Microsoft articles

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  Steve Ballmer-led group to buy Sacramento Kings, bring basketball back to Seattle

  By Tim Carmody on January 9, 2013 03:56 pm + 102 comments

  A group led by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen are finalizing a deal Continue reading…

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  Patent Office, DOJ weigh in on the improper use of standards patents to ban products

  By Matt Macari on January 9, 2013 01:20 pm + 7 comments

  The US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Department of Justice joined the ever-growing debate Continue reading…

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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…