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2 hrs ago | Digital Trends

Microsoft puts $75,000 up for grabs in short-form video contest

MSN is holding a global contest that will give the winner $75,000 to produce an original short-form online show to be made up of 12 one-minute episodes.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Video Games

4 hrs ago | Geekzone

Microsoft expands Windows Azure with Australian region

Microsoft has announced new plans to significantly enhance their cloud services offering in Australia.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Cloud Computing, Science / Technology

6 hrs ago | Neowin.net

Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 Live Video Player app for next Xbox reveal

Obviously, the app won't work until sometime around 10 am Pacific Time on Tuesday but if you own a Windows Phone 8 device and are interested in watching the next Xbox reveal event, you might want to go ahead and download Live Video player ahead of time.

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Related Topix: Video Games, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Startups, Computers

10 hrs ago | Xbox-Scene

Rumor: Microsoft killing off Xbox Points

According to The Verge, Microsoft is doing away with its current Points system to introduce a true currency system very soon.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Microsoft Xbox, Video Games

11 hrs ago | Joystiq

Microsoft trademarks 'Forzavista'

Microsoft has filed a new trademark for the word "Forzavista." Using our detective-like intuition, we've determined it probably has something to do with the Forza Motorsport series, possibly something that will be revealed during tomorrow's " Xbox Reveal " event.

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Related Topix: Turn 10, Forza Motorsport, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, Halo, 343 Industries, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Halo 4

14 hrs ago | Computer And Video Games

Next Xbox: what Microsoft needs to reveal, according to Screen Digest

With Microsoft set to reveal its next Xbox this Tuesday, May 21 at a special event at its Redmond campus, IHS Screen Digest has said the firm must stand out not only from Sony and Nintendo, but also from Apple, Google and Samsung.

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Related Topix: 4A Games, Metro, Kinect, THQ, AAA, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, X360, Microsoft, Startups

18 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Microsoft on mobile grows in South Africa

The company, working with hardware partners such as Nokia and HTC, plans to become South Africa's No.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Redmond, WA

19 hrs ago | MSMVPs

An Open Letter to Microsoft.. By John C. Dvorak

Speedfan is a great hardware monitor which can automatically control fan speeds, warn when temperatures are rising in the case, and do a SMART scan of your hard drives.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Computers

Sun May 19, 2013

The Motley Fool

Microsoft Sets New 52-Week High! Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Financial Markets

GigaOM

The week in cloud: Google and Microsoft in slap fight while IBM and SAP play hot hands

Google I/O, which saw the public launch of Google Compute Engine, also spawned a "I know you are, what am I," slapfest between two companies that would like to unseat Amazon Web Services as the king of public cloud.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Larry Page

Mashable

Windows Phone: Time for Microsoft to Put the Pedal to the Metal

Greg Sullivan, Microsoft's Windows Phone marketing lead, was grinning from ear to ear when we sat down for an interview earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Marketing, Instagram, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Temple Run, Twitter

Monster.com

Software Project Manager, Enterprise Software Projects, .NET, C#

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Related Topix: Monster, Human Resources, Microsoft, Startups, Sentillion

MSDN Blogs

Peeping Out From The Microsoft Matrix

I suppose it's a bit like that film The Matrix - you realize that you live in an ethereal and closed world only when you actually get to step outside of it.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Programming Languages, Java, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science, Computers, Keyboards

MSDN Blogs

speech @ microsoft - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

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

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Related Topix: Tellme, Microsoft, Startups, Blog News

The Motley Fool

3 Stocks Driving Stock Markets to New Highs

Keep track of the stocks that matter to you. Help yourself with the Fool's FREE and easy new watchlist service today.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Microsoft, Startups

Sat May 18, 2013

CNet News

Android has become a hedge against Microsoft and Windows

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.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Startups, Google, Science / Technology

The Miami Herald

Microsoft opens full-line store at Dadeland

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.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, The, Video Games, Deep Silver, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, X360, Dell

Engadget

Editor's Letter: When it rains, it pours

It's been a slow couple of weeks here through the beginning of May. Everyone, it seems, was saving up to pile all of their announcements at once, leaving us scrambling and our RSS feed spinning.

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Related Topix: Google, Enterprise Mobile, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Tellme

WinBeta

Nokia Music app and Xbox Video app for Windows 8 receive updates

There are two app updates available in the Windows Store, one update for the Nokia Music app and another update for the Xbox Video app.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups

Computing.co.uk

Telef nica moves to Microsoft 365

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.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Science / Technology, Microsoft Office