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Will Windows 10 Replace Windows 7's Dominance?
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 4:22pm | 324Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) continue to surge on Thursday, after the company released, on Wednesday, the much-awaited upgrade to Windows 8.1. Windows 10 was rolled out as a free update for previous versions of the operating system. Related Link: How Microsoft's...
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The Report Card: Satya Nadella Completes One Year As Microsoft's CEO
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 3:32pm | 456Exactly a year ago, tech giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) appointed Satya Nadella to take the CEO reins of the company from Steve Ballmer. In the past year, Nadella has brought a lot of changes to Microsoft, including giving the company its new strategy of “mobile first, cloud...
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Will Microsoft Corporation's Windows 10 Outsell Windows 8, OS X?
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 12:42pm | 734Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) teased its next OS this week and announced that will be called Windows 10. The new version contains a real Start button and looks like a cross between Windows 7 and Windows 8. Thomas H. Yorke, managing director of Oceanic Capital Management, told Benzinga...
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The Battle Is Over: Microsoft Windows 'Desktop' Beats 'Metro'
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 1:12pm | 602It’s been widely reported that one of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) main goals with its next major version of Windows, known as Threshold, was to bring on board all those Windows 7 holdouts who have been vocal critics of the Windows 8 OS. To that end, ZDNet reported Monday that ‘...
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China Bans Windows 8 Because … Windows XP?
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 9:11am | 573Using logic that might require some untwisting, the Chinese government last week banned the use of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8 operating system on government computers. According to Reuters, the ban was designed, in part, “to ensure computer security after Microsoft ended support for...
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Avoiding Windows XP Armageddon
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 9:43am | 588As Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) support for the Windows XP operating system ends Tuesday, depending on which experts you ask, the world faces either the end of computing as we know it or not much at all. The truth, as is often the case, probably lies in the middle. Although Microsoft will no longer...
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Microsoft Rises 3% After Q2 Earnings Beat
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 4:29pm | 341Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up more than three percent in after hours trading after the company reported its second quarter results. The Windows maker reported a Q2 EPS of $0.78 versus the Street estimate of $0.68. Earnings per share were up three percent from the year-ago period. Revenue came...
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Hewlett-Packard Brings Back Windows 7 "By Popular Demand"
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 12:38pm | 501The Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) website said it all. “Back by popular demand. Customize a new Hewlett-Packard PC with Windows 7 …” Windows 7, of course, is not Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) newest version of its operating system. That would be Windows 8. In fact, according to PC World, many...
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Microsoft's Windows Start Button Coming Back?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 10:32am | 546There’s big news coming out of the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rumor mill this week—at least by Microsoft standards. It seems that the next round of large-scale updates for Windows 8 will include the start menu—the real one this time. Let’s recap the life of that beloved friend for a minute....
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Slideshow: iPhone XL, China Mobile Deal And More From The First Week Of December
Saturday, December 7, 2013 - 12:24pm | 222Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is once again the leader of tech headlines. With investors support for an extra-large smartphone (an iPhone XL, perhaps?), news of a China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) deal and a report that President Obama can't use an iPhone due to security reasons, this week proved to be fairly...
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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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Are Apple's New MacBooks More Problematic than Windows 8?
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 3:20pm | 500First the 2012 and 2013 MacBook Air units had problems -- now Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) latest MacBook Pro is causing headaches for unsuspecting buyers. After surveying hundreds of complaints on Apple's user-to-user support forums, AppleInsider has learned that one key issue is plaguing new...
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Microsoft Jumps 6% After Q1 Earnings Beat
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 3:27pm | 480Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is up more than six percent after reporting its first quarter results. The Windows maker reported a Q1 EPS of $0.62 versus the Street estimate of $0.54. Earnings per share were 17 percent from the year-ago period. Revenue arrived at $18.53 billion versus the estimated $...
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Windows 8.1 Problems Surface (MSFT)
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 9:10am | 561For starters, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) had to pull the Windows 8.1 RT update due to a “situation affecting a limited number of users.” The “situation,” aka, the Blue Screen of Death, was only part of the problem for Windows 8.1. As for the PC version, issues have included booting to a blank...
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Microsoft Might Pay $350 For Your Apple iPhone Or iPad
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 1:28pm | 470How much are used Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) devices worth to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)? The Windows maker has launched a new buyback program with the help of Clover Wireless, a company that specializes in private label trade-ins, buy-backs and repair services for carriers, retailers and OEMs (original...