' then 'Windows Store ...
Network World
Since Microsoft killed off the 'Metro' name, it's used various others while it floundered for a new name that wouldn't be in the crosshairs of a trademark dispute. The company finally decided on the uninspired Windows 8 Store apps, only to change it ...
Microsoft Said to Plan Benchmark Bonds in First Issue Since 2011
Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software maker, is offering benchmark bonds in three parts with its first sale in 21 months. The manufacturer of the Windows operating system may sell five-year notes, 10-year securities and 30-year debt as ...
Patent lawsuit gives Microsoft a rock for Halloween
Network World
Patent lawsuit gives Microsoft a rock for Halloween. Just in time for Windows 8 to hit the market, an otherwise dormant company out of Maine hits Microsoft with a patent lawsuit regarding what used to be called the 'Metro' UI. By Andy Patrizio on Fri ...

Network World
Microsoft's Plan to Sell Answers
New York Times (blog)
I wrote an article in The New York Times this week that said Microsoft's 100 top managers had been told to think of ways their businesses could incorporate machine learning — which is the engineering of algorithms that analyze textual, behavioral and ...

New York Times (blog)
Microsoft, notifications should have been a primary focus for Windows Phone 8
PhoneDog (blog)
I have used Microsoft's budding platform at least a half dozen separate times and the verdict has been mostly the same every time. Windows Phone is still in its infancy. There are simply too many compromises that have to be made on the part of the user ...
Microsoft Surface: The Oprah Benchmarks Are In
Gizmodo
Take One Tablet and Call Me in the Morning: "The Surface, Microsoft's first tablet, feels like a Mercedes-Benz to me, people! The full-size keyboard built right into the cover makes work easy, the very smart kickstand makes watching a movie or Skyping ...
Microsoft, chips lead tech rally; Netflix falls
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Technology stocks posted strong gains on Thursday, helped by a broad market uplift that boosted shares across the sector, with Microsoft Corp. as one of the standouts among large-cap names. A couple of notable ...
Microsoft delays further its iOS, Android and other mobile CRM clients
ZDNet
In February, Microsoft announced plans to make mobile versions of its CRM client available for iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone devices as part of its Q2 2012 service updates. Microsoft was expecting to provide all these clients from ...
Techs edge up as Microsoft rises; Netflix slips
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Technology stocks posted modest gains Thursday morning, as shares of Microsoft Corp. (US:msft) and Texas Instruments (US:txn) edged higher, but Netflix Inc. (US:nflx) fell a day after the disclosure that investor Carl ...
Microsoft Will Perma-Ban Halo 4 Players For Sexist Comments
Cinema Blend
Careful what you say in Halo 4 guys. If you're caught harassing a lady gamer with classy comments about the kitchen, popping out the titties or making you a sandwich, you could be looking at a permanent ban of your Xbox Live account. Microsoft doesn't ...

Cinema Blend
Microsoft launches hosted ALM service
Computerworld
Microsoft did not offer a date for when the service would be commercially available for more than five users, nor how much the service would cost when it will be offered. The costs would be based on a combination of features and usage of computational ...
Microsoft Surface $499 model 'out of stock' online
CNET
The $499 version of Microsoft's first branded tablet is apparently still a hot item at the company's online store. Brooke Crothers. by Brooke Crothers. November 1, 2012 1:27 PM PDT Follow @mbrookec. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrating the Surface ...
Microsoft pushes Window 8 to app developers
NBCNews.com (blog)
SEATTLE — Days after launching Windows 8, Microsoft is mounting a strong campaign to win over the software developers it needs to kick-start its new operating system. A lack of apps is Microsoft's Achilles heel as it attempts to catch Apple and Google ...
Microsoft Cloud Floats to China (Without Microsoft)
Wired
Last year, ZDNet blogger Zack Whittaker pointed out that Microsoft could be compelled under the U.S. Patriot Act to hand over information hosted in data centers hosted in the European Union. The licensing deal could be a way for Microsoft to skirt ...

Wired
What's the price of a new Windows 8 zero-day vulnerability?
Computerworld
Dave Forstrom, Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing director, said the company encourages researchers to participate in its Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program, which asks that people give it time to fix the software problem before publicly ...
Microsoft Leads Tech Rally, But Is it Done?
CNBC.com (blog)
But Microsoft was another story. "I think Microsoft is diversified enough," Adami said. "You're not going to get buried on the downside." Enis Taner of RiskReversal.com said the tech sector market was seeing "a big rotation trade." "I think the most ...
Android Director Talks Nexus, Apple and Microsoft Price Gouging
CIO (blog)
Apple, err, "the Cupertino guys," and Microsoft, a.k.a., the "the guys up in Seattle" both received some not so subtle slights from Lagerling regarding the high prices of their device and their software. The Android director discussed Motorola Mobility ...

CIO (blog)
Has Microsoft transcended its midlife crisis?
ZDNet
While the Day 1 keynote at Microsoft's Build conference focused on flashy consumer-facing products, including Windows 8, Surface and Windows Phone, the Day 2 keynote was far more focused on developer-oriented technologies. Also read: Microsoft's ...
Microsoft to team with NTT DoCoMo, pitch Windows 8 tablets for business
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Microsoft said Thursday it will team up with Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, to push Windows 8 on tablets to corporate customers. The companies said they will work together to come up with business solutions that use ...
Microsoft commits to delivering Windows 8 CRM app by mid-2013
ZDNet
With today's announcement, Microsoft became the third major enterprise software vendor -- alongside SAP and Workday -- to commit to building a Metro-Style/Windows Store application for Windows 8 this week. (Neither SAP nor Workday committed to a ...
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Yahoo, Walt Disney, Google, Microsoft and ...
Zacks.com
However, a turnaround in the company's business still remains a big task for the new CEO given Yahoo's declining position in display and search and the monetization issues related to Microsoft's search platform. Yahoo also lags in several emerging ...
Oprah: Microsoft's Surface is like a Mercedes
CNET
No, wait, she actually said: "The Surface, Microsoft's first tablet, feels like a Mercedes-Benz to me, people! Would this be because it comes in many colors? Not at all. Instead she continued: "The full-size keyboard built right into the cover makes ...
Amazon Offers Alternative To Microsoft's Sky Drive With 'Cloud Drive'
Forbes
Today we do and save more things "in the cloud" than ever before, whether its our email, music, documents for work, or family photos. There are seemingly countless services offering everyone from the home consumer to enterprise business a solution to ...