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Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer […]
1sqbox unveils new educational app
1sqbox LLC (pronounced One Square Box), a Baltimore-based software and hardware development firm, has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to build an educational application designed specifically for Microsoft’s Windows 8 Surface […]
Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops
SAN FRANCISCO — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes […]
Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft‘s retooled version of its Office software is hitting the market as the company tries to extend one of its key franchises beyond personal computers. Tuesday’s debut […]
Analysts: PC sales got no boost from Windows 8
NEW YORK — A research firm says sales of personal computers in the U.S. didn’t get any boost from the launch of Windows 8, confounding the hopes of Microsoft and […]
Microsoft CEO hails imminent release of Windows 8
NEW YORK — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the imminent release of the company’s Windows operating system after two years of work. Windows 8 is the most dramatic overhaul of […]
Early look at Windows 8 baffles consumers
NEW YORK — The release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for […]
Gates: New Windows 8 system is ‘very exciting’
NEW YORK — Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month “a very exciting new product” and “a very big […]
Microsoft pledges Windows developers generosity
NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue […]
