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Controversial Windows boss Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
CBS News
Steven Sinofsky, the Microsoft executive who turned its Windows franchise around and just led the effort to release Windows 8, is leaving the company, effective immediately. Sinofsky, a controversial figure at the company, was the subject of a recent ...
Microsoft Gives Windows 8 Chief the Boot
Wired
Microsoft isn't just changing up its software, it's revamping leadership. In a release Monday evening, Microsoft announced the departure of Steven Sinofsky, the chief architect of its newly launched Windows 8 operating system. Microsoft CEO Steve ...
Microsoft Surface screen falls short of Retina iPad, but outperforms iPad 2
Apple Insider
Microsoft Surface screen falls short of Retina iPad, but outperforms iPad 2. By AppleInsider Staff. A head-to-head comparison of the Surface display with competing tablets has found Microsoft's tablet beats out similarly equipped screens, but can't ...
Azure Camp Readies Developers to Build Cloud Apps With Microsoft Tools
eWeek
Software developers participated in a daylong Windows Azure Developer Camp at the Microsoft campus here, one of 23 simultaneous workshops held across the U.S. Nov. 12, to spur the development of applications that run in the Azure cloud environment.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Microsoft's Surface tablet has "modest" start: Ballmer
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new Surface tablet - its challenger to Apple's iPad - had a "modest" start to sales because of limited availability, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told French daily Le Parisien. The world's largest software ...
Microsoft's Windows unit head, possible CEO, exits
Yahoo! News (blog)
Reuters/Reuters - Steven Sinofsky, the President of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft, speaks at the launch event of Windows 8 operating system in New York, in this October 25, 2012 file photo. …more REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files less ...

Yahoo! News (blog)
Microsoft Sending Xbox Live Veterans a Custom, Free Xbox 360?
Kotaku
We've contacted Microsoft to see what's up with this, because boy, if everyone who's been on Xbox Live for ten years is getting one of these, that's a pretty sweet deal, even if there won't be many around at the moment (the service only debuted in ...
Microsoft Surface Sales are Taking Off
NASDAQ
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) CEO Steve Ballmer told French daily Le Parisien that sales of the company's first tablet "are starting modestly." Ballmer also said that the supply shortages were a "good sign." He added that Microsoft will "fix this problem ...
Beyond Windows 8: Microsoft Office to invade Android and iOS?
PopHerald.com
November 13, 2012, 1:12 A.M., Tuesday, New York local time – There are dozens of free office productivity tools available for the Android mobile operating system, Apple's iWork is also present for the iOS platform… with tons of competing products out ...
Microsoft And Nokia See A Couple Of Important Developments
Seeking Alpha
There are two pieces of news affecting Microsoft (MSFT) and Nokia (NOK) today which might have deeper fundamental implications for both stocks, but which are a bit short of justifying an entire article devoted to each of them. For that reason, I will ...
Microsoft Surface Sales Are Off To A 'Modest' Start
WebProNews
As far as Windows 8 tablets go, Microsoft's Surface seemed like a hit. It sold out in less than a day on Microsoft's online store. Since then, there's been no sign as to how well the device is performing, until yesterday when Microsoft CEO Steve ...
Microsoft Surface Sales 'Modest': Ballmer
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Microsoft's (MSFT) new Surface tablet has had a "modest" debut, according to the software giant's CEO Steve Ballmer. Speaking during an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien, the Microsoft chief reportedly attributed the ...
Microsoft's 'modest' Surface rollout is showing signs of life
VentureBeat
How's the Surface tablet been faring in its first few weeks of life? According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, not badly at all. Speaking to France's Le Parisen, Baller said that reception to the Surface has so far been pretty good, even despite its ...

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Microsoft Keeping DirectX 11.1 A Windows 8 Exclusive, Won't Offer Windows 7 ...
Hot Hardware
If you like keeping current with your DirectX version and happen to dislike Windows 8, you're going to be finding yourself in a bit of a bind. Despite having shipped alongside Windows 8, DirectX 11.1 hasn't been talked about too much. In fact, it wasn ...
Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Exits Microsoft
Redmond Channel Partner
Microsoft announced the departure of Sinofsky, the front man for the development of Windows 8 and a Microsoft veteran of more than two decades, late on Monday -- less than three weeks after the high-profile and long-awaited launch of Windows 8, the ...