Microsoft Has To Face Low Yield Rates Of Surface Tablet

Microsoft’s Surface tablet is being considered a serious contender, at least in theory, in the tablet market. This is because this is the first actual offering with Windows 8 and that can woo a whole lot of users. However, in the unlikely event of Surface tablet sales picking up, will Microsoft be able to yield the tablet to put up with the sales? A number of reports suggest that this probably won’t be the case.

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Microsoft Sold Over 630 Million Windows 7 Licenses

Microsoft has sold more than 630 million licenses of its current operating system, Windows 7. There is no doubt that till now, Windows 7 is the bestselling operating system in Microsoft’s history. During the annual Worldwide Partner Conference in Canada, Windows Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Financial Officer Tami Reller has revealed the stats about Windows 7. She also said, the number of licenses sold keeps growing.

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[Tutorial] How To Add New Sounds Inside Microsoft Office Applications

If you like tweaking your Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint environment and options, you probably noticed an intriguing option called feedback with sound. This option is meant to enable sound notification inside Microsoft Office suite, such as when you close the application, save a document, delete text, or many other different actions. However if you enable this option inside Microsoft office 2007 or 2010 versions you wont notice anything since there are few additional steps you need to perform in order to make it work and in this tutorial i will show you how to do that.

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Microsoft Buys Perceptive Pixel To Make Windows 8 PCs More Powerful

Microsoft and large touch display company Perceptive Pixel Inc. (PPI) have announced their collaboration to work together in the near future. Actually all in all, Microsoft acquires Perceptive Pixel, one of the market leaders in the development of large-scale, unlimited multi-touch devices. Both the parties didn’t disclose their deal or any other plan. Microsoft has just hinted only to use the technology for their upcoming Windows-based PCs.

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Microsoft May Give Up Ad Business Soon

Microsoft has been among the very few companies which have voluntarily decided to go forth with the ‘Do Not Track’ feature. The company has made it a default feature in Internet Explorer 10, a decision that was highly praised and welcome by privacy advocates and many users. However, this decision may also spell doom for Microsoft’s advertisement division.

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Finals Of Tenth Microsoft’s Imagine Cup Start In Australia

Imagine Cup has been a much-anticipate and wildly popular event among students around the world. The event, brought together by Microsoft, has long been a way of promoting technological innovation and creativity by the students. The finals of this year’s Imagine Cup have now kickstarted at Sydney, Australia.

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Microsoft’s Next Game Console May Be Called ‘Xbox 8’

So far, most of us have been content with calling the next-generation game console from Microsoft, which is expected to arrive some time next year, as Xbox 720. The only reason why the name probably gained traction was that after Xbox 360, Xbox 720 may have naturally have seemed like the next obvious game console from Microsoft.

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Microsoft: Upgrade To Windows 8 Pro For $39.99

On Monday, The Windows Blog announced that the Microsoft is starting a special pricing promotion for windows 8 Pro upgrade for all users currently on Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. According to Windows communication manager Brandon LeBlanc announced the news through a blog post. Users currently on Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 will be able to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 (£25).

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