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Microsoft Invests in Dell to go Private why would Microsoft do this?
The Dell board today voted to take the company private in a $24.4 Billion dollar takeover plan. The plan has shareholders in the company receiving $13.65 per share for their existing shares. The big surprise in the deal has been the over $2B investment from Microsoft. The investment has many worried about what it will [...]
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Microsoft Surface Pro Loses 40+ Gigs to OS
Set to release on February 4th, the new Microsoft Surface Pro has what some might call a slight flaw. The Windows 8 tablet device storage is gobbled up by around 41GB of out of the box OS and seems to leave little storage for day-to-day use. The device which has many excited about native applications [...]
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Could Microsoft’s Hardware Push drive them to Invest in Dell?
The news today was abuzz with information that Microsoft is talking with Dell to invest up to $3B of financing for a Dell private takeover. Dell needs an estimated $20B to take the company private and has been in discussions with finance groups to get the needed capital. The problem with this news is it [...]
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Microsoft Messenger RIP 03-15-13 Let the Mourning Begin
Microsoft has announced that it is officially pulling the plug on its Messenger program on 03-15-13 and many are already upset while others are just saying “good riddance.” Skype will replace messenger and current users are being notified that they must migrate their accounts over by the end date to avoid a disruption in service. [...]
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Surface Pro Gets Priced Hope You’ve Been Really Nice This Year
For a niche product, the new Microsoft Surface Pro will bear a hefty price for those wanting a tablet that will run native Windows 8 applications. Microsoft has released its pricing for the upcoming Pro version of its latest tablet. The Surface Pro, which will start at $899 for a 64GB version and goes up [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 73
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So What’s up with Windows 8?
After what seemed like a somewhat non-news launch of Microsoft Windows 8 a week ago tomorrow, the news and word on the street about the new operating system has seemed very quiet. Though there were several reports of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft ‘s CEO claiming four million upgrades of the OS in four days it seems [...]
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Tiny Bits: 60 Second Catch up for the Week of 10-22 to 10-26
Tiny Bits: Latest news from the tech world and looks cloudy summed up in 60 seconds or less. Brits Love the Microsoft Surface – Pre-orders of the Microsoft Surface sold out in the UK but was it a sellout or marketing hype? Pinterest, Foursquare, Reddit affected by latest Amazon Cloud Outage- Yet another major outage [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 72
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Reviews are Pouring in on the Microsoft Surface RT and though Mixed “Outlook not so Good”
Today there have been droves of reviews hitting the internet on the new Microsoft Surface tablet with Windows 8 RT. So far things aren’t looking so good for the much-anticipated product. Though its not quite clear why there are so many reviews hitting the net today, it may be that a news release embargo has [...]
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Brits Love the Microsoft Surface
Well at least that’s what Microsoft would like you to think. 32GB versions of the base model Microsoft Surface have sold out after a week on the pre-order market. This has some skeptics thinking that Microsoft is trying to pull a fast one with some marketing hype. Though there is no proof of this, it [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 68
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Microsoft Creates Clear Line Between Business and Personal with Windows 8 and Surface
The line between business and personal is becoming more and more blurred. Companies like Apple have figured this out and built products that seamlessly intertwine the two. It seems surprising that Microsoft, a company looking to redefine itself with Windows 8 continues to define a clear line between business and personal. A good example of [...]
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Microsoft Announces Surface Pricing a Week before Rumored iPad Mini Launch
Just a Week before the rumored Apple iPad Mini launch, Microsoft has released pricing on its much-anticipated Surface tablet. The not so surprising move has the surface tablet competing with the current iPad lineup and has the Surface starting at $499 to $699 for the Wi-Fi only model. Rumors of the iPad Mini set to [...]
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Microsoft Changes Everything! Oh and their Logo…
Those IT solution providers who have an aversion to change just might want go hide out for the rest of 2012. Microsoft has decided that on top of all of the other changes they have brought and will be bringing this year; a new look to the “oh so” familiar logo was in order. The [...]
