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• Asustek, Microsoft in Talks on Windows 8 Phones _{2013-01-17, 02:23 am}
  Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer Inc. is in talks with Microsoft Corp. on a licensing deal to offer Windows 8 mobile phones, an executive said, making it the latest Asian computer maker eyeing the new operating system as a possible differentiator in the cutthroat smartphone market.
• Pokki's Start Button for Windows 8 Gets Even Better _{2013-01-17, 02:17 am}
  ... " Chester Ng, co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs, told Mashable during a demo of the original app. "We agree with Microsoft that that one is outdated, and has a bunch of things that people don't use. So we decided to take a familiar, yet modernized, ...
• Microsoft unveils HelpBridge emergency disaster app for Android, iOS, and Windows Phone _{2013-01-17, 01:02 am}
  ... ones. During and after the event, getting help and locating friends and family can be difficult. Earlier today, Microsoft unveiled HelpBridge, an app designed to make it easy to quickly send messages during and after a distaster to a library of ...
• There's a War in Cyberspace over Icons vs. Text _{2013-01-17, 12:47 am}
  ... corner: Another developers group, the Association for Competitive Technology , which formed 15 years ago to defend Microsoft against antitrust charges. They favor an icon-based dashboard that explains further when users click on pictures, figuring ...
• Army upgrades security, collaboration, home use with joint enterprise license _{2013-01-17, 12:45 am}
  The Army , along with the Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency, have access to the newest versions of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Windows 8, under a $617 million joint enterprise license agreed to in December.
• Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Must Overcome 10 Market Challenges _{2013-01-16, 11:17 pm}
  NEWS ANALYSIS: Microsoft will start shipping its Surface Pro tablet soon. Although it may receive a stronger market reception than the Surface RT, it will still face some challenges.
• PC titans take notes from tablets to regain customers _{2013-01-16, 11:11 pm}
  ... look over iPads at a Hong Kong store. The iPad's arrival in 2010 has put PC-focused companies like Intel and Microsoft on the back foot, with other companies, including Amazon.com, Samsung Electronics and Google all offering their own tablet ...
• Microsoft opens Azure cloud to Linux apps and VMs _{2013-01-11, 06:14 am}
  ... flexibility of the Windows Azure platform, said Gianugo Rabellino, senior director for open source communities at Microsoft Open Technologies on the company's official blog . Microsoft Open Technologies was launched in April 2012 as a wholly owned ...
• Hard drive crap _{2013-01-16, 08:38 pm}
  ... even the names of most of them. It also stinks to high heaven of sloppy, lazy, software design by companies like Microsoft that have gotten fat and lazy. Even if this mess is unavoidable, it is entirely unnecessary for vast amounts of this muck to ...
• Microsoft may look to Skype to power voice chat on the next Xbox _{2013-01-16, 08:26 pm}
  A new rumor suggests that after spending $8.5 billion acquiring voice over IP giant Skype in 2011, Microsoft may hope to see a return on its investment by tasking the firm with control of voice chat in the successor to the Xbox 360.
• Microsoft Security Essentials fails AV-Test certification _{2013-01-16, 08:16 pm}
  ... that AV-Test performed all antivirus testing on Windows 7, so it's unclear if the integrated implementation of Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 8 performs any better than the standalone free suite for Windows 7. my grandmas computer got the ...
• Microsoft gets you in touch with your loved ones during a disaster with HelpBridge _{2013-01-16, 08:08 pm}
  ... minds (after making sure we are alirght) is getting in touch with our loved ones to make sure they are doing ok. Microsoft has launched a new app for various mobile platforms, including the Windows Phone, which does just this. "Available today in ...
• Microsoft teases Surface Pro as 90-day deadline nears _{2013-01-16, 08:07 pm}
  Microsoft teased the Surface Pro Wednesday, hinting that the company will soon announce an on-sale date for its second tablet.
• Why I love Windows 8 _{2013-01-16, 07:47 pm}
  I ran across a diary recently that had a lot of reasons not to love Microsoft's new offering.
• More is worse: about detail in icons _{2013-01-16, 07:46 pm}
  ... that Windows RT is the full Windows - it's exactly the same as regular Windows, except that it runs on ARM. Microsoft responded to the jailbreak as well . And so this situation is starting to get ridiculous - and consumers are, as usual, caught in ...
• Microsoft supports unified management for Cloud OS _{2013-01-16, 06:58 pm}
  Microsoft is upgrading System Center so businesses can manage datacentre resources under a single platform regardless of whether those resources are spread out across private, public and hybrid clouds or within Microsoft's Azure cloud service.
• Microsoft bombs another security test _{2013-01-16, 06:29 pm}
  For the second test in a row, Microsoft Security Essentials has failed to be certified as effective by AV-Test.org , an independent testing lab based in Germany.
• Microsoft Launches HelpBridge For iOS, Windows Phone And Android,... _{2013-01-16, 06:28 pm}
  ... ones as soon as possible, either to tell them that you're fine or to make sure they are. To make this easier, Microsoft is launching HelpBridge today, a mobile app for iOS , Android and Windows Phone . HelpBridge, which is based on Microsoft's ...
• The iPhone 6 won't wow: 6 reasons why _{2013-01-16, 06:24 pm}
  ... ago -- without upsetting hordes of legacy users is a task of Microsoftian proportions. And it only works out for Microsoft about half the time. 2. Samsung and Android are rocking it lately: Sales, reviews, and anecdotal chatter all tell the tale of ...
• European leaders headlining annual forum in Davos _{2013-01-16, 06:08 pm}
  ... and CEOs of global companies are due to attend the event Jan. 23-27. Others who are expected to attend include Microsoft founder Bill Gates, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and International Monetary ...