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Developers Getting Windows 7

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 95

Moving at what seems like warp speed compared to their usual software timeline, Microsoft [MSFT] has announced that it will seed developers with an alpha version of Windows 7 at its Professional Developers Conference, which takes ...READ»

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Horrible Idea of the Day: Microsoft to Build Retail Stores Right Next to Apple's

BY Cliff Kuang
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Microsoft's COO says that the stores will open this fall. Just one question: How epic will the failure be?READ»

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Microsoft's Metered PC Idea Is Not Greedy. In Fact, It's Almost Brilliant

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 57

Microsoft's new "metered PC" concept has the nerd world united in a chorus of outrage. Despite all the yelling, the pay-as-you-go model might be one of the best ideas Redmond has had in years.READ»

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When Will Microsoft Get a Clue?

BY Chris Dannen
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It's been a tough year for Redmond: bricking Zunes, class-action suits, and the people-hate-Vista debacle. You'd think those three catapstrophes would be enough to make the PC giant shape up. You'd be wrong. Microsoft [MSFT], it ...READ»

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Can Microsoft Grab Leadership Role With Mouse 2.0 and Other Interface Designs?

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 52

The software giant has produced five prototypes for multi-touch mice--and the stakes are high.READ»

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Microsoft a "Bunch of Clueless Idiots," Says Danger Source

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 51

AppleInsider has reported disclosures from several sources close to the Microsoft/Sidekick debacle, saying that the failure is only a taste of Redmond's growing internal incompetence. The sources, which AppleInsider claims were ...READ»

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Hacking, Like The Weather, Is Seasonal

BY Kit Eaton
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A survey of the hackers attending this month's Defcon 17 conference turned up these rather interesting results: About 81% of the hackers say they're more active during the winter holidays. READ»

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Zune Owners Getting Free WiFi at McDonald's

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 44

If you've ever sat in a McDonald's [MCD] munching on a quarter-pounder and thought, "man, I really wish I could download music right now," you're finally in luck. A new Zune software update from Microsoft [MSFT] will give ...READ»

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Microsoft to Release Zune Phone?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 43

There's been a lot of buzz lately about Microsoft's [NASDAQ:MSFT] new, if belated, campaign to get reluctant users to adopt Vista. What they're doing is the ol' on-camera switcheroo: filming "real" users reactions to a ...READ»

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iFive: Rdio, HP, BP, Neuro--that's the New Euro--and Microsoft

BY Addy Dugdale
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While you slept, the innovation news kept gushing. Here's what you've missed so far:1. "We did not have the tools you would want in your tool kit," said BP CEO Tony Hayward in an interview for the FT (did you know that BP's official ...READ»

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Furious Sidekick Owners Blame Microsoft

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 42

Update: T-Mobile says that much of the data may indeed be recoverable on Microsoft's backend, according to the New York Times. Engineers in Redmond are "optimistic that much of it can be recovered," but individual customers have yet ...READ»

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Microsoft Opens Surface "Interactive Table" SDK for Free

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 41

Everyone loves Microsoft interactive table, Surface--just check out our list of killer Surface apps to see why. So it's good news that this week Redmond announced it would be opening up the Surface software developer kit, or SDK, to ...READ»

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Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: Sweat Time at Microsoft

BY Stan Slap
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"You just did a very bad thing," said Bill Gates, reacting to a presentation of Stan Slap's suggestions. In this excerpt from his upcoming book, "Bury My Heart at Conference Room B," consultant Stan Slap relates how Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and a room full of Microsoft execs loved and loathed the concept of leading with your values.READ»

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Change - or Die!

BY The Founding Editors
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A letter from the founding editors.READ»

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Technology: No More Vista "Kill Switch"

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 38

Microsoft announced today that it will stop remotely disabling versions of Vista that its registration servers deem pirated. If you're not privy to this feature of Vista, here's the lowdown: when your register your shiny new copy of ...READ»

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Microsoft Updates Windows Home Server

BY Fast Company staff
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We're all probably pretty happy with the red-eyed laser on the bottom of our optical mouses, but apparently, Microsoft's isn't. They've released a tantalizing new ad campaign with the slogan "Say Goodbye to Laser," and while they ...READ»

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Icon Wasteland: the Madness of Multiple Desktops

BY Chris Dannen
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Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by desktops. Once it was merely our laptops and PCs, and then it was our companion netbooks, too. Then our Web 2.0 accounts: Facebook, MobileMe, Google apps. After that, our phones got smart ...READ»

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iFive: BP Delays Cap Test, Apple Finds Allies, Microsoft's 12th Man, WikiLeaks Details, Google Thanks Fiber Fans

BY Addy Dugdale
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While you were sleeping, innovation was putting on a jaunty little cap to wear with its oil-colored capelet, eschewing anything nerdlike such as black T-shirts, and leaving home without its British citizenship.1. What is a disaster ...READ»

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Mac vs. PC Ads Finished? Justin Long "Can't Say Definitively" (But It's About Time)

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 34

Justin Long, the floppy-fringed star of the Mac v. PC ads, revealed that he heard it from a good source (er, a PC, actually) that the sweet-natured, yet passive-combative ad campaign run by Apple is coming to an end. In an interview ...READ»

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Microsoft Confirms New Zunes

BY Chris Dannen
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A few weeks ago, there was web-wide speculation that Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] was giving up on its beloved Zune. That, of course, would be a true shame, as the company has put together a pretty stellar device, even if it was a little ...READ»

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The Corporate Shrink

BY Dr. Kerry J. Sulkowicz
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Why are we obsessed with PowerPoint?READ»

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Is This the Fabled Zune HD?

BY Chris Dannen
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A flurry of Zune-related fan art has coursed across the tech blogs this week, most of it aimed at predicting the form and function of a Zune "HD"--an alleged full-screen Zune that Microsoft may release later this year. ...READ»

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iFive: BP and the Arts, Animals Love Innovation too, Italy Crashes Out, Microsoft Goes Very Mobile, Facebook's New Employee

BY Addy Dugdale
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As Little Italy drowned its sorrows with buckets of grappa and espresso chasers, innovation was poking fun at oil giants, skittering around on its bionic paws and playing Hunt the New Facebook Employee in the corridors of the White ...READ»

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Patent Happy

BY Fast Company Staff
Relevancy Score: 32

When last we visited our friends in Redmond, we wrote about how money can't buy innovation. Back in December, Carleen Hawn chronicled Microsoft's $6.8 billion in annual R&D spending--and how little of it is spent on breakthrough ...READ»

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Windows To Include a "Time Machine" Feature?

BY Chris Dannen
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Seeking to expand the functionality of their Windows Home Server software, Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] is reportedly looking to hire a software development engineer. The job description: someone to put together a "top-notch UI for ...READ»

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