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Sinofsky's out, and Microsoft still faces tough pathway to Windows 8 adoption
Computerworld (blog)
Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft signals major problems with customer adoption of the radically-different Windows 8 operating system. Analysts have been predicting for months that the OS will not catch on quickly ...

Computerworld (blog)
Microsoft gives Windows 7 users a chance to test Web browsing on Internet ...
Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — The latest version of Microsoft's Web browser is now available to the vast audience connecting to the Internet on personal computers running on the Windows 7 operating system. The redesigned browser, Internet Explorer 10, made its ...
Microsoft's "Halo 4" Generates $220 Million in First 24 Hours on Sale
Motley Fool
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) has outdone itself. Its Halo 4 video game, released last week, generated $220 million in first-day sales and is on track to reach $300 million in global sales during its opening week on sale, according to the company ...
Stocks to Watch: Microsoft, Home Depot, Cisco
TheStreet.com
Microsoft veteran Julie Larson-Green has been promoted to head Windows software and hardware engineering. Tami Reller will take over responsibility for the Windows business while keeping her posts as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer.
US HOT STOCKS: Microsoft, AK Steel, Diamond Foods, Greenbrier
Wall Street Journal
U.S. stocks were trading mixed Tuesday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently added 28 points to 12843, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index gained 1.5 points to 1380, and the Nasdaq Composite shed 12 points to 2892. Among the companies ...
Microsoft Cloud Partner M&A: Champion Acquires MessageOps
Talkin' Cloud
Champion Solutions Group, a Boca Raton, Fl.-based virtualization and cloud computing services provider, is building out its Microsoft cloud services through the acquisition of Charlotte, NC-based MessageOps. MessageOps has focused its core business on ...
Microsoft CEO: Israel Is the High-Tech Country
The Jewish Press (blog)
"[Australia's] $30BN Woodside Petroleum is looking at taking an interest in the giant Leviathan gas field off the coast of Israel…. The Leviathan field, discovered in 2010, has an estimated 17 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas, making the biggest deep ...
Buzz Stocks: Microsoft, Home Depot, Verizon, and Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Schaeffers Research (blog)
Stocks look ready to move lower out of the gate once again, as news from overseas has joined forces with domestic uncertainty to stir up selling pressure. Meanwhile, earnings are hitting the tape from the retail sector, and one Dow component announced ...
Microsoft Shows its Windows Chief the Door
Businessweek
Microsoft issued a press release late Monday evening, saying that Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows Division, will leave the company, effective immediately. Sinofsky had spent close to 25 years at Microsoft and developed a reputation as someone ...
Sinofsky's departure from Microsoft: Politics or products to blame?
ZDNet
Next year, Microsoft plans to measure things a bit differently, with less of an emphasis on the performance of Microsoft's five individualized business groups, the Proxy notes. "For 2013, the focus of awards under the Plan will shift from performance ...
Microsoft Shocker: Windows President Steven Sinofsky Out
Forbes
Microsoft this evening announced that Windows guru Steven Sinofsky – formally the president of the company's Windows and Windows Live business – will be leaving the company. Sinofsky, 47, was widely considered a potential successor for CEO Steve ...
Microsoft says Windows head Sinofsky leaving
USA TODAY
Microsoft says Windows head Sinofsky leaving. Share. Comments. Steven Sinofsky. Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky at an Oct. 25 news conference launching Windows 8 in New York. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty Images) ...
Final Review: Microsoft Surface with Windows RT
Forbes
Microsoft's VaporMg (pronounced "Vapor Mag") process is more than a marketing buzzword. It's three times lighter than aluminum but astonishingly strong, meaning the Surface's signature kickstand isn't just a gimmicky prop threatening to buckle under ...

Forbes
Microsoft Says Windows President Steven Sinofsky Is Departing
Bloomberg
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Windows President Steven Sinofsky is departing, while Julie Larson-Green will take charge of all software and hardware related to the flagship operating system. The changes are effective immediately, the world's largest ...

Bloomberg
Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft
PCWorld
Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the driving force behind the new OS, is leaving the company, Microsoft announced late Monday. Sinofsky was also the public face for Windows 8 and its new Metro ...
Presidente de la división Windows de Microsoft deja su cargo
The Wall Street Journal Americas
Steven Sinofsky, presidente de la división Windows de Microsoft Corp., deja su cargo semanas después que la empresa de software lanzara una versión modernizada de Windows que encabezó. Sinofsky, de 47 años, lideró el desarrollo de dos versiones ...
Living with the Xbox 360: how Microsoft's trojan horse took over your living room
The Verge
It seems like every new week brings rumors and news of tech titans trying to capture the living room, the heart of the American household: Apple in talks with cable operators, Google building its own streaming media box, TV and movies overtaking games ...
Microsoft's Windows chief Sinofsky steps down
NBCNews.com
Microsoft said the head of its flagship Windows division and the driving force behind Windows 8, Steven Sinofsky, will be leaving the company with immediate effect, shortly after the software giant launched the Surface tablet. Sinofsky, who presented ...
Microsoft changes policy, now allows female avatars to wear NHL jerseys
Gaming Examiner
We were first notified of the policy by Jenna Villegas, who took it on herself to start messaging Microsoft and gathering support for the change on the Microsoft community forums. After failing to get the policy changed on her own, she notified us and ...
The Next CEO Of Microsoft Suddenly No Longer Works At Microsoft
TechCrunch
Those are some of the reactions within Microsoft tonight upon hearing that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky would be leaving the company "effective immediately". Those are the reactions because nearly all Microsoft employees found ...

TechCrunch
Microsoft and Vodafone Group Among Most Active Stocks in Nasdaq Pre-Market
Minyanville.com
Investors traded 5,532,306 shares of Microsoft, which was down $1.06, or 3.79%. Steve Sinofsky has left Microsoft. He headed the Windows unit and worked with Microsoft for 23 years. Julie Larson-Green will replace him and oversee all software and ...
Microsoft Lost Its Most Important Executive At A Time When Apple And Google ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft Lost Its Most Important Executive At A Time When Apple And Google Are Their Most Powerful (MSFT). Jay Yarow, provided by. Published 9:56 a.m., Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Tweet · Comments (0). Larger | Smaller. Printable Version. Email This ...
Most Active Options Update: Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco
Schaeffers Research
Among the 20 equities seeing the most-active options volume of late, three names of note today are Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC - 20.53), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - 27.14), and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO - 85.01). Here is a brief ...