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Jan 02 2009
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Reality check on Microsoft layoffs

Todd Bishop: Speculation about possible layoffs at Microsoft has been swirling for weeks now in the Seattle tech community and online. We've been digging for information on this for a while, talking to people inside Microsoft and others familiar with the company. But so far, at least, we haven't been able to get any reliable information or direct confirmation... View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Jan 02 2009
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Zunes commit ‘mass suicide’

This is like something out of a science-fiction novel: Users of Microsoft's 30 GB Zune music players are reporting in large numbers that the devices crashed and stopped working, en masse, early this morning. View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Dec 27 2008
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Microsoft Live Search targets iPhone

Microsoft's Live Search team hasn't been ignoring the iPhone, despite Google's position as the default search provider for Apple's mobile device. In the MacRumors forums last week, the Live Search team was touting a new mobile version for the iPhone. But there's a catch: Rather than releasing an iPhone app, the Redmond company's search group has tuned its mobile site for the iPhone's Safari browser. The approach means that, even on the Live Search page on the iPhone, the first thing most users see is the Google search field in the browser frame. View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Dec 27 2008
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Vertu Signature Dragon On Display

The Wynn is one of the more luxurious hotels along the Strip at Las Vegas, and it is no surprise to see the building host a whole bunch of high-end items such as exotic cars, designer wear and expensive phones for rich shoppers. The Vertu shop there is currently putting on display its latest luxury cell phone - the Vertu Signature Dragon. Just like the Vertu Signature Cobra, the Dragon has yet to be featured on the company's website to date. This looks like a pretty mean phone, and it would be cool if the dragon's eyes could glow in red whenever there is an incoming call. Oh yeah, don't expect it to breathe fire although it will definitely set your pockets burning a huge hole once you realize how ...
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Dec 20 2008
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Google search share hits new high, as Microsoft matches its all-time low

Will this provide more fuel for Yahoo-Microsoft-search negotiations? New numbers from comScore Networks show Google rising to a record 63.5 percent of U.S. search queries in November, continuing to steadily build on its market dominance.. Microsoft's Live Search, meanwhile, slipped to 8.3 percent of the market -- matching the previous low the Redmond company saw in August of this year. View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Dec 18 2008
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Mac beats all comers on reliability, support

For the second year running, Apple Inc.'s computers are the most reliable and its support the most dependable of all computer makers selling in the U.S., a national chain of computer service shops said today. Apple's Macs beat machines sold and supported by Panasonic Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Toshiba Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., according to Rescuecom Corp.'s third annual reliability report. Apple, which took the top spot last year, more than doubled its score from 2007 and again trounced the competition, this year posting a score 43% higher than next-best Panasonic. View Full Article: Computerworld
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Dec 18 2008
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Shopping for a Holiday Gift for the Family? Top Tech Tips to Consider This Festive Season

A recent holiday consumer study revealed that consumers may be changing their spending this season: Two out of three Americans admit they will consider spending less on family and friends this year than they did last year. Nearly half will give one large family gift as opposed to many smaller individual items. Nearly three-fourths of Americans will give gifts that provide their family and friends with entertainment while staying home. Money-saving options are available for families that are demanding more from their personal technology, such as creating greeting cards or family photo albums at home, or tracking and organizing finances using the latest software. Holiday shoppers who are looking for quality at a low price will find that Microsoft Office Home and Student (http://www.office.microsoft.com) offers the latest essential software for $149.95 (estimated retail price). ...
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Dec 14 2008
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Microsoft’s first iPhone app: Live Labs releases Seadragon Mobile viewer

Given the popularity of the iPhone, this was bound to happen sometime, and here it is: Microsoft Live Labs today becomes the first group inside the Redmond company to release an application for Apple's mobile phone. Seadragon Mobile, published to the App Store this afternoon, is a free demonstration program meant to test the viability of the high-tech Seadragon photo-display technology on mobile platforms. View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Dec 13 2008
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Key data center architect leaves Microsoft, headed for Amazon

James Hamilton, one of the big brains behind Microsoft's data center strategy, has left the company, according to a note on his Microsoft home page. And we just confirmed that he's headed across town to Amazon.com, one of Microsoft's key rivals in the market for Web services and cloud computing. View Full Article: Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog
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Dec 09 2008
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University Tuition Could Include File Sharing License

Universities across the country are getting a glimpse at a plan to sell untrammeled access to music that could eventually be offered to the population at large. Warner Music Group representative and digital music luminary Jim Griffin is shopping the unlimited music plan to several high-profile American universities including Cornell, Columbia and the University of Chicago, according to TechDirt. Although talks are in the early stages, they could lead to ISP-level music licenses offered to the general public at the ISP level. View Full Article: Wired
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