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Parlez-Vous Windows 9? Microsoft French Exec Leaks Update
The Microsoft rumor mill became reality in France. Reports are blowing up on the Web that a French Microsoft executive revealed Microsoft will unveil Windows 9 next Tuesday. "Last year we had Windows 8.
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Is Microsoft Going To Preview Windows 9, or Office 16?
No sooner did the party invitations start landing in people’s mailboxes than the rumor mill cranked up a few gears and went into hyper drive. According to the invites, which Microsoft started sending out yesterday, the September 30 event will be about Windows.
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Microsoft Releases (Almost) Last Windows Updates
Question: When is an update not an update? Answer: When Microsoft says so. If that seems a bit cryptic, consider this. Microsoft is releasing a number of updates to its Windows 8.1 operating system and Windows Server 2012 R2, but you’re not supposed to call them updates.
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Microsoft Could Reveal Windows 9 at Annual Build Conference in April
Rumors are flying about Microsoft's plans to reveal its newest operating system (OS) —Windows 9 — at its annual Build conference in April. The speculation comes just in advance of ticket sales for Build 2014, which runs April 2 through 4 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
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Long Road Still Ahead in Microsoft-Nokia Deal
The US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have given their blessing to the merger of Microsoft and Nokia. Now the European Commission has followed suit, all but green-lighting the deal.
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Buy Tech Products on Launch Day at Your Own Risk
Today's Microsoft Xbox launch comes with a required two-gigabyte update to access the most basic of the console's features. Owners are effectively left with an expensive lump of plastic and silicon without it. Similar mandatory or essential updates were needed for Sony's PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Wii U.
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Day of the Tablets: Apple, Nokia, Microsoft Go Head-to-Head
In a rare alignment of technology and marketing muscle, there will be a major face-off in the tablet world tomorrow. Nokia will unveil the first Windows Phone phablet while Apple unveils the next generation iPads in a quest to maintain its dominance.
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Windows 8.1 RT Upgrade Pulled as Microsoft Addresses a 'Situation'
Microsoft pulled a version of its Windows 8.1 update from the Microsoft Store over the weekend following complaints "from a limited number of users.
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Microsoft Launching Surface 2, Has It Learnt From RT's Failure?
The imminent arrival of Windows 8.1 will make the company's new tablet computing devices more usable. But Microsoft's hardware updates won't radically change the money-losing Surface proposition in a market that fails to see keyboards and me-too apps as a major differentiator.
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Skype Could Crush All Before It With Prime Placement In Windows 8.1
Skype will replace the Messenger app in Windows 8.1, making it Windows' centerpiece for communicating across all devices. Assuming Windows 8.
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Windows 8.1 Gets Official Launch Date of 18 October
Microsoft has confirmed the launch date for the Windows 8.1 free update, bringing back a sort-of Start button function, among a host of other improvements and fixes, as the company gets serious about pushing Windows 8 to all.
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Microsoft Introduces Bing Ad Targeting in Windows 8.1 Smart Search
Even though the preview launch of Windows 8.1 happened last week, Microsoft has continued its update tend, as Bing Ads will be integrated into the Windows 8.1 Smart Search. A Little Less Privacy, a Little More Targeted Advertising Most of the time, advertisers tend to target ads at customers through
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Five Cool Things From Microsoft's Build Keynote #bldwin
While the release of Windows 8.1 was the biggie at Microsoft's first keynote, there was lots of other smart, useful or fun features, either as part of Windows or from other areas, that are coming developers and users way as part of Microsoft's future plans.
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Watch Microsoft's Build 2013 Keynote To See Windows 8.1 In Action #bldwin
Microsoft has another stab at a second coming today with the unveiling of Windows 8.1, along with a host of developer-related products, news and events at this year's Build conference. Watch the keynote today to see if there's any big surprises.
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