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Microsoft redesigns advanced boot options for Windows 8

Microsoft redesigns advanced boot options for Windows 8

On supported hardware, Windows 8 can boot really, really quickly. That's because Microsoft has changed the way the boot process works and designed it to take advantage of systems that use UEFI...

Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal (Pamela Parker/Search Engine Land)

Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal (Pamela Parker/Search Engine Land)

Pamela Parker / Search Engine Land : Former Yahoo Executive Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud Charge Related To Microsoft Deal The Search Alliance between Yahoo and Microsoft had some unintended...

Ad suggests Nokia Lumia 900 will run Windows Phone 8

Ad suggests Nokia Lumia 900 will run Windows Phone 8

News out of China according to Microsoft is that Windows Phones are selling better than Apples iPhones, but perhaps Microsoft is setting their sight even further by having a supposed feature leak...

Apple beats IBM and Google to top global brand report, as tech firms dominate

Apple beats IBM and Google to top global brand report, as tech firms dominate

Technology companies dominate the worlds most valuable brands, according to the 2012 Brandz Top 100 report ,which saw iPhone and iPad maker Apple hold off IBM and Google to top the pile again.

This Kickstarter for Startups Will Trade Equity for Funding

This Kickstarter for Startups Will Trade Equity for Funding

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the...

Microsoft predicts 350 million Windows 7 devices shipped by the end of 2012

Microsoft predicts 350 million Windows 7 devices shipped by the end of 2012

Microsoft is predicting big things for Windows 7 even though rumors are pointing to Windows 8 launching this year. Windows 8 is expected around October, but as history tells us with operating...

Germany Kicks Microsoft StreetSide to the Curb

Germany Kicks Microsoft StreetSide to the Curb

StreetSide, Microsoft's equivalent to Google's Street View, has removed its services from Germany, according to Germany's Der Spiegel . People can still access overhead maps of Germany, but the...

Microsoft tells how to make fast launching Windows 8 Metro apps

Microsoft tells how to make fast launching Windows 8 Metro apps

In a new blog post, Microsoft offers Windows 8 Metro app developers some hints and tips on how to make their apps launch for their users quickly and responsively. Read more...

Microsoft puts Azure accelerator in Bangalore to woo startups

Microsoft puts Azure accelerator in Bangalore to woo startups

In its push to get traction for Windows Azure as a development-and-deployment platform for cloud services, Microsoft is opening an Azure accelerator in its Bangalore office.The goal is to help the...

Is the Facebook IPO the Death of Innovation?

Is the Facebook IPO the Death of Innovation?

Is Microsoft innovative? Not as much as they once were. Is Yahoo innovative? How about RIM, or HP? These companies are decades away from their last innovation and all but Microsoft are a few last...