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Microsoft names six Auckland stores caught selling pirated software
National Business Review
All six stores admitted breaching Microsoft's copyright, and settlements were reached with each company. The six stores paid a combined $34,000 in settlements for copyright infringement. "It tends to be the smaller, local computer stores that are the ...
Microsoft slates first Windows 8, RT patches since launch
Computerworld
The four critical updates -- the highest threat ranking in Microsoft's four-step system -- will patch 13 bugs, including an unknown number in Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 and Windows RT, the operating system that powers Microsoft's own Surface RT ...
Microsoft Cool? Consumer Sentiment Rising After Surface, Windows 8 ...
Huffington Post
Hang onto your pocket protector, Mr. Clippy: That is at least a partial implication of new findings put out by the consumer sentiment firm YouGov, which found Microsoft's public approval rating -- its "Buzz score," in YouGov's parlance -- surging as of ...
Microsoft has 'no plans' for standalone Halo 4 multiplayer
GameZone
Let's be honest, Halo 4's Infinity Multiplayer — like most first-person shooters these — has enough content and depth to reside as a standalone title. And a funny little option upon booting up Halo 4's multiplayer has got players questioning whether ...

GameZone
Microsoft's New Patent Could Radically Change the Entertainment Industry
Minyanville.com
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Earlier this week, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) filed a patent that will allow its Xbox Kinect device to detect audience size for licensing content. If implemented, this could radically change how consumers are charged for watching ...
Microsoft demos real-time English to Chinese translation
Register
Microsoft's chief research officer Rick Rashid showed off the technology at the company's Asian 21st Century Computing conference last month, and has released a video showing the engine in operation. Within three seconds of him speaking in English, the ...
Is Microsoft's Surface a pathfinder to the iPad's future?
TechnologyTell (blog)
Ever since its development was announced last spring, Microsoft's Surface tablet PC has intrigued me. It seemed to address, at least conceptually, most of the deficiencies of the iPad from my use perspective. I love my iPad, but I find it a cumbersome ...

TechnologyTell (blog)
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 Hits Beta
Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft has been somewhat sporadic in releasing information about its newest integration and connectivity server, but it's now clear that BizTalk will have a "2013" name. Previously, Microsoft had released a community technology preview version of ...
Microsoft Gets Demoted by Dilbert
CIO (blog)
It is true that Microsoft's long delay in getting into the tablet and smartphone markets has bruised the company badly. But lest you forget, Windows still runs on 90 percent of computers, Internet Explorer has close to 50 percent browser market share ...
Microsoft Wants to Turn Crowdsourcing 'From an Art into a Science'
Crowdsourcing.org
Microsoft, arguably the most important company in the world when it comes to driving productivity for both businesses and consumers, is hot off the recent release of Windows 8. And while the company continues to try and preserve its dominance in the ...

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Microsoft Has Shattered The Language Barrier
WebProNews
The language barrier is an insurmountable wall for many people. Those of us who have spent three years in high school Spanish and came away with nothing can attest to that. That's why so many of us have put faith into translation programs like ...
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Reveals Office Mobile in Spring
Insider Monkey (blog)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been rumored to be working on developing its Office Suite software for mobile devices for nearly all of 2012, but very little was actually confirmed that such a thing existed. The ability to use Word, PowerPoint ...

Insider Monkey (blog)
Microsoft coming to The Shops at La Cantera
San Antonio Business Journal (blog)
Taking a display area strategically surrounded by such high-end names as Armani Exchange, Pandora and Coach — Microsoft opened its temporary holiday site at North Star Mall on Oct. 26. The store will be around at least through Christmas. Asked about ...
Microsoft 'DataPlant' gains WBC approval
Wyoming Business Report
November 8, 2012 --. CASPER — During a special meeting yesterday, the Wyoming Business Council (WBC) moved forward a $1.5 million Community Readiness grant request through the city of Cheyenne to help Microsoft set up its intriguing "DataPlant." ...
Microsoft Is Significantly Undervalued
Seeking Alpha
I'm writing this article to argue why you should consider investing in Microsoft (MSFT). Microsoft has consistently been able to adapt to consumers' needs, as well as revolutionize products. No matter how they decide to move forward, I am confident ...