At the Westfield Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara, about nine miles from Sunnyvale, Jonathan Lamb stood with his friends in line outside Microsoft's new store armed for battle.

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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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Again, nice numbers, but the shine is off the aging Wii line, especially as Sony and Microsoft have moved in with their own new motion-gaming system competitors.

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Microsoft this afternoon reported Q3 results that were about in line with Street estimates.

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And while Microsoft currently offers digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access in conjunction with its MSN online service, it needs a cable modem offering to drive more traffic to all of its Web properties.

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While the sell-outs are a good indicator of the pent-up demand that Nokia and Microsoft have managed to create prior to the Lumia launch and is in line with our long-term view of the company, investors should be careful not to read too much into the news for we have no idea what the actual sales number are.

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Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, AMD, HP, and Microsoft have piloted internationally agreed-upon due diligence guidance on conflict minerals in line with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development due diligence model.

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"The only problem with Microsoft is, they just have no taste, " he said in a now-famous line.

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Analysts have suggested both sides are engaging in showmanship, with Kroes and the Commission trying to demonstrate that they will take a hard line on antitrust matters while Microsoft dragging its feet but eventually planning to accede to the regulators' wishes.

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