Google still ahead in smartphone sales

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Google, maker of the Android OS for smartphones, maintains its lead over competitors in the U.S. market with 36.4 percent market share from January to April 2011. At a far distant second is Apple with 26 percent, closely followed behind [...]

Windows 7 PCs can run Windows 8

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If your computer is running Windows 7 and you’re dying to install its successor when it arrives, you’re in luck; Microsoft was kind enough not to raise the system requirements for its upcoming operating system, Windows 8. There’s even a [...]

Xbox 360 outpaces PS3 3 to 1

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Data breaches, hacker groups, and denial of service aren’t the only problems Sony have these days. Sales of PlayStation 3 are worrisome to the company too. In fact, rival company Microsoft, maker of the Xbox 360 console, is claiming triumph [...]

It’s Official: Windows 8 Due Out in 2012

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The news comes from Microsoft’s chief executive officer himself. The successor to the well-received Windows 7 will debut next year according to Steve Ballmer at a developer forum in Tokyo last Monday. Taken from the transcript published on the company’s [...]

Windows Phone Lands on Verizon

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Microsoft hopefully increases consumer awareness for its Windows Phone brand by landing the iPhone and Android contender on the largest wireless carrier in the United States. In five days, or May 26, Verizon Wireless subscribers can avail the new Windows [...]

It’s Official: Microsoft Buys Skype

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The people behind Skype now answer to Microsoft, as the latter has bought the voice call and chat program for an enormous $8.5 billion. The deal becomes the most expensive purchase by Microsoft thus far. Without any doubt, the money [...]

Windows Phone Update Problems Continue

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Not all is currently well in Microsoft. Beginning February, updates for the Windows Phone are still plagued with errors, turning down user attempts to bring their mobile OS up-to-date. The availability of the updates failed to reach a number of [...]

Gears of War 3 Beta Released

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Marcus Fenix is back with his gang of Locust busters. Don’t get too excited though; the newly released Gears of War 3 is still the beta version. From April 25 to May 16, players who pre-ordered the third game in [...]

350M Windows 7 Licenses Sold in 18 Months

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Are 350 million licenses sold, not shipped, within a year and a half really spectacular? For Microsoft, it is. In fact, the company is delighted to tell people by posting in its official blog about Windows 7 reaching those numbers [...]

Windows Phones Made by Nokia Scheduled for 2012 Release

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Back in February, Nokia made an agreement with developer Microsoft to create phones running Windows Phone 7 in an attempt to create a dent in the smartphone OS market. Right now it is currently dominated by the Google Android and [...]