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Asus VivoTab Smart hands-on demo

on January 7, 2013 10:51 pm + 2 comments

Tom Warren goes hands-on with the VivoTab Smart. Continue reading…
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Samsung Ativ Odyssey entry-level Windows Phone coming to Verizon in the 'coming weeks'

By Aaron Souppouris on January 7, 2013 06:26 pm + 21 comments

After originally being announced in October last year, Samsung's Ativ Odyssey will finally arrive on Continue reading…
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Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky launches new 'Learn by Shipping' blog

By Tom Warren on January 3, 2013 01:40 pm + 34 comments

Former Windows and Windows Live president Steven Sinofsky abruptly left Microsoft late last year Continue reading…
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City of Chicago signs four-year Microsoft cloud services deal to save $400K annually

By Tom Warren on January 3, 2013 11:08 am + 82 comments

The City of Chicago is announcing a four-year agreement with Microsoft today that will see it use Continue reading…
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Microsoft's cloud-based GPS gets your location with a tiny fraction of the power

By Jeff Blagdon on December 24, 2012 09:08 pm + 97 comments

Microsoft Research is working on a GPS technology that gets around high power requirements by Continue reading…
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Microsoft working with US military to create Kinect-powered physical therapy system

By Justin Rubio on December 18, 2012 04:05 pm + 15 comments

If all goes as planned, Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor camera will be used to help provide Continue reading…
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Microsoft's new Windows chief discusses Sinofsky, the iPad, and a transition to touch

By Tom Warren on December 14, 2012 03:35 am + 214 comments

In an interview with MIT Technology Review, Microsoft's new head of Windows, Julie Larson-Green, has Continue reading…
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Microsoft pulls back the covers on Socl, opens its social network to the public

By Jeff Blagdon on December 4, 2012 08:11 pm + 145 comments

Microsoft is opening the doors on Socl, the mysterious social network project from its FUSE research Continue reading…
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The darknet rises: how Microsoft engineers predicted the failure of DRM as we knew it

By Aaron Souppouris on December 1, 2012 12:32 pm + 48 comments

In 2002, four Microsoft engineers presented a paper titled The Darknet and the Future of Content Continue reading…
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How Apple can build the next-generation TV

By Nilay Patel on November 29, 2012 12:12 pm + 475 comments

In 2010 Steve Jobs sat on stage at the D: All Things Digital Conference and took a question from an Continue reading…