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  Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

  While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

  By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

  Tags: Windows 8, Windows, steve ballmer, software, sharp, operating systems, Microsoft, MIchael Dell

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  Yahoo Axis may be game changer for search and the troubled company

  With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 24 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: Yahoo, software, search engines, Microsoft, IT industry, Internet Search, internet, Google, browsers, applications

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  About 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365

  About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC).

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 24 May, 2012 18:55

  Tags: Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, collaboration, e-mail, applications, software, Google, Microsoft

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  Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption

  Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts have agreed.

  By Gregg Keizer | 24 May, 2012 18:46

  Tags: Windows, software, operating systems, Microsoft, App Development

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  Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

  Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

  Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

• Microsoft lends a helping hand to start-ups

  Queensland’s start-ups will receive a helping hand by the newly launched Queensland Microsoft Innovation Centre.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 24 May, 2012 10:58

  Tags: start-ups, Microsoft

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  Revisiting RDP, discovering ReactOS, and finding Mindjet

  A second look at Microsoft's RDP client, considers a replacement for Windows XP, and delves into "Mind Mapping"

  By Mark Gibbs | 23 May, 2012 20:25

  Tags: windows xp, software, pc, mind mapping, Microsoft's RDP client, Microsoft, hardware systems, Data Center

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  Windows 8 puts end to endless reboots

  Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots.

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 18:48

  Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

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  Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany after privacy complaints

  Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday.

  By Loek Essers | 23 May, 2012 10:31

  Tags: Streetside Street View, Maps, Internet-based applications and services, privacy, security, search engines, internet, Microsoft, Google

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  Microsoft beats data-sorting record with new approach

  Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called Flat Datacenter Storage (FDS).

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2012 04:56

  Tags: Yahoo, software, popular science, networking, Microsoft, data mining, applications

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  Windows Vista infection rates climb, says Microsoft

  Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system's first service pack.

  By Gregg Keizer | 23 May, 2012 03:43

  Tags: Windows, software, security, operating systems, Microsoft

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  Microsoft-backed groups praise EU's antitrust ultimatum to Google

  A pair of Microsoft-backed industry groups applauded the ultimatum European Union antitrust regulators issued to rival Google over alleged anti-competitive practices.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 20:50

  Tags: search engines, oracle, Microsoft, IT Governance and Compliance, Internet Search, internet, Intel, Government/Industries, government, Google, ebay

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  No price cuts for Windows 8 upgrades, says analyst

  Microsoft will not reduce the price of Windows 8 upgrades, as it did three years ago before the roll-out of Windows 7, a retail sales analyst said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 May, 2012 02:38

  Tags: Windows, software, PCs, operating systems, NPD Group, net applications, Microsoft, hardware systems, desktop pcs

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  GitHub embraces Windows developers

  Looking to make its GitHub social coding and coding-hosting site easier to use for Windows application builders, GitHub beginning on Monday will offer a native graphical Windows client for developers and designers.

  By Paul Krill | 22 May, 2012 02:27

  Tags: software, Microsoft .Net, Microsoft, GitHub, application development

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  Chrome streaks past Internet Explorer to become world's top browser

  If the numbers at StatCounter are accurate then the world has a new Web browser champion: Google Chrome.

  By Brad Reed | 22 May, 2012 01:33

  Tags: software, mozilla, Microsoft, LAN & WAN, internet explorer, IE9, IE10, Google Chrome vs. Microsoft IE, Google Chrome, Google, firefox, browsers, applications