"It's really been an effort from all across Microsoft to develop Kinect, " Dennis said.
This shift could be the sea change we have all been hoping for from Microsoft.
What I saw from Microsoft was all of that old stuff with a lot more added on top.
Perhaps that is why in the end Mr McNealy could not quite stop himself from mentioning Microsoft after all.
If Windows has benefited all these years from ecosystem inertia, and Microsoft has only really had to compete with the previous version of Windows for more than two decades, why is there suddenly some sort of existential threat to the continued dominance of Windows?
But confidence comes from all kinds of places, and if Microsoft wants to be a leader again it will have to develop a style that is all its own.
Of course, there's no guarantee that every application you use will get every Mountain Lion feature it would benefit from: Major apps from big companies such as Microsoft and Adobe still haven't picked up on all of Lion's goodies from last year.
Ballmer said the shift to online software and services will mean changes for all of Microsoft's businesses, which range from desktop productivity tools to database and e-mail server software.
Their official reason for building up a cash hoard in the first place was to create a reserve for Microsoft's legal battles, all stemming from its alleged monopolistic abuses.
VMware was one of the few tech names that ended the day above ground, as firms from Microsoft and Oracle to IBM and Google all saw their market value slip.
Databases from Oracle, IBM and Microsoft are quickly adding all the features that perform sophisticated requests on multiterabyte data warehouses.
In almost all instances I checked, there was indeed better, clearer information from Microsoft.
Microsoft is now making money from over half of all Android devices sold.
On the eve of the Windows 7 and Snow Leopard launches (which respectively appear to be the best efforts yet from Microsoft and Apple), the basic platforms we all use remain products that are largely unchanged from concepts introduced decades ago, regardless of all their speed enhancements and evolutionary changes, .
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As usual, most of this is just based on hopes and fairytales, but the scholarly folks at Ars Technica have done some digging and come up with a white paper from Microsoft Research that details some of what Gazelle is all about -- and surprise surprise, although it shares some similarities with Chrome, it's actually quite different.
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In July Google's share of all searches jumped to 60% from 53% a year ago, while Microsoft's share slumped to 12% from 13.6%, according to Nielsen Online.
As a result of this, Microsoft has overhauled all of its major programs and services, from Office to Xbox to Skype along with adding the new Surface tablet to its line-up.
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In July Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people )'s share of all searches jumped to 60% from 53% a year ago, while Microsoft's share slumped to 12% from 13.6%, according to Nielsen Online.
Moreover, quarterly earnings releases for Q2 2011 from large tech vendors like Accenture, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle were all in line with our growth projections.
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Microsoft, CocaCola, Huawei and BP all have bases in the country, from which they oversee operations in the Middle East and Central Asia.
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He grabbed a cash infusion from Microsoft in 1997 and began pounding out products: the iMac line of all-in-one computers in 1998, the iPod in 2001 and the iPhone in 2007.
Perhaps, but I doubt it will affect sales all that much, and will likely be equivalent to or cheaper than future competitors from Sony and Microsoft.
Microsoft apologised and said a technical hitch had prevented it from offering full choice to all its customers.
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We're getting our fill of all things Windows Phone 8 today and the ATIV S gives you exactly what you'd expect from Microsoft's new UI.
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Public clouds from the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft simply are not enough to satisfy all the computing needs of enterprise IT organizations.
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Yesterday, Microsoft launched an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.
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Things like connectivity, printing, passwords, and application requests all are close to being automated today, but they will get better as time progresses, and real competition from Microsoft and Google in this area will speed things along.
This is still a commercial product, though Microsoft still sees a future tabletop version for things like shipping photos from your phone, or organizing all your online information in one place.
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