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Microsoft Can Convert Your Voice Into Another Language
Gizmodo
Microsoft Can Convert Your Voice Into Another Language It's unlikely that you speak Mandarin, but that doesn't mean you won't need to at some point. Now, Microsoft has created software that can analyze your speech, translate it and then spit out a new ...
Surprise! Apple has more enterprise savvy than Microsoft
InfoWorld (blog)
You hear it all the time from IT staff: Apple doesn't understand enterprise needs, and as more and more users adopt Macs, iPhones, and iPads, you can see the froth emerging from their mouths. Apple changes its decade-old mobile connectors and it's evil ...
Microsoft Surface Touch Cover splits within days, some users complain
The Guardian (blog)
Some early users of the Touch Cover of Microsoft's Surface tablet say one of the edges splits to expose a wire just days after they starting using it. A number of users on the Surface Forums site have reported the problem, which has also been ...

The Guardian (blog)
Microsoft's secret OS project Midori is still alive and moving forward
TechSpot
Microsoft is most commonly associated with developing Windows although few people know that Redmond has also been working on another operating in secrecy for several years. It's been more than four years since we last heard about project Midori but ...
Microsoft: Xbox 360 accounted for 56% of console sales in October
Ubergizmo
When it comes to gaming consoles, we have the big three – Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii U. Each console comes with games exclusive to their platform, like Halo for the Xbox 360, God of War for the PS3, and Mario titles ...

Ubergizmo
Microsoft Brings Star Trek's Voice Translator to Life Tom Simonite
MIT Technology Review
It could be the next best thing to learning a new language. Microsoft researchers have demonstrated software that translates spoken English into spoken Chinese almost instantly, while preserving the unique cadence of the speaker's voice—a trick that ...
Here comes the Windows Phone Hail Mary
CNN
Microsoft says it's willing to be very, very patient. In its Redmond, Wash., headquarters, the Windows Phone story sounds awfully similar to that of Xbox -- a perennial money loser that spent the better part of a decade mired in third place behind ...