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With 'One Microsoft,' CEO Ballmer sees sweeping reorganization of Microsoft ranks

One Microsoft comes as Microsoft attempts to move from a desktop computing company to a mobile computing one.
Horizons At Build 2013, Microsoft unveils Windows 8.1 (complete with Start button)

Microsoft showed off Windows 8.1, the first major update to its computer/tablet operating system, at the Build developer conference on Wednesday.
USA Update Landslide on Puget Sound part of a geological pattern. Is it over?

The massive landslide on Whidbey Island near Seattle this week is part of a larger complex of slides on Puget Sound islands going back thousands of years. It may not be over yet.
European Commission fines Microsoft, warns others

In an unprecedented move Wednesday, the European Commission fined Microsoft Corp for failing to follow through on a commitment it made to give customers a clear choice of web browser. The fine of 561 million euros ($731 million) represents 1 percent of Microsoft's annual sales.
Microsoft Word on the iPad? Not so fast, Ballmer says

Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer downplays the imminent arrival of iOS-compatible Office software.
Office 365 brings the cloud home

Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium, a subscription-based version of the new Office software, debuts today.
Horizons Weeks after launch of Windows 8, Microsoft's Windows guru waves goodbye

Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky is leaving Microsoft. What's behind his exit?
Horizons Will Microsoft build its own Windows phone?

Rumors continue to percolate about the arrival of a Windows Phone 8 device built by Microsoft. And that would probably make Nokia very unhappy indeed.
Horizons Windows 8 is a go. Now which Windows device to buy?

Windows 8 tablet? Laptop? Finding a Windows 8 device to love.
Horizons Windows 8 tiles infringed on our patent, says SurfCast

A Maine company claims that Microsoft used its live tile technology in Windows 8.
Horizons Windows 8 goes live, marking a 'new era' for Microsoft

Windows 8 officially launched today at a press event in New York. So is the new Microsoft OS any good?
With Windows 8, Microsoft seeks to re-imagine PC industry

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the new Surface tablet and the Windows 8 operating system will shake up the ailing PC market.
Microsoft earnings: a miss. Its new era? Unclear.

Missing profit expectations, Microsoft looks to Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8. But skepticism is growing that Microsoft's 'new era' will propel slumping PC sales.
Microsoft launches charity for young people

Microsoft says global initiative YouthSpark aims to create education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities for 300 million youths. The $500 million philanthropic venture is Microsoft's biggest ever.
Horizons Microsoft to ring in Windows 8 with major launch event

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promises Windows 8 will 're-imagine the world from the ground up.'
Horizons Microsoft shaves $40 off price of Kinect

The Xbox Kinect will now retail for $109.99, Microsoft announced today.
New Microsoft Office designed for fingers, styluses, keyboards, and mice

Microsoft preps for "the most ambitious release of Office we’ve ever done," says CEO. But will it be a jack-of-all-trades, master of none?
Horizons Microsoft to Apple: Bring it on

Windows 8 will be released in October, Microsoft announced at a conference today. Microsoft showed off some of the devices that will run Windows 8, and also announced its acquisition of touchscreen company Perceptive Pixel.
The Reformed Broker Microsoft to Apple: We're coming for you now

Microsoft has learned (the hard way) that it cannot sit idly by anymore hoping its partners such as Dell and Hewlett Packard will develop effective hardware. Microsoft now seems ready to become more proactive in its bid to compete with Apple.
Horizons Yammer: Microsoft's billion-dollar social bid

Microsoft paid $1.2 billion to acquire Yammer, an enterprise social network company. Yammer's got a lot of users -- and Microsoft plans to use that base to make the Office suite more useful.
Windows Phone 8: Should a phone act more like a PC?

Microsoft rolled out Windows Phone 8, an operating system that resembles Windows 8 for PCs. While the software is not identical across devices, programmers will have an easier time moving applications from one to another.
Can Windows 8 tablets rekindle Microsoft's mojo?

Microsoft introduced its own pair of tablet computers running Windows 8 software.
Chapter & Verse Microsoft Surface: first serious iPad competitor?

The new Microsoft Surface has the capability of a PC and a full multi-touch keyboard.
Microsoft announces a tablet of its own, the Surface

The tablet comes with a keyboard built into its over and is aimed at Apple's iPad.
How WTO membership made China the workshop of the world

China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) a decade ago primed it for high-speed growth. Other countries have seen benefits as well – but say China has also become adept at getting around the rules.
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