US technology giant Microsoft on Thursday reported a 19 percent year-on-year increase in profit despite contending with the fast-declining personal computer market.
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Apr 18, 2013
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If fewer people are interested in buying a new personal computer, then fewer investors want to own stakes in companies whose fortunes are tied to the sales of laptop and desktop machines.
Business
Apr 11, 2013
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Microsoft is skewering Google again with ads and regulatory bashing that say as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.
Business
Apr 9, 2013
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Sales of traditional desktop and mobile personal computers are expected to drop 7.6 percent this year as consumers shift to tablets and other devices, a market tracker said Thursday.
Business
Apr 4, 2013
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Small tablet computers are marketplace hits, with economically-priced devices powered by Google's Android software taking share from Apple iPads, according to International Data Corporation.
Business
Mar 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Beyond reading body motions, Kinect is getting a workup by researchers at Microsoft, now showing substantial control additions. Microsoft Research this week showed how Microsoft Kinect for Windows may be used ...
Intended as a flagship for its Chrome operating system, Google's new Chromebook Pixel feels too much like overkill.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 6, 2013
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Microsoft is escalating its efforts to bring the latest version of Internet Explorer to more than 700 million personal computers in an attempt to re-establish the software maker's browser as the best way to surf the Web.
Software
Feb 26, 2013
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For those eager to embrace the tablet era but who need to keep a foot in the PC past, Microsoft's new Surface Windows 8 Pro would seem to be the perfect device.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 14, 2013
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Microsoft's latest quarterly earnings slipped, even as the world's largest software maker showed modest progress adjusting to a shift away from the personal computers that have been its financial foundation for decades.
Business
Jan 24, 2013
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