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Report: AMD Ryzen Processors To Supplant Intel In Microsoft's New Surface Laptop 3
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 12:28pm | 396The rumor has surfaced yet again. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s newest Surface laptop iteration will have processors from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), according to a report in WinFuture. Microsoft is set to unveil Surface Laptop 3 at a hardware event in early Oct., and...
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Bank Of America Just Called Microsoft 'Cool'
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 11:54am | 630Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is closing out the first quarter of 2016 relatively flat, with a year-to-date read down 0.15 percent. Perhaps in an attempt at a Hail Mary play, the firm recently took steps that have been interpreted as keen interest in potentially buying out Yahoo! Inc. (...
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FBR Increasingly Positive On Microsoft Following Windows 10 Adoption Data
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 2:43pm | 346Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Monday morning, ahead of tech event CES 2016, that 200 million devices have adopted and are now running on Windows 10 – its latest OS, launched last July. After the upbeat announcement, FBR & Co. analyst Daniel H. Ives decided to...
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Microsoft Layoffs Won't Derail Its 'Aggressive' Strategy Against Apple
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 2:33pm | 496Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) headcount may plummet, but the company's core initiatives are likely to move forward as planned. Last year the company opened a large number of stores throughout the United States. Many of these outlets have popped up in malls where Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has...
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Weekly Highlights: Surface Pro 3, Rackspace M&A Speculation And More
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 11:36am | 225Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new tablet promised a world of innovation, but it wasn't necessarily the tablet that investors expected to see last week. Instead of a seven-inch Surface, the company unveiled a tablet that was somewhat bigger than any it had developed before. In addition to...
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Is Surface Pro 3 The Most Groundbreaking Tablet Yet?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 3:24pm | 723Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) unveiled the Surface Pro 3 Tuesday, bringing a host of new features to the world of Windows tablets. With a 12-inch ClearType Full HD display, the new Surface Pen (which could be far more sensitive than a typical stylus), a new touch pad (for the new Type Cover) and...
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Surface Mini Rumor Roundup
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 4:45pm | 101Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will hold an event on Tuesday, May 20 to unveil something. No one knows exactly what that something will be, but many assume it will be related to the company's miniature Surface tablet. Benzinga will bring you all the details surrounding Microsoft's event this week....
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Sources: Apple Set To Offer iPad Multitasking
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 10:58am | 647According to 9to5 Mac, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) upcoming iOS 8 will offer split-screen multitasking similar to that on Microsoft's Surface tablet series. Sources told the website the feature would allow users to run and interact with two iPad applications at once, including the ability to drag...
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Intel Paves Way For $99 Tablets
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:44pm | 457Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is reportedly developing low-cost, entry-level platforms for Android tablet manufacturers. According to DigiTimes, the company will add Android support for Bay Trail-T (a system on a chip for tablets) by the end of the year. Bay Trail-T was initially launched for Windows...
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Windows 8 Now Loaded Onto 9.3% Of All PCs
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 1:31pm | 459More consumers and business professionals are using Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) latest operating system than ever before. According to The Next Web, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 can now be found on 9.3 percent of all computers. This includes notebooks, desktops and tablet hybrids, such as Surface. On...
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SLIDESHOW: Apple's First TV, New iPads And More From The Fourth Week Of October
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 2:48pm | 211The past week was nearly dominated by Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many product announcements. New iPads, new Mac Book Pros, new details on the Mac Pro -- the list went on and on. The only thing missing was Apple's first TV set, though the rumor mill helped consumers cope with that. The unconfirmed...
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Clearance Knocks $100 Off MSRP
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 1:43pm | 579Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reduced the price of its first-generation Surface Pro tablets. Consumers will now pay $699 for the 64GB model (down from $799) and $799 for the 128GB iteration (down from $899). The new prices -- which were first discovered by The Next Web -- have already taken effect...
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Apple's iPad 5 Event To Crash Surface Release Party On October 22
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 10:36am | 423Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to unveil the fifth-generation iPad on Tuesday, October 22. If that date sounds familiar, it's because Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will release the next-generation Surface tablets (Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2) on that same day. According to AllThingsD, Nokia (NYSE:...
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Microsoft's Surface 2 May Be Hurt By Late Arrival, High Prices And Weak Ecosystem
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 9:43am | 496Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) being hurt by its late arrival to the tablet market? In the months and years after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPad in April 2010, dozens of companies entered the fray. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Toshiba (...
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New Surface, New Kindle Fire, Record-Breaking iPhone Sales And More From The Final Week Of September
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:54am | 208Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...