Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:06:40 PM

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Users Report Microsoft Surface Wi-Fi Glitch
PC Magazine
Microsoft began shipping the Surface RT to consumers on Oct. 26. As ComputerWorld notes, the thread is now more than a dozen pages long and it isn't clear if Microsoft has resolved a problem where, as one poster put it, the tablet's "connection to the ...
Motorola gives its opening statement in Microsoft-Motorola patent trial
The Seattle Times
The trial stems from Microsoft's contention that Motorola Mobility, now owned by Google, was asking too much for use of some of its industry-standard patents involving wireless connectivity and video streaming technologies. Microsoft alleges that ...
Microsoft begs Web devs not to make WebKit the new IE6
Ars Technica
Internet Explorer 10 is a fast browser with good standards compliance, and the version of Internet Explorer 10 included with Windows Phone 8 is no exception, as it's almost identical to its desktop sibling. But Internet Explorer 10 has a problem: Web ...
Microsoft's Windows 8 Sales Are 'Well Below Expectations' Inside The Company
Business Insider
As Thurott puts it: "Microsoft's new whatever-the-F-it-is operating system is a confusing, Frankenstein's monster mix of old and new that hides a great desktop upgrade under a crazy Metro front-end." Microsoft took a big risk with Windows 8 trying to ...
Microsoft Offering 60-Day Trial of Office Pro Plus 2013
Tom's Hardware Guide
Microsoft announced last month that Office 2013 had hit released to manufacturing, meaning the latest version of the popular suite is fully baked and has been sent off for packaging to be served up to consumers and businesses. The company claims it's ...
Microsoft ends week without a key executive
CNET
Microsoft experienced an executive shakeup this week that surprised many. Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive who turned the company's Windows franchise around and just led the effort to release Windows 8, left the company, effective immediately.
Facing Irrelevance, Microsoft Tries to Reinvent Everything
Forbes
It's hardly news to say that Microsoft's dominance of the PC era is one of the great business success stories of all time. That said, if you bought the stock midway through Bill Clinton's second term, your shares are worth about what you paid for them ...

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New SharePoint development model triggers hopes, questions
Computerworld
Along with the democratization of the platform, Microsoft is introducing an application store where commercial developers will be able to feature and, if they want, sell their software. The 2013 edition of the Office suite also uses this new app model ...