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ELECTRONICS 
November 16, 2016 How Apple Lost Last Week to Microsoft
How Apple Lost Last Week to Microsoft Last week, Apple and Microsoft had dueling product launch events. And in the tech version of this “Who wore it better?” contest, the winner seems to be: Microsoft. That’s right. At least in the microcosm of last week, Microsoft has made Apple look like the square, after lifting […]
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COMPUTERS 
November 15, 2016 Microsoft HoloLens: A Fully Untethered Holographic Computer
Microsoft announced some big things at its Windows 10 preview. New features offered by Microsoft’s latest operating system and flashy tech were highlights of the preview, but possibly the most eye catching announcement was HoloLens. Microsoft is calling this new product a fully “untethered” holographic computer. This holographic computer looks nothing like the traditional computer with flat […]
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ELECTRONICS 
November 15, 2016 Microsoft Targets Apple Customers With New Computer (Watch)
Microsoft’s Surface Studio Is Built For Creativity College Costs Are On The Rise, And Financial Aid Can’t Keep Up Self-Driving Beer Trucks Are The Wave Of The Future A Computer Glitch Likely Crashed A Robot On Mars Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is going after Apple’s customers with its new desktop computer. The Surface Studio is the first […]
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COMPUTERS 
November 13, 2016 Microsoft Targets Apple Customers With New Computer (Watch)
Microsoft’s Surface Studio Is Built For Creativity College Costs Are On The Rise, And Financial Aid Can’t Keep Up Self-Driving Beer Trucks Are The Wave Of The Future A Computer Glitch Likely Crashed A Robot On Mars Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is going after Apple’s customers with its new desktop computer. The Surface Studio is the first […]
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COMPUTERS 
November 13, 2016 Microsoft HoloLens: A Fully Untethered Holographic Computer
Microsoft announced some big things at its Windows 10 preview. New features offered by Microsoft’s latest operating system and flashy tech were highlights of the preview, but possibly the most eye catching announcement was HoloLens. Microsoft is calling this new product a fully “untethered” holographic computer. This holographic computer looks nothing like the traditional computer with flat […]
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ALL DEALS 
November 7, 2016 Wix Announces Web Design Tools for Microsoft Office 365
Subscribers to Microsoft’s premium Office 365 business package will now also have access to another service. Wix.com announced Feb. 4, 2015 that its drag and drop Web design tools have been integrated into the Office 365 package. Office 365 offers a full suite of Microsoft tools, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for multiple users on […]
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NEWS 
November 3, 2016 Microsoft Sales, Profit Top Estimates as Cloud Demand Soars
HIGHLIGHTS Estimated profit would be 68 cents on revenue of $21.7 billion Revenue from Azure cloud services more than doubled Pledged to reach annualised revenue of $20 billion in cloud business Microsoft Corp.’s first-quarter sales and earnings topped analysts’ estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services. Profit excluding certain items was 76 […]
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NEWS 
November 3, 2016 Google Discloses Windows 10 Bug Under ‘Active Attack’; Microsoft Working on Fix
HIGHLIGHTS Windows 10 vulnerability is win32k.sys system call Google said it’s being “actively exploited” Microsoft is unhappy with Google going public before patch On Monday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group published details of a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10 that allows hackers to escape security sandboxes by using a system call with win32k.sys. The reason […]
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NEWS 
October 30, 2016 Microsoft Makes Its ‘Cognitive Toolkit’ Deep Learning Software Available to All
Microsoft Makes Its ‘Cognitive Toolkit’ Deep Learning Software Available to All HIGHLIGHTS Company claims toolkit is faster than its competitors Contains tools used for company’s speech recognition system The tools were also used for development of virtual assistant Cortana Microsoft has made the updated version of its Cognitive Toolkit, the same set of tools that […]
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ELECTRONICS 
October 24, 2016 Microsoft HoloLens Now Available For Pre-Orders in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK
Microsoft HoloLens Now Available For Pre-Orders in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK HIGHLIGHTS It is now available in a few European markets Australia and New Zealand are also among the new countries HoloLens is the world’s first “self-contained holographic computer” Microsoft stepped into the domain of mixed reality and holographic content […]
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COMPUTERS 
October 14, 2016 Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft
Windows 10 Now Running on 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft HIGHLIGHTS Active devices are those devices that have been active in last 28 days Company initially aimed to have Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by FY18 Microsoft said in July that it will not achieve target in time Microsoft had set an ambitious […]
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ALL DEALS 
October 13, 2016 Microsoft Working to Bring Cortana to Your Car
We last saw Microsoft showing its ‘Windows in the Car’ concept during last year’s Build Developer conference in April. The concept was at that time in its early stages. However, the firm this year has demonstrated an upgraded version of its in-car concept featuring Cortana. The Redmond-based tech giant has separately announced a pilot programme […]
