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DURANGO, Infinity, 720, whatever the name, it seems clear Microsoft will launch the next generation Xbox console on May 21.

Interesting new study on the effectiveness of speech-to-text technologies. Nice to see Microsoft beating Google Voice with the Exchange 2010 Voicemail Preview.

Hewlett-Packard rolled out another Android device this week. This could become a pattern as PC makers hedge against a world that's less about Microsoft and more about Google.

Microsoft's second foray into the modern tablet market, the Surface Pro, will launch in the UK on 23 May 2013.

Taking a screenshot from the Apple manual, Microsoft is opening its first full-line retail store at Dadeland Mall on Saturday - though in a different wing, right down the corridor from its competitor.

Yet another new theme, Swedish Spring, completes a seasonal look at that part of the world that's been depicted in previous themes.

Bill Gates is back on top of the world again. Or at least on top of the list of the world's richest people, where your net worth has to be well above $55 billion to be in the club.

Telecommunications giant Telefnica is to deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer across its business to encourage collaboration and standardise the use of software among its 150,000-strong workforce.

It's been a little while here on the SQL Server Pro Mag BI Blog since I've provided any updates on the state of Cloud BI in the world of Microsoft BI.

On behalf of CRM Content Publishing, I am pleased to announce the release of the white paper, ALM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: CRM Solution Lifecycle Management , which is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center at: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39044 As Microsoft Dynamics CRM continues pushing ... (more)

This week, Microsoft has launched its first official Xbox news blog in some time, with Xbox Wire .

A picture speaks a thousand words, a fact I truly agree. While browsing through the internet, I came across a very interesting article relating to the history of Microsoft.

Looking for work? Well, just finding out this Microsoft job exists is work. Microsoft has posted a sort of secret job listing for a Bing software development engineer inside the code of their Bing.com search site, as found by The Register .

Microsoft might be tickled pink about its updated YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, but Google certainly doesn't feel the same way.

Creating original content is the big trend with major tech companies like Netflix and Hulu.

In a rare bit of cooperation, Microsoft's Outlook.com is giving users of its free email service the option of logging into Google Chat to exchange instant messages and engage in audio or video conversations.

Microsoft Corporation has been playing a fun little game called Catch Up in the tablet market since it launched its Windows 8 operating system on several variations of tablet computers - including its very own hardware debut called the Surface.

We already knew that Surface Pro was coming to Europe, but what we didn't know was exactly when.

The update will help address complaints and clear confusion regarding The Windows 8 update, formerly known by the code name "Windows Blue", will be available as a free update for the operating system from the Windows Store, according to an official Microsoft blog .

Users are being advised to update their systems following the release of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security update, as the May edition includes a critical fixes for a zero-day vulnerability in IE and one other flaw rated by the company as a critical security risk.