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Microsoft's US$6.2-billion writedown for internet advertising company aQuantive has the press talking about "big oops moments" and "Bing Internet Web Woes". It also has people speculating that it could also write off Nokia. But is it all that bad?The short-term answer is yes. It effectively means that the Redmond-based ...

Microsoft's big tablet reveal went a long way to showing that the company was well on the way to regaining its cool. Mostly.You see, there was one teeny tiny blip. While he was showing off the "smooth" browsing capabilities of the Surface it froze. Nothing helped, not even jabbing ...

The gloves are off as Microsoft, for the first time, commits to a range of computers that bears its own name.In a very Apple-like way Microsoft held a super-secret event in Los Angeles which got the Tech world speculating and claiming all sorts of inside info. Many were close, ...

You've got to hand it to whoever handles Microsoft's marketing, they sure know how to drum up hype. The tech press hadn't been this excited for an announcement since, well, the last Apple launch.Wait, does that mean we actually expect Microsoft to be cool again?Totally. In fact, we ...

Look there's no disguising the fact that we think Microsoft's range of Surface tablets is pretty damn cool. We sure as hell can't wait to play with one.There's a chance that some of that's post-event hype though. So just to make sure we'll be watching the whole Keynote again. ...

If you were looking forward to Microsoft announcing that it would be going after Amazon tonight, sorry. You're going to have to readjust your expectations.According to Dow Jones, via Business Insider, the idea that the event would have something to do with the book seller is "not true at ...

A secretive "major announcement" from a major tech player tends to put the rumour mill into overdrive.Adding fuel to speculation that Microsoft could be announcing its own tablet on Monday is news that Amazon might well be cutting the price of the Kindle Fire by US$50.The price cut ...

The ties between Microsoft and Nokia run deep. But apparently not deep enough for the Redmond-based giant to consider buying the Finnish phone maker.According to a report from UK-based tech news site The Register, Microsoft had the opportunity to buy out Nokia in 2011 but ran screaming when it ...

Someone's been a busy boy haven't they Microsoft? Just a day after launching the latest preview of Windows 8, the Redmond-based software giant rolled out its new social search function in the US.The new three column design sees social media feeds from sites like Facebook and Twitter incorporated into ...

It's finally happened. Chrome is now the world's most popular web browser. Microsoft haters the world over, rejoice.According to figures from online research company StatsCounter, Google's browser overtook Internet Explorer -- which has long dominated the broswer wars -- some time last week.Of the most popular browsers, Chrome ...