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Microsoft / MSFT Q2 2010 Earnings Posted: Record Revenue Thanks To Windows 7

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February 1st, 2010

Nokia wasn’t the only one who posted its quarter earnings as Microsoft also showed what it has been doing in the past three months. MSFT reported a record $19.02 billion in Q2 2010 which ended on December 31st, 2009. Microsoft’s financial year ends on June 30th, 2010, but it’s a long way to go until [...]

Relive Microsoft’s CES 2010: HP Slate, Project Natal, Mediaroom, Xbox Game Room, and HTC HD2

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January 7th, 2010

Microsoft’s CES 2010 keynote was supposed to be great and should have featured the HP Courier tablet, more news about Project Natal, Windows Mobile 7, Internet Explorer 9, and details about upcoming games. However Steve Ballmer decided that we’re not worth it and introduced a lame HP Slate, nothing new (actually new, but nothing that [...]

Rumor: Are LG and Sprint going to announce Windows Mobile WiMax phone at CES on January 6th ?

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December 24th, 2009

The simple fact that Steve Ballmer and Dan Hesse are going to talk together on stage at Las Vegas annual CES on January 6 suggest that is gonna be something big. There are some rumors as if LG and Sprint are working together on a new device, which it`s very likely to be presented at [...]

Microsoft sells Windows 7 twice than any Windows

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November 20th, 2009

According to Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft sold a double amount of Windows 7 copies in comparison to any previous version in a comparable time frame.
This includes OEM and retail copies, since the official preselling started. Windows 7 really is a huge success, is a mature operating system, which eliminates all problems that Vista had. [...]

Rumor: Apple tablet PC postponed until 2H10, because of a new OLED model

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November 19th, 2009

Which one should I start? With the bad news or the good news?
Well, let`s start with the bad ones. It seems that our long expected Apple tablet PC launch was postponed from an initial March lunch to the second half of 2010, according to DIGITIMES. The Taiwanese newspaper believes that this delay is generated by [...]

CrunchPad To Be Released After All, Priced Between $300 – $400

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November 15th, 2009

Are you familiar with Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad tablet? If you are familiar whit the device, I`m sure that you are very excited to find out some info about it.
Well, you should know that Michael said on a recent episode of Steve Gillmor’s “Gillmor Gang” podcast that the tablet is not finished yet, because they’re working [...]

More Leaked Screenshots Of The Microsoft Courier Booklet Showing Amazing UI

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November 4th, 2009

Last time we’ve seen Microsoft Courier we were really impressed by it and we could say that this is the only thing that impressed us recently from the Redmond-based company, except for Windows 7. Microsoft Courier will be a dual-screen tablet, and this last set of screenshots shows that there will be a lot more [...]

Apple Tablet, Microsoft Courier, CrunchPad Coming Soon, But Where?

October 5th, 2009

The Apple Tablet rumors are back, and each day we can see a few articles written by online newspapers including the New York Times. Apple’s Tablet is a mystery, but we’re going to have a different approach on this post as we were inspired by NYT’s article and Brian Lam from Gizmodo. It has been [...]

Microsoft and Yahoo Announce Deal – Choice, Value, Innovation For All

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July 29th, 2009

Microsoft and Yahoo have officially signed an agreement. After years of speculation, Microsoft’s dream has become true and the company agreed a partnership with Yahoo that will see Microsoft power Yahoo search using Bing, while Yahoo will be in charge of the sales with search advertisers. Microsoft and Yahoo deal is about innovation as the [...]

Microsoft Releases Build 7600 As Windows 7 RTM

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July 23rd, 2009

Steve Ballmer has announced yesterday at a conference that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing. The code of the Windows 7 RTM didn’t reach its destination, but should arrive to all computer manufacturers in just a few days. According to Microsoft’s CEO, the RC1 software is almost the same as the RTM as the [...]