Apple would not be Apple but for Microsoft, and the reverse is just as true.
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It has sold out online, there is a sense of expectation and wonder in the air, but for Microsoft the Surface with Windows RT could upset all the goodwill being generated around the launch Windows 8 and the extended ecosystem at the end of the month.
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Good for Sparrow--but not for Microsoft, which would have done well to let Steve Ballmer run a little rampant.
But more importantly for Microsoft, VMware is featured in a number of others that are currently available.
"I could always say I worked at Microsoft, but could never say I worked for Microsoft, " Pauli says.
Such changes could complicate the road to next generation televisions for not only Google but also for players like Apple and Microsoft, when they try to go beyond the western world.
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You can take money out of these tax-favored accounts to buy any computer, peripheral, or educational software but not games (Microsoft Word, for example, but not Halo).
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It's this kind of marketing prowess, this access to the retail channel that makes this mobile phone launch so important not just for Nokia but Microsoft as well.
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This history is depressing for everybody but Microsoft shareholders.
Google would not say how many folks develop software for its platforms, but arch rival Microsoft says there are 4 million developers for its .
Microsoft has not yet disclosed pricing for downloads, but it will be in Microsoft points.
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Flextronics, based in Singapore but listed in the U.S, is benefiting from an assembly contract from Microsoft for Xbox, but many Asian tech investors are anticipating Sony's outsourcing assembly work for PS2 this year, as it has suggested it will do.
Skype may not be a big revenue engine for Microsoft, but it will be a huge strategic asset.
Backwards compatibility has been a sore subject for some gamers but Microsoft's Don Mattrick says the company is looking forward, not back.
That sounds great for Microsoft, but what does that really mean?
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Microsoft's decision not to appeal may be the end of this particular antitrust story for Microsoft, but it's just the beginning for other big technology companies like Intelthat have been accused of market dominance.
Smartphone OS success not only enables higher licensing revenues for Microsoft, but also helps the company capture greater market share in the search advertising market, since Bing is the default search engine on Windows Phone 7 smartphones.
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Engineering this sound into the design of the Surface tablet was a smart move for Microsoft, but building advertising around this distinctive sound is even cleverer on the part of the unnamed advertising agency behind the campaign.
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The service is as yet only available to users of Apple's Macintosh computers, but should debut for users of Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Windows platform before the end of the year.
Microsoft's decision not to appeal may be the end of this particular antitrust story for Microsoft, but it's just the beginning for other big technology companies like Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people )that have been accused of market dominance.
The OS has come in for criticism but praise goes too, for having access to the Microsoft productivity suite, and the extensibility of Windows 8 across mobile and the desktop, though the launch model has a pared down version of the OS, RT, which limits productivity.
The firm is best known for producing iPhones and iPads for Apple, but also makes products for other companies, such as Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.
Competition is good for the consumer, but not necessarily for an incumbent technology company, like Microsoft.
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This may sound a bit familiar to those paying close attention, but on November 22nd -- the year anniversary for the Xbox 360 -- Microsoft is announcing something fairly momentus, not for the gaming community, but for the CE industry.
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Halo 4 on PC would be terrific for its own sake, but it also would have been a great way for Microsoft to launch its latest operating system, Windows 8, and to really start connecting the Xbox to the PC.
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Stumbling into the Motorola booth, what's the first thing that catches our eye but the long rumored Microsoft Smartphone for iDen networks like Nextel.
Its potential market share will depend on partners like Samsung, but this strategy worked superbly well for Microsoft for decades with the powerhouse of Wintel, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
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That last piece is a bit of a bummer, for sure, but for what it's worth Microsoft has said a new Mac product is in the works, and that subscribers will get it as part of a future software update.
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