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Microsoft Surface: Three keys for success I was somewhat surprised to learn this week that Microsoft had developed a tablet that's actually pretty cool. My expectations were admittedly low when I attended the company's big unveiling event in Los Angeles but once I saw the tablet and played around with it for a bit, I gradually grew more impressed, something I haven't felt about any Microsoft product other than the Xbox in a long time ... Microsoft's tablet efforts are fleeting, says Acer founder Microsoft set the technology media and industry watchers aflutter earlier this week when it took the wraps off the Microsoft Surface tablet during a press conference in Los Angeles, California. The sleek tablet will be Microsoft's first, and it will be powered by the company's new Windows 8 platform when it launches later this year. According to Acer founder Stan Shih, Microsoft's goal with the ... Microsoft wants another crack at making its own phones, says analyst Microsoft's first attempt at making its own mobile phones wasn't exactly a success. In fact, it would be fair to say that the Microsoft KIN was one of the genuine flaming-bus-crash-into-an-orphanage disasters of recent mobile phone industry history. But Microsoft apparently thinks it's older and wiser now, and it wants to try making its own phones again, according to Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund ... Microsoft brings phone software closer to Windows SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new phone software will be built on the same core as its new upcoming PC and tablet operating system, bringing the company one step closer to unifying its Windows franchise across a full range of screens that are revolutionizing computing. The world's largest software company, which is running to keep up with Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's Android ... Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to lose, since PC manufacturers are having little success with their own tablets. Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8 It's shaping up to be a huge week for Microsoft. On Monday, the company announced its Surface tablet platform at a hush-hush event in Los Angeles, and now Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8 Apollo at its Windows Phone Summit in San Francisco. Microsoft Screws Over Nokia In doing so in the most panic-stricken PR move ever, Microsoft has killed the Windows Phone OS and proven it should stick to what it knows: desktops. Microsoft Reveals Windows Phone 8 Microsoft just unveiled the next big step in its mobile software, Windows Phone 8. Codenamed "Apollo," Windows Phone 8 brings the platform in line with other mobile OSes by adding support for muti-core processors, higher screen resolutions and newer wireless technologies like near field communication (NFC). Microsoft May Be Working on Own Phone, Nomura's Sherlund Says Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) may be developing its own Windows Phone handsets, departing from its current practice of working only with partners like Nokia Oyj, according to Rick Sherlund, an analyst at Nomura Holdings Inc. Microsoft hardballs its partners with Surface So this is how Microsoft wants to play ball.
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