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Microsoft reveals Skype Translate: a real time voice interpreter

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that in the future Microsoft’s Skype will be able to translate voice and video calls in near-real-time. Nadella’s news…

Microsoft’s laplet: hubris, hype and hopeless enterprise-based optimism

On Tuesday Microsoft fooled pundits who’d been predicting the announcement of a smaller addition to its Surface range of tablet computers by announcing a…

With the Surface Pro 3, Microsoft seems more confused about the future than ever

This time, Microsoft means business. At the original Surface tablet launch in 2012, it told us it meant business. Again, at the far more…

Steve Ballmer takes over from Bill Gates as Microsoft’s largest individual shareholder

He may no longer be CEO, but Steve Ballmer is now officially Microsoft’s largest shareholder. The now retired Ballmer takes over from Bill Gates…

You may never own another Nokia again: Microsoft set to kill the brand it bought for billions

In news that’s kind of sad, but hardly unexpected, former Nokia CEO and newly minted Microsoft devices head Stephen Elop has revealed that the…

All of a sudden, things aren’t looking so bad for Microsoft

Over the last few months people have been asking a lot of questions about Microsoft. That’s understandable. Steve Ballmer’s retirement was sudden and, even…

It’s official, Nokia has got a new daddy… I mean owner

It is official, straight out of Redmond. Nokia Devices and Services business now has a new owner. Microsoft’s protracted acquisition of Nokia has been…

Malware and Adware: Microsoft fights back against cybercriminals

Pay-per-click (PPC) is one of the biggest ways of making money online. And wherever there is big money involved, fraud of some kind will…

Microsoft retail stores might open soon in UK

If ever anyone needed more proof of the new Microsoft business plan, the Financial Times has reported that the Redmond, Washington-based company has begun…

Microsoft develops software that lets you speak Mandarin in your own voice

If you’ve ever read The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, you no doubt remember the Bable fish. Well, Microsoft has posted a video that…

Microsoft Office for iOS and Android is a reality, comes early 2013

After many rumours over the last year, it seems that Microsoft Office for Android and iOS will be a reality. According to reports the…

Windows 8 upgrades selling millions worldwide – or so we are told

“Preliminary demand” for Windows 8 seems to be higher than for Windows 7 when it was launched, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who…

Africa slow to adopt Windows 8

Analysts and Microsoft business have questioned whether Windows 8 could persuade African enterprises to switch over quickly or completely. Some companies have argued that…

Watch the Windows 8 launch event live from New York

Want to know more about Microsoft’s latest operating system? Is it really the OS that will make Microsoft cool again, and drive consumers to…

Take a look at Microsoft’s global ad campaign for Windows 8 [Video]

You may have heard that a little company called Microsoft is spending a rumoured US$1.5-billion on marketing its new Windows 8 OS and devices……

Goodbye Zune: Microsoft launches Xbox Music to take on iTunes and Spotify

So long, Zune… hello Xbox Music. Microsoft has been slowly retiring its Zune brand over the past year, making way for its next attempt…

Microsoft headed in for ‘significant shift’ in its business

According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the software company’s future may see it take a page out of Apple’s book, reports Reuters. In his…

Windows 8: Making Microsoft cool or a desperate throw of the dice?

When Windows 8 goes live in October it’ll represent the culmination of Microsoft’s bid to completely change the way people perceive it. For years…

Microsoft is giving all its employees free Windows 8 phones and tablets

Right so, who wants to work for Microsoft? I bet its 90 000+ full time staff members were pretty glad to be employed by…

Gartner: Google and Apple are disrupting Microsoft

Apple and Google have the potential to disrupt the status quo of the tech industry says Gartner analyst Jeffery Mann. Google Business and Apple’s…

The real difference between Microsoft, Apple’s record valuations

News that Apple became the most valuable company ever has dominated the tech news space over the past couple of days. It was quickly…

Outlook.com hits 10M users… like a boss

Well now, it seems Microsoft may actually have a hit on its hands with its new online email service Outlook.com. Just two weeks after…

Microsoft ditching the name ‘Metro’ for something more commercial

Say what? Apparently Microsoft is about to ditch the name “Metro” for something more commercial reports The Next Web. It seems as the Redmond-based…

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