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Engadget 16 hours ago:
Switched On: Hinging on success -
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
The announcement of the Acer Aspire R7 was the best example of the company's assertion that it was moving from computers designed with touch to computers designed for touch.
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CrunchGear less than a day ago:
What Games Are: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Xbox? -
With Xbox 360 having started well but ended in a very confused state, I worry that Microsoft is about to carry over much of its baggage to the new console.More from CrunchGear
All Things Digital 3 days ago:
April Was a Loser for Video Game Industry -
April was a cruel month indeed for the video game industry. Sales of gaming hardware, software and accessories in the U.More from All Things Digital
Ubergizmo 3 days ago:
Microsoft Says It Pays To Upgrade To Windows 8 -
Microsoft wins either way when they recommend enterprises to make the jump to the latest version of their Windows operating system, touting that companies which do not migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 or 8 could eventually end up [.
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DotGizmo 3 days ago:
Xbox 360 Tops US Sales In April -
The struggle for top spot continues where video game consoles in the US are concerned, as Microsoft?s Xbox 360 has once again topped sales charts in that part of the world for the month of April, although the figures do [.More from DotGizmo
Apple Insider 4 days ago:
Apple TV to get CW content in new streaming deal -
Television network The CW on Thursday announced it has reached a deal to stream content to the Apple TV, expanding its current at home digital options beyond Microsoft's Windows and Xbox platforms.More from Apple Insider
TheNextWeb 4 days ago:
Data analytics startup Newvem now also offers ‘cloud visibility’ for Windows Azure users -
Newvem, which helps companies optimize their cloud usage through data analytics, is expanding by adding support for Microsoft’s cloud platform, Windows Azure, on top of Amazon Web Services.More from TheNextWeb
Electronista 5 days ago:
Google to Microsoft: Cease distribution, remotely kill MS YouTube app -
A week-old update of Microsoft's YouTube for Windows Phone is the target of a cease and desist order from Google, demanding that the app be immediately withdrawn from the Windows Phone Store and each downloaded copy be remotely disabled by May 22.More from Electronista
Electronista 5 days ago:
Microsoft rumored to cull Xbox Live Points currency, reveal at E3 -
Microsoft may be scrapping its Points virtual currency in favor of local currency pricing, according to a report.More from Electronista
Engadget 5 days ago:
BBC iPlayer coming to Windows Phone 8 today (updated) -
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore has just tweeted that, at some point today, BBC iPlayer is coming to Windows Phone 8.
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CNET News 5 days ago:
Apple envy? Microsoft exec cites MacBook Air design -
Software giant singles outs the MacBook Air as a design benchmark for one of the best Windows 8 tablets.More from CNET News
Engadget 6 days ago:
Windows Phone 8 update coming this summer with CalDAV and CardDAV support -
We already got word from Nokia about some new Windows Phone features that'd be trickling out in a forthcoming update, and Microsoft has now filled in some more details on what other phone users can expect.
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Electronista 6 days ago:
Microsoft names Windows Blue as Windows 8.1, makes update free -
Microsoft has revealed more details for its upcoming Windows Blue update for Windows 8. Given the official title of Windows 8.More from Electronista
GottaBeMobile.com 6 days ago:
ReviverSoft Announces Start Menu Reviver for Windows 8 -
ReviverSoft Announces Start Menu Reviver for Windows 8 is a post by Travis Pope from Gotta Be Mobile.
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GigaOm 6 days ago:
Man bites dog: Microsoft Outlook.com embraces Gmail users -
Well, embrace is too strong a word, but Microsoft says it's making it easier for colleagues and friends with different mail accounts to chit chat.More from GigaOm
TechCrunch 6 days ago:
Outlook.com Users Can Now Chat With Their Google Friends -
Here is something you probably didn’t see coming: Outlook.com just enabled chat interoperability with Google Talk.More from TechCrunch
CNET News May 12 13 :
Microsoft warns of new Trojan hijacking Facebook accounts -
Malware focusing on the social network's users in Brazil masquerades as a legitimate Google Chrome extension and Firefox add-on.More from CNET News
TechCrunch May 12 13 :
Backed Or Whacked: Give PC A Chance -
Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. These days, it seems that anything that whiffs of the traditional PC has all the market appeal of a month-old banana.More from TechCrunch
Boy Genius Report May 10 13 :
Despite 100 million licenses sold, Windows 8 install base estimated at 59 million -
Although Microsoft recently touted having sold 100 million Windows 8 licenses this week, careful observers noted that selling all those licenses doesn’t mean vendors have actually sold 100 million Windows 8 devices over the past half-year.More from Boy Genius Report
Boy Genius Report May 10 13 :
The end appears near for Windows RT -
Windows RT has always been something of an oddball in the new Microsoft operating system family. It’s not a pure mobile OS like Windows Phone 8 but at the same time it doesn’t have the full capabilities of Windows 8 and isn’t able to run desktop apps from older Windows platforms.More from Boy Genius Report
