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Tablets on sidelines? Could happen as NFL and Microsoft enhance interactive experiences
AP Pro Football WriterImagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline. Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at...Tags: Sean Payton, Roger Goodell, Fantasy Football Games, Xbox, Gaming
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Stars align for a Microsoft 'Star Trek' marketing deal
Microsoft Corp. is partnering with Paramount Pictures on a promotional effort for the studio's "Star Trek Into Darkness." It represents the biggest such undertaking ever for the software giant. The Redmond, Wash., company's campaign isn't short on...Tags: Computer Hardware, Star Trek into Darkness (movie), Networking, Xbox, Software Industry
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Microsoft may buy Barnes & Noble's Nook unit for $1 billion
According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. The deal would give Microsoft Barnes & Noble's e-books, homegrown games and...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corporation, Mother's Day
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Netbooks doomed to oblivion by 2015, report says
Looks like the iPad is about to cause another casualty. The latest victim: Netbooks. You remember those small, cuddly laptops launched just a few years ago, with lower power, less functionality and lower prices to match. They were kind of computing...Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corporation, Apple iPad, Google Inc.
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Microsoft developing smaller version of Surface tablet, report says
Microsoft, looking to catch up to rivals, could soon be putting out its own 7-inch tablet. The Wall Street Journal says the Redmond, Wash., company plans to launch a smaller version of its Surface tablet later this year. The report, which cites...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corporation, Google Nexus 7, Apple iPad
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Apple shows importance of branding
Some cool tech products have been introduced recently, but they are coming from companies whose brands aren't as cool as Apple's. That means they'll face an uphill climb in the marketplace. Branding matters a lot in business. It also matters a lot...Tags: Computer Hardware, Media Industry, FedEx Corporation, Demographics, Politics
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Pandora finally available for Windows Phone 8 devices
Pandora, one of the most notable apps that was missing from Windows Phone devices, is now downloadable for smartphones running the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system. The Internet radio company released the Pandora Windows Phone 8 app...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corporation, Radio, Pandora Media, Inc., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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IFixit tablet repair index: Dell at top; iPad, Surface at bottom
IFixit, the California company known for its tech tear-ups and how-to-fix guides, has posted a helpful "tablet repairability list" that ranks tablets based on how easily they can be fixed. The list includes many of the most popular tablets and is a...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone
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Bill Gates says he's 'not satisfied' with Microsoft
Bill Gates may not be involved with the day-to-day operations of Microsoft Corp. anymore, but he's still got plenty of opinions about the company he founded nearly four decades ago. "There's a lot of things like cellphones where we didn't get out in...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Polio, Microsoft Corporation, Charlie Rose, Xbox
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Cofounder Sabeer Bhatia sheds no tears for demise of Hotmail
News that Microsoft planned to sunset the Hotmail brand wasn't the biggest of shocks. As the company has been quietly nudging users to switch to Outlook.com, the writing was on the wall. When the company made it official Monday, though, I found it to...
Tags: New Products, Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft's Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S. The barrage begins Tuesday when Microsoft's twist on email, Outlook.com,...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Media Industry, Social Media, Politics, Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft opens Outlook.com to public as Hotmail brand shuts down
Even after a string of critical product launches, Microsoft is not done. After months of beta testing Outlook.com, the company has opened its new Web mail service to the general public. In doing so, the company is also making a mighty big decision to...
Tags: New Products, Microsoft Windows, Media Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Email
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