Since Microsoft released a beta version of Windows Phone 7.5, and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.
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Computer makers can now eliminate the once "inseparable" browser icon, since Microsoft has already won that battle.
As we reported, Lotus' dominance has been slipping ever since Microsoft introduced its groupware product, Exchange, in 1996.
It's been so long since Microsoft launched Outlook.com that we forgot it was technically in preview mode.
There is more to come, since Microsoft and Google's other rivals have a clear incentive to push these issues.
And since Microsoft's source code is secret, outside software developers cannot debug it.
The portal's shares have surged more than 49% since Microsoft went public with its bid for the Santa Clara, Calif.
Since Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) walked away from a deal last Saturday, Yahoo!
Since Microsoft is following the same path with Windows 8, we are witnessing quite literally the end of software distribution freedom.
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Yet it would be curious if the others held back, since Microsoft's competitors seem always to be looking for a way to stop Windows.
Indeed, since Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen purchased the franchise in 1997, the Sea Gals have gained much in the way of higher pay and better uniforms.
These new Windows TV boxes have been glimpsed online since Microsoft unveiled its new embedded software lineup in April, and then again at an Intel conference in September.
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The portal's shares have surged more than 49% since Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) went public with its bid for the Santa Clara, Calif.
Microsoft employees in the U.S. have also volunteered more than 2 million hours of their time to causes they care about since Microsoft began their volunteer match program in 2005.
But the other part of being Microsoft is that any mistake or misfire makes news, since Microsoft rules the roost in the PC world in a manner that rubs lots of people the wrong way.
He wants to impress on me just how amazing Windows 8 and the touchscreen mobile devices that use it, will be, while I want to explore why it has been so long since Microsoft delivered anything that makes consumers go "wow".
But, at worst, Google Instant did accomplish one thing: It represented the first obvious innovation that Google has rolled out before Microsoft since Microsoft embarrassed Google with real-time Twitter search and other search innovations that appeared to catch Google asleep at the switch.
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Over the last 20 years, ever since Microsoft under Bill Gates missed the internet like a hitter striking out with the bat on his shoulder, Microsoft has proven its willingness to arrive late to the party, to persist and to drink its share of the punch.
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Of course, it's adding up to be a long day for us no matter what, since Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 launch event is scheduled for just a few hours later on the West Coast and our own reader meetup is in NYC later that night.
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Microsoft will continue to complain because playing dirty pool is in their corporate DNA. Google has made some stupid mistakes in the last few years (being in China, Google Buzz, poor explanation of capturing WiFi packets, etc.), but compared to Microsoft, they are far better for the consumer in this dimension since Microsoft will do anything and everything to have their way.
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Since joining Microsoft India as its managing director in 2005, Neelam Dhawan has helped it grow 35%.
Since deploying Microsoft Dynamics AX, we have seen a massive reduction from where we were back in 2008.
The X7 would have been the first Nokia smartphone launched exclusively with a U.S. carrier since former Microsoft Corp.
Since May Microsoft has been reimbursing people up to half of the value of items they buy using its search technology.
Ultimately, both machines are going to be very similar to one another since both Microsoft and Sony are building what amounts to cheap, mass-produced gaming PCs with simple user interfaces.
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Compared with a year ago, Google killed it: Back then it had 74.2% of the paid search market, compared with 7% for Microsoft and 18.8% for Yahoo, the paid search of which has since disappeared into Microsoft.
Since he left Microsoft in 1983, Mr. Allen has launched into a variety of enterprises.
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