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Stars align for a Microsoft 'Star Trek' marketing deal
Microsoft Corp. is partnering with Paramount Pictures on a promotional effort for the studio's "Star Trek Into Darkness." It represents the biggest such undertaking ever for the software giant. The Redmond, Wash., company's campaign isn't short on...
Tags: Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Marketing, Xbox, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Entertainment
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Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion
According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. The deal would give Microsoft Barnes & Noble's e-books, homegrown games and...
Tags: Mother's Day
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Netbooks doomed to oblivion by 2015, report says
Looks like the iPad is about to cause another casualty. The latest victim: Netbooks. You remember those small, cuddly laptops launched just a few years ago, with lower power, less functionality and lower prices to match. They were kind of computing...Tags: Apple iPad
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Microsoft developing smaller version of Surface tablet, report says
Microsoft, looking to catch up to rivals, could soon be putting out its own 7-inch tablet. The Wall Street Journal says the Redmond, Wash., company plans to launch a smaller version of its Surface tablet later this year. The report, which cites...
Tags: Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire, Google Nexus 7, The Wall Street Journal, Apple iPhone
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Pandora finally available for Windows Phone 8 devices
Pandora, one of the most notable apps that was missing from Windows Phone devices, is now downloadable for smartphones running the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system. The Internet radio company released the Pandora Windows Phone 8 app...
Tags: Radio, Apple iPhone, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Pandora Media, Inc., Entertainment
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IFixit tablet repair index: Dell at top; iPad, Surface at bottom
IFixit, the California company known for its tech tear-ups and how-to-fix guides, has posted a helpful "tablet repairability list" that ranks tablets based on how easily they can be fixed. The list includes many of the most popular tablets and is a...
Tags: Apple iPad, Apple iPhone
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Bill Gates says he's 'not satisfied' with Microsoft
Bill Gates may not be involved with the day-to-day operations of Microsoft Corp. anymore, but he's still got plenty of opinions about the company he founded nearly four decades ago. "There's a lot of things like cellphones where we didn't get out in...
Tags: Xbox, Charlie Rose, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Polio
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Cofounder Sabeer Bhatia sheds no tears for demise of Hotmail
News that Microsoft planned to sunset the Hotmail brand wasn't the biggest of shocks. As the company has been quietly nudging users to switch to Outlook.com, the writing was on the wall. When the company made it official Monday, though, I found it to...
Tags: New Products
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Microsoft opens Outlook.com to public as Hotmail brand shuts down
Even after a string of critical product launches, Microsoft is not done. After months of beta testing Outlook.com, the company has opened its new Web mail service to the general public. In doing so, the company is also making a mighty big decision to...
Tags: Email, AOL LLC, Computing and Information Technology Industry, New Products, Bill Gates
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Microsoft losing $2.5 billion a year not releasing Office for iOS
The iPad has a lot of apps, but if there's a glaring hole, it's the absence of Microsoft Office. Although there have been reports that Microsoft has built an iPad version of its Office suite of programs, the Redmond, Wash., company has yet to release...
Tags: Apple iPad, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod
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Microsoft returns with more break dancing in Surface Pro ad
Microsoft is back with more break dancing to promote its latest Surface tablet. The company premiered a new commercial over the weekend during the Grammy Awards and on YouTube, this time to promote the Surface Pro, which launched Saturday. The ad is...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Entertainment Events, Dance, YouTube, Entertainment
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Review: Microsoft Surface Pro packs punch, steep price [Video]
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Windows 8 debuted last year, but it'll truly arrive Saturday with the release of the Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro tablet. The Surface Pro is the first Microsoft-branded device capable of running a full version of the company's Windows 8 Pro...Tags: Apple iPad, Twitter, Inc., Google Nexus 10, YouTube, Computer Hardware
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