Microsoft Pushes Xbox 360 250GB Spring Value Bundle

Recent rumors say Microsoft could show off the Xbox 720 in June this year. But here we got a new Xbox 360 250GB Spring Value Bundle from Microsoft for $299. The bundle is available for a limited time at select U.S. retail stores.

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EU Plans To Impose Hefty Fine On Microsoft Over Browser Ballot Fiasco

Microsoft has been under a lot of heat from the European Union ever since the company committed the ‘browser ballot’ blunder. According to reports, European Commission is now planning to impose a hefty fine on Microsoft for the whole issue, which was a clear violation of the company’s antitrust settlement with the Commission.

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Microsoft Updates Windows Phone App For Windows 8

Windows 8 has been out for quite a while now and a sizable number of users seems to have transitioned to it on their PCs. To accommodate for this, Microsoft has updated its official Windows Phone app for Windows 8. The updated app comes with a whole lot of new features.

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Microsoft Will Refund Windows Azure Customers For 12 Hour Outage

Windows Azure offers flexible support options for customers of all sizes – from developers starting their journey in the cloud to enterprises deploying business critical applications. Last Friday, Microsoft said that its Azure service went down shortly before 1 p.m. PST/4 p.m. ET/9 p.m. UTC, due to an expired SSL certificate and the breakdown prevented Azure customers for around 12 hours from accessing files kept in Microsoft’s data centers. Now, Microsoft has announced that it will refund its Windows Azure customers due to that expired Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.

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Bill Gates Terms Microsoft’s Smartphone Strategy As A Mistake

For the greater part of his life, Bill Gates worked hard to make Microsoft what it is today. However, he hasn’t been an active part of the company for quite some time now, which gives him the freedom to honestly criticize the very company he created. Gates has now deemed Microsoft’s smartphone strategy somewhat of a mistake.

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