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At $500 billion, Apple is worth more than Poland – CNN

SmartHouse At $500 billion, Apple is worth more than PolandCNNOnly Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500) and General Electric (GE, Fortune 500) have ever surpassed that mark. Exxon did it most recently in late 2007, when oil prices were soaring. Microsoft, Cisco and GE reached half a trillion dollars …iPad 3 Launch Confirmed: Time to [...]

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Microsoft Ponders Future of Kinect, Tech – New York Times (blog)

VentureBeat Microsoft Ponders Future of Kinect, TechNew York Times (blog)By NICK WINGFIELD | February 28, 2012, 3:35 pm When Microsoft thinks about the future of technology, it seems to do so with its stomach. On Monday, several of Microsoft's top executives participated in a full day of briefings for a small group of …Microsoft Kinect [...]

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Microsoft and Nokia ‘unify’ mobile mapping – Inquirer

3G.co.uk Microsoft and Nokia 'unify' mobile mappingInquirerBy Robert Jaques MOBILE SOFTWARE ALSO-RAN Microsoft continues to cuddle up to Nokia with the companies announcing that they have unified their mobile mapping offerings. This means that the Redmond company is combining its Bing Maps with those of its …Microsoft and Nokia announce new Unified Map DesignLiveSideMicrosoft And [...]

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Microsoft’s Azure cloud down and out for 8 hours – Register

Computeach Microsoft's Azure cloud down and out for 8 hoursRegisterBy Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Updated Microsoft's cloudy platform, Windows Azure, is experiencing a major outage: at the time of writing, its service management system had been down for about seven hours worldwide.Microsoft grapples with Windows Azure outageZDNet UK (blog)Microsoft Azure outage [...]

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Yahoo, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility: Intellectual Property – BusinessWeek

Marketing Week Yahoo, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility: Intellectual PropertyBusinessWeekComplaints by Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. will be examined “closely” by European Union regulators, the region's antitrust chief said. Joaquin Almunia, the EU's competition commissioner, said competition policy …Yahoo, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, Ericsson: Intellectual PropertyBloombergall 23 news articles »

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Microsoft denies filing EU complaint about Google+ – Washington Post

Hindustan Times Microsoft denies filing EU complaint about Google+Washington PostMicrosoft said Tuesday it has not filed a complaint with the European Union about Google+, contrary to a report from Reuters. Jack Evans, a spokesman for Microsoft said that the company had not filed any sort of formal complaint about Google+ with the …Microsoft: We're not [...]

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#MWC: Microsoft expects Windows 8 launch to boost Windows Phone sales – V3.co.uk

New York Times #MWC: Microsoft expects Windows 8 launch to boost Windows Phone salesV3.co.ukby Khidr Suleman BARCELONA: Microsoft is confident the launch of its highly-anticipated Windows 8 platform will help drive sales of Windows Phone devices by making consumers more comfortable with the Metro interface. Speaking to V3 at Mobile World …Microsoft testing Windows Phone [...]

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Microsoft to debut beta version of Windows 8 – MarketWatch (blog)

TechCrunch Microsoft to debut beta version of Windows 8MarketWatch (blog)Not for Microsoft Corp., however. They are taking full advantage of the leap year. The company will be releasing Windows 8, or at least a consumer preview version of Windows 8, later this afternoon local time. It will be the first time that Joe Public …Microsoft [...]

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Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and Hadoop – InfoWorld

GigaOm Microsoft, Hortonworks to link Excel and HadoopInfoWorldBy Joab Jackson | IDG News Service Microsoft is developing a connector that will allow Excel users to download and analyze output from Hadoop, potentially opening the open-source data processing platform to a much wider audience.Microsoft developing Excel connector to analyse Hadoop dataComputerworldUKMicrosoft, Hortonworks Expand Hadoop PartnershipInformationWeekall 80 [...]

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Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise – Huffington Post

msnbc.com Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad riseHuffington PostRegardless of the software's quality, Microsoft managed to remain at the center of the personal computing universe. The stakes are much different as Microsoft Corp. puts the finishing touches on Windows 8 – perhaps the most important piece of software …Microsoft Won't Support Some Business [...]

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Privacy Group: Microsoft’s Website is Worse at Protecting Your Privacy – PCWorld

Daily Mail Privacy Group: Microsoft's Website is Worse at Protecting Your PrivacyPCWorldMicrosoft has launched an all-out assault on Google's privacy policies, but when it comes to protecting your privacy, Microsoft's Web site lags behind both Google and Apple, says the privacy organization PrivacyChoice. By Preston Gralla, Computerworld …Why Microsoft Is Wrong About GoogleForbesall 141 news [...]

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Tue, February 28 2012 » Microsoft » No Comments

Microsoft Updates SharePoint Online, Remains Cagey on Office for iPad – Law.com

Microsoft Updates SharePoint Online, Remains Cagey on Office for iPadLaw.comIn moves that could affect lawyers everywhere, Microsoft last week updated the hosted version of its SharePoint content management system, but remained cagey about its plans for an Apple iPad version of Office. SharePoint Online received its second …EntropySoft Exchange and SharePoint Connectors Now Compatible With [...]

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CHR Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership with Microsoft and Customer Win – MarketWatch (press release)

CHR Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership with Microsoft and Customer WinMarketWatch (press release)HOUSTON, Feb 28, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — CHR Solutions, the leading global provider of comprehensive solutions for communications service providers (CSPs), announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to offer a complete billing and customer care …and more »

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Microsoft may ‘kill off’ Zune, Windows Live – GMA News

ITProPortal Microsoft may 'kill off' Zune, Windows LiveGMA NewsAs it prepares to release its consumer preview release of Windows 8, Microsoft may "kill" two of its consumer brands and integrate them into its upcoming flagship operating system, a tech site reported. Tech site The Verge said "Windows Live" and …RIP Windows LivePCWorldMicrosoft Windows 8 Consumer [...]

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Can Microsoft make Windows 8 the mobile OS? – CNET

Bright Side of News* Can Microsoft make Windows 8 the mobile OS?CNETMicrosoft Windows president Stephen Sinofsky introduces a test version of a touch-enabled Windows 8 at Microsoft's Build conference last September. It may seem odd that Microsoft executives are traveling all the way to Barcelona, Spain, …EXCLUSIVE: Windows 8 Launch in Fourth Quarter 2012, ARM [...]

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