No, you can’t put money down on a copy yet, but it looks like Windows 8’s a-comin’ sometime next year. So sayeth Microsoft doyen Steve Ballmer in remarks yesterday.
“As we progress through the year, you ought to expect to hear a lot about Windows 8,” said Ballmer, addressing developers in Tokyo. “Windows 8 slates, tablets, PCs, a …
When photos spread across the web, they’re often distorted and altered ever so slightly—think it a game of “telephone”—making it difficult for detection software to do its job. And as is the case, the propagation of photo sharing across the web has had an unfortunate side effect that’s quickly becoming an epidemic: a corollary rise …
Windows Phone 7 is finally getting some love from the United States’ largest wireless carrier.
HTC’s Trophy, a new Windows Phone, lands on Verizon Wireless on May 26, for $150 with a two-year agreement. If you buy a Trophy before July 15, Microsoft and Verizon will sweeten the deal with your choice of Halo: Reach, Kinect Sports or …
It’s almost an offer worth going back to school for. Microsoft has decided that there’s a very, very good way to make Windows attractive to the kids: Bribery. That’s why they’ve announced a new deal for students that offers, basically, a free Xbox 360 for every Windows PC they buy.
Oh, okay: It’s not quite that easy. For one thing, …
If you’re happy that Skype was purchased by Microsoft last week, Bill Gates is waiting to take all your thanks whenever you’re ready. Calling the multibillion dollar purchase “a great, great deal for Skype [and] a great deal for Microsoft,” Gates told the BBC that
The Internet rumor mill is buzzing and has churned out a slightly farfetched idea: Nokia may be selling its phone business to Microsoft.
This is total speculation, of course, but Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin, who scooped word of the deal first, has proven to have some foresight when it comes to Nokia. Last December when nobody …
Just two days after Microsoft officially announced it would purchase Skype, AOL went public with its new, free video chat service. It’s funny (and perhaps not so coincidental) how things happen, right?
TechCrunch leaked the service last week, which was sent only to employees of AOL, but now its beta round is open to all.
AOL’s …
The big news this week: Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion. That’s a decent chunk of change and it’s got some Microsoft investors worried. So how will the Redmond giant puts its most expensive purchase ever to good use? Check out the above video for some likely scenarios.
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You know all that slightly eerie but kinda cool stuff you learned in grade school about the body’s latent electromagnetic energy field? Turns out your house generates something similar (no surprise) courtesy everything with an electrical pulse contained both within, from gizmos and gadgetry to the wiring in the walls.
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Microsoft just bought Skype for $8.5 billion. Not to get too personal, but that’s many, many billions more than I make in a year. But unlike buying a human writing machine like yours truly at an affordable price, Microsoft is paying $8.5 billion for something called Skype. Here’s what it’s getting.
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Microsoft has officially announced its purchase of VoIP provider Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion. As we reported late last night, it’s Microsoft’s most expensive acquisition to date.
(Read More: A Brief History of Skype)
This is a big, big gamble for Microsoft, but one that could ultimately pay off in several key areas. I’d …
Looks like the fight for Skype is over. Just last week, reports surfaced that both Google and Facebook were looking at joint deals with the VOIP company, but now Microsoft has apparently finalized a buyout – for $8.5 billion, according to AllThingsD.
Follow-up: Microsoft Makes Skype Purchase Official: What You Should Know
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