02/11/13 COMPREHENSIVE REAL-TIME NEWS FEED FOR MICROSOFT.

• Bill Gates Answers Reddit AMA Questions About His Bucket List, Windows 7 vs 8 and Vaccinations_{2013-02-11, 09:04 pm}
  Bill Gates, philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, was on social networking news site Reddit Monday morning to be part of an "Ask Me Anything" chat.
• Skulls of the Shogun _{2013-02-11, 08:57 pm}
  Microsoft, a dominant force in the technology industry until relatively recently, now finds itself in a battle to remain relevant.
• SplendidCRM Releases Version 7.0 and Personal Editions for Surface, Android and iPad Tablets_{2013-02-11, 08:41 pm}
  )--SplendidCRM Software, Inc., a pioneering provider of Microsoft-centric Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, has released version 7.0 with a focus on HTML5 along with Personal Editions for the most popular tablets today, including the ...
• Bill Gates: Don't Leave Kids 'Massive Amount Of Money' _{2013-02-11, 08:36 pm}
  You knew he was a billionaire who founded Microsoft after dropping out of Harvard, but had you heard about Bill Gates penchant for jumping over chairs? That's right, the 57-year-old co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation answered questions big and small Monday afternoon on a Reddit Ask Me Anything, joining the ranks of Barack Obama , Neil ... (more)
• Bill Gates on Philanthropy, Steve Jobs and the Microsoft Product That Never Was _{2013-02-11, 08:31 pm}
  Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, creator of the Windows software platform, and one of the richest people in the world, has a hundred bucks in his pocket right now.
• Bill Gates talks polio, WinFS, and cheeseburgers in Reddit interview _{2013-02-11, 08:28 pm}
  To promote his latest annual letter , Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-and, of course, founder of Microsoft-answered questions today in a Reddit Ask Me Anything interview.
• A Video Demo of the Surface Pro from the Microsoft Launch _{2013-02-11, 08:09 pm}
  On Saturday, February 9, Microsoft unleashed its second salvo against the dominance of Apple's iPad in the post PC tablet world, the Surface Pro.
• Microsoft releases Surface "Getting Started" PDF guide _{2013-02-11, 08:01 pm}
  I would imagine that the we will be able to charge Surface wirelessly in the future, just like we do with Lumia 920 No printed User's Manual, as one gets with a laptop or desktop system? How cheap.
• More 'next Xbox' rumors pop up: 500 GB hard drive, Kinect 2.0 details and more _{2013-02-11, 08:01 pm}
  ... no word if the next Xbox will require a constant online Internet connection, as what was reported last week . Microsoft will show sometime in the next couple months, especially with PS4 announcement next week. E3 is when all of the details come out ...
• Smartphone highest in U.S. user satisfaction is ... Motorola Atrix HD? _{2013-02-11, 08:00 pm}
  ... focus on a few core high-quality devices, and then peddle mainly crap. don't you love statistics? I remember when Microsoft recently had a problem with app reviews in the app store because it didn't weigh in the actual number of reviews. An app with ...
• Bill Gates on the future of computing _{2013-02-11, 07:57 pm}
  Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, took to Reddit and chatted about scores of issues.
• Facebook Looks to Bolster Its Analytics _{2013-02-11, 07:45 pm}
  ... whole lot of sense for both parties. It would allow Facebook to be taken more seriously by marketers and would let Microsoft shed nonessential assets so it can better focus on its efforts to expand the presence of its freshly minted Windows 8 ...
• Windows 8 laptop as photo backup device _{2013-02-11, 07:39 pm}
  ... and browse files on cards within the camera body. So far so good. After downloading some extra software from Microsoft, the computer was even able to display the RAW files within the File Explorer. Windows 8 on a non-touch laptop proved to be even ...
• Microsoft Has Built An Interactive Video Production Studio In Santa... _{2013-02-11, 07:30 pm}
  ... works as a writer for TechCrunch. Learn More Today at the D: Dive Into Media conference, representatives from Microsoft provided more details on its new video production studio, which will provide a whole new level of interactivity for viewers. ...
• Microsoft Surface Pro Versus ... Google? _{2013-02-11, 07:30 pm}
  The already polarized masses are arguing either that the new device falls short of the iPad's tablet chops, or that the productivity capabilities mean Microsoft has redefined the entire space.
• An inconvenient truth _{2013-02-11, 07:27 pm}
  LAST year, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates gave $US10 million to British scientists to crack a problem he hoped might help solve the looming world food crisis.
• Dell denies takeover a rotten deal _{2013-02-11, 07:21 pm}
  ... to help pay for the deal. The rest of the money would be supplied by the investment firm Silver Lake, loans from Microsoft and a group of banks. The loans will burden Dell with debts that could leave the company with less money to invest in ...
• Secure boot loader now available to allow Linux to work on Windows 8 PCs _{2013-02-11, 07:06 pm}
  ... way up to the software layer, which could thwart attempts to install illicit, and harmful, software on computers. Microsoft requires UEFI on all machines running Windows 8. While OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) have the option of providing a ...
• It's Valentine's Week: Learn how to Love Your Virtual Data More... _{2013-02-11, 05:09 pm}
  ... Consulting Partner for Zuora providing SaaS billing as well as integration solutions with Oracle, Salesforce and Microsoft. Frontera is the largest Zuora partner consultancy practice in the world, experienced in the most Zuora engagements driven to ...
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