Alright, so Microsoft is in no danger of toppling iOS or Android anytime soon.
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Software got more robust, so Microsoft and Lotus sold more software and became successful.
So Microsoft actually got the chip that Sony helped design before Sony did.
One hitch: 10.6 inches isn't a standard size, so Microsoft couldn't have ordered these screens in bulk from suppliers.
And so Microsoft has spent the better part of a decade investing heavily in bolstering the security of its products.
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So Microsoft is getting back to what it does best: putting its Windows operating system onto more computers than anyone else.
So Microsoft launched a new email service today -- not a redesigned version of Hotmail, but a completely new, built-from-the-ground-up service.
The PC evolved, so Microsoft evolved the Windows operating system to adapt.
So Microsoft is betting on the future of the Xbox as an entertainment hub, and is leveraging the election experience to refine their product.
By now, though, almost everyone in a company probably has at least one Apple device, so Microsoft really has to step up and compete.
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So Microsoft has set out to create the infrastructure which would allow PCs to scan and store all of our data and make it easily retrievable.
The Surface RT and the Windows 8 operating system were both released on October 26, so Microsoft is more than four months into its grand experiment.
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Google offers a slew of competitive business applications, including its best-of-breed hosted e-mail security product acquired through Postini, so Microsoft desperately needs to improve its response to the Internet search giant.
So Microsoft turned the Xbox 360 into the dominant games console, not by making a better gaming machine, but by giving people a platform for getting more out of their living room.
So Microsoft is ratcheting up the pressure on Yahoo's board, warning if there's no agreement within three weeks, Microsoft will go directly to Yahoo's shareholders in an effort to gain control of that company.
So Microsoft will benefit directly from its investment and, if the market retains its faith in Mr Gates's judgment and the broadband network is built more quickly as a result, Microsoft should benefit indirectly too.
So Microsoft, and all purveyors of personal technology, will have to appeal much more to individuals to shape what technology is used at the office, rather than just sell to IT as they have in the past.
So Microsoft shifted gears and developed the Extender model which put a CE device at each TV with the real brains of the operation on a PC hidden away back in an office -- where PCs belong.
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Okay, so Microsoft overreached on this one.
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Skype now belongs to Microsoft, so will Microsoft prevail as the need grows for video and data integration?
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Microsoft, knowing that Nokia has no alternative OS available as a platform, will lead Nokia by the nose, and certainly Microsoft will attempt to bear-hug Nokia so that Microsoft gets significant cut of the revenue as Nokia recovers.
So far Microsoft has displayed just one game, a kind of virtual dodgeball called Ricochet.
Oracle controls about 50%, IBM (IBM) has about 21% and so does Microsoft (MSFT).
So far Microsoft has mainly treated content as something that its software managers can create from scratch.
To be competitive Dell has to be there too and so does Microsoft.
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So does Microsoft -- it's been two years to the day since Windows Phone 7 was first announced.
So does Microsoft -- it's been three years to the day since Windows Phone 7 was first announced.
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