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Microsoft gets social with so.cl

Microsoft gets social with so.cl

Microsoft is throwing its hat into the niche-social arena by going after students in a bold and likely-futile move with...

Microsoft employees like Capri Sun, Google employees like bacon

Microsoft employees like Capri Sun, Google employees like bacon

They say you can tell a lot about a company by the type of people that work for it. Are...

Kinect to a full version of Internet Explorer with the Xbox 360

Kinect to a full version of Internet Explorer with the Xbox 360

It could be a play to increase the number of Internet Explorer users. It could be a differentiator between them...

Microsoft Store’s $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally

Microsoft Store’s $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally

With any payment plan, you will likely pay more than you would if you bought the product up front. That's...

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

A smart, huge company should buy Yahoo immediately

There is value in Yahoo. It's real and tangible. While conventional wisdom would look at the trends and the follies...

Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft’s offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?

Will Yahoo passing up on Microsoft’s offer go down as the biggest business blunder in tech history?

There's a reason why mothers shouldn't judge their children in beauty pageants, why chefs rarely run the business side of...

Microsoft joins forces with with Barnes and Noble against Amazon, Apple

Microsoft joins forces with with Barnes and Noble against Amazon, Apple

There are certain brick and mortar outlets that simply refuse to go down without a fight. Barnes & Noble is...

Microsoft has its cake and eats it too in deal with AOL, Facebook

Microsoft has its cake and eats it too in deal with AOL, Facebook

When Microsoft won the auction that brought over 925 US patents from AOL's portfolio, there was clear indication that Facebook...

Smartphones and smart ads: Microsoft ups their game

Smartphones and smart ads: Microsoft ups their game

Essentially everyone has a smartphone now. If you don’t, don’t feel badly – my phone is intelligent enough to function...

Google blinks in battle with Microsoft to focus their gaze on Facebook

Google blinks in battle with Microsoft to focus their gaze on Facebook

There has been a conspicuous lack of news about Google Apps, their cloud-based business software division, over the past few...

Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets

Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets

While national and worldwide agencies wage a war against online crime through the criminal courts, Microsoft is finding success using...

The Windows Phone may be the best but it isn’t helping Nokia

The Windows Phone may be the best but it isn’t helping Nokia

Chances are if you're reading this article that you and most of the people you know have a smartphone. If...