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Microsoft Slings Mud At Google's Apps "Tax," Apple's Prices

A Microsoft executive says Google products aren't as free as they seem, while the company's ad team revives the old saw about Windows netbooks' relative affordability to Macs.READ»

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iFive: Microsoft's TV, Windows 7 Beats Vista, 3-D TVs Go Movie-Shaped, AMD Rivals Intel for Tablets, Google's "Like" Button

It's 2011 and CES is just around the corner, so to get you up to speed on the early news, here it is in adorably sized nuggets. READ»

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Google Chrome vs. Microsoft Windows: Browser Battle Escalates to OS War

Google unveiled its new Chrome browser and OS yesterday. Its ultimate aim? To make Microsoft's market share monopoly sleep with the fishes.READ»

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iFive: China's Nobel Rival, FBI's Barbie Fears, Palm Out-Maneuvered, Microsoft Windows Phone Lag, Android Data Hogs

Here's the early innovation news, in bite-sized lumps to help you get over the hump of the middle of the week:READ»

"Underdog" Microsoft Dominates Earnings: Are Apple and Google Now the Bad Guys?

Today, Microsoft posted record quarterly revenues of $16.2 billion, a 25% rise year-over-year. Net income leaped 51% from last year, and though it wasn't all positive (its online division lost $560 million), it smashed analyst estimates for sales and earnings. That will surprise a lot of people who thought Microsoft was on the way out -- and it may even be a pleasant surprise for its founder. READ»

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Apple Teases OS X Lion in "Back to the Mac" Event, But What'll It Be Like?

Hiding in the logo for Apple's new press invite to an October 20th "Back to the Mac" event is a picture of a lion. Woah! That's one enormous hint it's all about the next-gen OS X. What'll it be like?READ»

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How the iPhone 5 Can Stay Ahead of the Pack

Apple looks set to shun the next-generation 4G technology, LTE, for its first year in the U.S. Can it still retain its title as the most advanced smartphone, in the face of strong competition from Windows 7 and Android phones?READ»

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Windows 7 Apps Are Just Like iPhone's (In a Good Way)

Standardized hardware and great support may beckon to developers to Windows 7 Phone despite its belated arrival.READ»

The New Windows 7 Phones: All You Need to Know

In the hours before Microsoft's Apple challenger launched, a slew of Windows phones surfaced. Then MS revealed a total of 10 phones for 30 countries. Most look like competitors to the current iPhone, not next year's. READ»

Is Microsoft Ceding the Tablet Market to Apple?

The latest analyst estimate says a multitouch tablet running Windows isn't due until mid-2011. Does that mean the iPad has won?READ»

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Digg Redesigns, Loses More Than a Quarter of Audience

Last night, social news aggregator Digg.com sent a message to its publisher community confessing that its recent site redesign had got off to a "bumpy start." That's a pleasant way of describing the huge backlash the service has ...READ»

MICROSOFT   |  Comment

Microsoft Windows 7 Saves the Planet?

The company claims switching to their latest operating system will require 30% less energy.READ»

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Microsoft Announces Record 4th-Quarter Revenue, Over $16 Billion

Microsoft's quarterly (and yearly) earnings report came out today, and it's mostly good news: major sales for Windows 7 and Xbox, with Bing losing money but showing positive growth.READ»

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Is HP's Windows-7-Powered Slate Still Alive?

The much-buzzed-about HP Slate was, according to reports, killed some weeks ago. But a device matching the Slate just showed up on HP's site.READ»

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Toshiba's Trio of New Laptops Includes a Dual-Screen, Windows 7 Oddball

Toshiba's Libretto W100 is one of the oddest computers in recent memory: two 7-inch touchscreens that can operate either independently or together. It's certainly unusual, but is it enticing? It's one of three oddball laptops introduced today.READ»

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Microsoft, Amazon Post Strong First Quarters on the Strengths of Windows 7 and Kindle

Amazon and Microsoft both announced quarterly earnings today, with encouraging results for two of their most important products: the Kindle and Windows 7.READ»

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Steve Jobs's Diabolical Plan for Global Domination

The whole iPhone (and iPod and iPad) thing is starting to sound like a 1950's science fiction movie. If you've ever watched one of these now-totally-camp movies, the story line goes like this: A mad scientist bent on world domination invents a fanciful machine that turns humans into unthinking zombies over whom he has complete control. Now let's update that storyline. A mad scientist by the name of Steve Jobs invents a fanciful machine called the iPhone that, according to a recent Stanford University survey, turns users into "junkies" allowing him and his evil empire to take over the world (at least the media world, so far). Now do you see it?READ»

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HP Slate Less Expensive Than iPad, but With Less Battery Life Too?

HP's slate is one of the most promising of this new brand of tablet computers--and though most of its details have been kept under wraps, a new leak may point to a price point that could beat the iPad.READ»

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After Microsoft's CES Non-Event, All Eyes Are Back on Apple

Microsoft's big CES keynote, which was hotly tipped as a reveal for the impressive Courier slate PC, was actually just a luke-warm Windows 7 promo. And that has one big result: The tech world is now waiting on Apple. Among other ...READ»

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Windows 7 Is the Fastest Selling OS in History

Microsoft has declared a massive victory for its latest operating system: "Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history," according to Craig Beilinson, the Director of Marketing for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division. READ»