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Microsoft unearths mass grave of Atari ‘ET’ game cartridges, buried in 1983

Turns out Atari did, indeed, bury a giant cache of unsold “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” video-game cartridges in a New Mexico landfill more… Read More

‘A real inventor’: UW’s Gary Kildall, father of the PC operating system, honored for key work

Growing up in California, Scott Kildall and his sister Kristin knew that their dad, Gary, was working on important things… Read More

It’s official: Microsoft is a smartphone maker, as $7B Nokia aquisition closes

Microsoft this morning completed its purchase of Nokia’s devices and services business for more than $7 billion, bringing aboard another 25,000… Read More

Nadella: Microsoft will show ‘courage in the face of reality’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is taking part in his first earnings conference call right now, and he opened by giving… Read More

Hiring spree: Amazon adds 7,000 more employees, topping 124,000 worldwide

Amazon continued its trend of explosive headcount growth this quarter, adding 7,300 new employees to its workforce, which now totals… Read More

Microsoft hires key HP exec Tony Prophet as new Windows marketing leader

Microsoft has hired Tony Prophet, a longtime HP exec who oversaw operations in the computer maker’s key Printing and Personal Systems group. Prophet… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations with quarterly revenue of $20.4B, earnings of 68 cents

Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations with its fiscal third quarter financials, posting revenue of $20.4 billion on an EPS of… Read More

Apple CEO: Microsoft should’ve shipped Office for iPad long ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks that Microsoft should have shipped Office for the iPad long before this past quarter. “I… Read More

Microsoft hopes to move students away from Google with ad-free version of Bing

Microsoft has rolled out a custom Bing search engine for schools, allowing administrators to enable an ad-free version of Bing with privacy controls and… Read More

Another first for Satya: Microsoft CEO will make case to Wall Street on earnings call

He’s in his honeymoon period as Microsoft CEO, but can Satya Nadella win over Wall Street? The company’s new leader will take… Read More

Bing Don’t Lie: Microsoft algorithm accurately predicts outcome of ‘The Voice’

So far, so good for Microsoft’s foray into pop-culture predictions. By crunching data from social networks and the company’s Bing search engine, Microsoft was able… Read More

Titanfall price cut: Amazon selling popular sci-fi shooter for $37 today

Gamers who haven’t bought Titanfall yet may find Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day enticing. The Seattle online retail… Read More

Nokia smartphone business to be called ‘Microsoft Mobile’ after $7.2B deal closes

“Microsoft Mobile” — that’s a name you might hear more often once Microsoft’s $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokia’s Devices and… Read More

Microsoft, Motorola Solutions to share technology with patent licensing agreement

Microsoft today announced a patent licensing agreement with Motorola Solutions, enabling the two companies to share technology. The license will… Read More

Microsoft’s Nokia deal to close Friday, with a few tweaks

After a long road through several regulatory bodies, Microsoft has finally cleared all of the hurdles standing between it and… Read More

Microsoft Bing starts predicting outcome of ‘The Voice’ and other shows using search and social data

Can a search engine tell you the outcome of your favorite TV competition before it even happens? Microsoft believes it can.… Read More

Microsoft to open $1.1 billion ‘Project Alluvion’ data center in Iowa

Microsoft is the company behind a $1.13 billion data center known as “Project Alluvion,” taking shape in West Des Moines,… Read More

Microsoft will let Windows Phone app devs respond to reviews, but no arguing!

Google already allows app developers to respond to user reviews, and now Microsoft is doing the same. The Redmond company… Read More

Playstation 4 sales are up at least 2M on the Xbox One

One day ago, Sony announced that it sold through more than 7 million PlayStation 4 consoles globally as of April 6. Today, Microsoft… Read More

Windows Phone Diary: My 5 favorite tweaks in WP 8.1

Using previous versions of Microsoft’s Windows Phone could feel at times like interacting with a high-school graphic arts project, with… Read More

PlayStation 4 sales hit 7M

Sony announced a new milestone for the PlayStation 4 today, as the company has sold through more than 7 million consoles… Read More

Microsoft: Windows 8.1 Update is required, but companies now get more time

Microsoft has been taking heat for making its new Windows 8.1 Update a required upgrade for Windows 8.1 users —… Read More

Microsoft Bing rolls out personalized cards, integrated with Cortana, competing with Google Now and Siri

They’re not calling it “Bing Now,” but a new service just announced by Microsoft will feel very familiar to some… Read More

How Microsoft’s top lawyer would keep the NSA in check

In light of last year’s NSA revelations and more recently the Heartbleed security breach, how government balances the protection of… Read More

Microsoft updates data offerings, embraces ‘Internet of Things’

SAN FRANCISCO – Data nerds, rejoice: Microsoft is bringing a trio of new data products to market very soon. At… Read More

Amazon warms up its voice as smartphone launch nears, with help from past deals

Now that Amazon has rolled out two back-to-back hardware products with voice recognition software, we can expect more as the… Read More

With new tools, Microsoft aims to bring big data to the masses

SAN FRANCISCO – Data is big business for Microsoft, and the company wants to make it easier for everyone to… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Xbox One update with better Kinect, friend improvements

Microsoft began rolling out a new update for the Xbox One on Monday night, and gamers can expect better Kinect… Read More

Want to blow up Clippy? Grab a machine gun and try ‘Escape from XP’

Want to blow up Clippy? Obliterate an old operating system? Here’s your chance. As a part of Microsoft’s ongoing campaign… Read More

Microsoft releases Windows Phone 8.1 developer preview

Windows Phone developers can now install the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system on their personal devices. The company… Read More

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