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Microsoft announces bargain price upgrades to Windows 8 Pro
Microsoft / Windows

Microsoft announces bargain price upgrades to Windows 8 Pro

Tuesday, Jul 3, 2012Tuesday, Jul 3, 2012 - by Pete Railton

Microsoft has announced that upgrades to its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system will be pegged to just $39.99 (approx £25) for anyone using an existing product.

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Microsoft takes on the iPad with a range of Surface tablets
computing / Microsoft

Microsoft takes on the iPad with a range of Surface tablets

Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 - by mike s

Microsoft has demonstrated its new Surface touchscreen tablets which are set to compete with Apple’s hugely successful iPad devices.

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Microsoft preparing to launch an iPad rival?
computing / Microsoft

Microsoft preparing to launch an iPad rival?

Monday, Jun 18, 2012Monday, Jun 18, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

The Guardian (and many other tech sites) are speculating that Microsoft is prepping their own rival to the iPad, with an announcement due today.

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Google Docs for Android adds collaborative editing
Android / Microsoft / mobile apps / mobiles

Google Docs for Android adds collaborative editing, Microsoft releases weird video

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 - by mike s

Microsoft may be busy creating bizarre adverts warning companies off Google products (see below), but the search engine giant continues to improve its offering, with a natty update to its …

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business / Microsoft

Microsoft to sue Comet over the sale of dodgy Windows discs

Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Microsoft is suing the big UK electronics retailer Comet for allegedly flogging off pirated Windows discs.

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Microsoft / web

Bing search now comes with a pointlessly perambulating video frog

Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011 - by Pete Railton

In an attempt to make its search engine more appealing to users, Microsoft’s UK Bing search page now comes with a green frog scrambling along a branch.

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computing / Microsoft / software

Where are the multiplication and divide symbols in Windows 7 calculator?

Saturday, Nov 5, 2011Saturday, Nov 5, 2011 - by mike s - 8 Comments.

This annoyed us for ages – we felt quite stupid for not working it out – but to be fair, the solution isn’t exactly blindingly obvious.

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computing / hardware / Microsoft / video

Step into Microsoft’s astonishing sci-fi future [video and pics]

Friday, Oct 28, 2011Friday, Oct 28, 2011 - by mike s - 1 Comment

Man oh man, we want to jump straight into the wonderful world of high tech shown off in Microsoft’s astonishing futuristic movie.

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Android / Apple / computing / gadgets / gaming / Google / Microsoft / mobiles / photography

T3 Gadget Awards 2011 – Kindle, Galaxy S2 and Kinect in the winners

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 - by Lee J.

Tech magazine T3 has announced the winners of the 2011 Gadget awards and there’s a few surprises in store.

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Apple / Microsoft

Bill Gates on Steve Jobs’ death: ‘I will miss him immensely’

Thursday, Oct 6, 2011Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 - by mike s

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and long-time rival of Apple, has issued a touching statement about Steve Jobs’ death.

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Microsoft / mobiles / video / Windows Mobile

Microsoft slams down a salivatingly good set of Windows Phone 7.5 demos [video]

Thursday, Sep 15, 2011Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s only a video taster, but we have to say we’re getting increasingly stoked up at what we’re seeing of the forthcoming Windows Phone 7.5 Mango mobile interface.

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Microsoft / mobiles / Windows Mobile

Microsoft shows off ‘Mango,’ the swishy, next-gen Windows phone

Wednesday, May 25, 2011Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Microsoft has served up a well stuffed platter o’facts about the forthcoming major update to its mobile OS, with the upcoming Windows Phone 7.1 update set to regale under the …

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business / Microsoft / video / web

Official: Microsoft scoops up Skype for $8.5 billion

Tuesday, May 10, 2011Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Microsoft has dug deep into its pockets to purchase the internet voice and video chat service Skype for an eye watering $8.5 billion.

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Google / Microsoft

Google Calendar Sync adds 64-bit Outlook 2010 support

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 - by mike s

There’s an awful lot of Outlook users out there, and most of them were chuffed when Google Calendar sync started supporting the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010 in August last …

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Microsoft / software

Microsoft’s IE9 browser ratchets up 27 downloads per second

Thursday, Mar 17, 2011Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 - by Pete Railton - 1 Comment

Released on Monday, it looks like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 is off to a flying start, with the company reporting that the new browser was downloaded 2.35 million times in the …

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