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Microsoft drops support for CISPA
Microsoft drops support for CISPA
Microsoft, who was long a supporter of the CISPA bill, has now done an about-face. The software giant has said they can only support laws ...... 29 Apr 2012 - 6 comments
Kaspersky: Apple is a decade behind Microsoft on security
Kaspersky: Apple is a decade behind Microsoft on security
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of security company Kaspersky Lab, had some choice words for Apple and its recent malware woes. The ...... 27 Apr 2012 - 5 comments
Microsoft offering free SkyDrive storage for new, existing users
Microsoft offering free SkyDrive storage for new, existing users
Microsoft has announced their fully revamped SkyDrive cloud storage platform today, offering new users 7GB free space if they have never tried it. ...... 24 Apr 2012 - 9 comments
Facebook, Microsoft sign patent deal
Facebook, Microsoft sign patent deal
Microsoft and Facebook have announced today a deal in which Facebook can purchase some of the patents the software giant recently acquired from AOL. ...... 23 Apr 2012 - 1 comment
Windows 8 will only have four different versions
Windows 8 will only have four different versions
After years of complaints, Microsoft has listened to its consumers and will be releasing only four different versions of its upcoming Windows ...... 17 Apr 2012 - 25 comments
Dev leaks details of Microsoft's upcoming plans
Dev leaks details of Microsoft's upcoming plans
Microsoft developer Maarten Visser has leaked a roadmap for the company's software that covers the next two year's of releases. Visser is ...... 13 Apr 2012 - 3 comments
Report: Microsoft has only sold 3.5 million WP7 phones, ever
Report: Microsoft has only sold 3.5 million WP7 phones, ever
According to well-connected Microsoft reporter Mary Jo Foley, the company has only sold 3.5 million Windows Phone 7 devices, to date. That ...... 12 Apr 2012 - 12 comments
Rumor: Microsoft wants to buy stake in RIM
Rumor: Microsoft wants to buy stake in RIM
The rumor lived and died last year, but it has resurfaced today; Microsoft is looking into buying a stake of Research in Motion. Today's ...... 11 Apr 2012
Rumor: Xbox 360 successor to have 16 CPU cores
Rumor: Xbox 360 successor to have 16 CPU cores
The latest rumor for the Xbox 360 successor is here. Microsoft's upcoming console, code-named Durango is rumored to be powered by a 16-core ...... 11 Apr 2012 - 23 comments
Microsoft reminds customers of impending end of support for Windows XP
Microsoft reminds customers of impending end of support for Windows XP
Microsoft has reminded its customers this week of Windows XP's impending end of life. Support for Windows XP SP3 will be dropped on April ...... 11 Apr 2012 - 38 comments
Microsoft to buy AOL patents for $1 billion
Microsoft to buy AOL patents for $1 billion
Microsoft has announced today that they will purchase AOL's portfolio of patents for $1 billion. The 800 patents will be purchased in full ...... 09 Apr 2012 - 2 comments
Don't sell your old Xbox 360! Hackers can still steal info even after reset
Don't sell your old Xbox 360! Hackers can still steal info even after reset
Even though the consoles had been restored to factory settings, security researchers at Drexel University and Dakota State University were able ...... 02 Apr 2012 - 12 comments
Microsoft responds to rumors of 'Xbox Lite'
Microsoft responds to rumors of 'Xbox Lite'
Over the past few days, rumors of a $100 'Xbox Lite' being released next year have been making the rounds. The rumor came via famous "Microsoft ...... 30 Mar 2012 - 12 comments
Microsoft allowing you to swap old smartphones for brand new WP7 device
Microsoft allowing you to swap old smartphones for brand new WP7 device
Microsoft's "Smoked by Windows Phone" campaign is allowing smartphone owners near Microsoft retail stores to trade in any old smartphone (that ...... 26 Mar 2012 - 8 comments
Microsoft: No talk of next console 'anytime soon'
Microsoft: No talk of next console 'anytime soon'
Microsoft has announced today that it will not be announcing its Xbox sequel "anytime soon." Says Microsoft Corporate Communications chief ...... 21 Mar 2012 - 5 comments
Nokia Lumia 900 gets another rumored launch date
Nokia Lumia 900 gets another rumored launch date
The Nokia Lumia 900 has another rumored launch date for AT&T in the U.S. After the company's announcement of the flagship device at January's ...... 14 Mar 2012 - 1 comment
Microsoft preps 6 bulletins for Tuesday, 1 critical
Microsoft preps 6 bulletins for Tuesday, 1 critical
Microsoft is lining up six bulletins for March's Patch Tuesday, one of them rated critical. 13 Mar 2012
Microsoft software translates speech to another language
Microsoft software translates speech to another language
Microsoft has demonstrated software that can mimic your voice and translate your speech into another language 11 Mar 2012 - 3 comments
VIDEO: Microsoft drops touchscreen lag to 1ms
VIDEO: Microsoft drops touchscreen lag to 1ms
Microsoft Research has posted a video showing a simple touchscreen that had cut the delay between a touch, and when its registered by the screen, to 1ms. 11 Mar 2012 - 1 comment
Report: New Xbox won't use discs, will ship next year
Report: New Xbox won't use discs, will ship next year
A new report claims that the next Xbox console from Microsoft will drop discs altogether, and that it will be released in 2013. 10 Mar 2012 - 21 comments
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