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Microsoft?s Windows 8 could be single most important factor to the company?s revenues next year. This division has been flagging lately and posted a 2% decline in the recent earnings announcement while the rest of its businesses including the Business division and its Server & Tools and the...

We live in a time when the costs of things like gas and gold have soared, just as a laundry list of everyday expenses such as coffee, rent, health care, used cars, and bacon are approaching or have already reached all-time high prices. But not everything’s getting more expensive. Here are 10...

Last year at this time, Apple had a 94.3 percent share of the worldwide tablet market, an analysis firm says. But, by the end of last month, that chunk had fallen to 61.3 percent of tablets shipped. Tablets running Google’s Android mobile operating system are taking a bite out of the iPad...

Along with a pair of Android 3.1-based tablets , Lenovo has unveiled its plans to release the 10.1-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet P1, powered by the 1.5GHz Intel Atom CPU and running the Windows 7 OS. Despite the fact that this system is not as tablet-tailored as Android Honeycomb, and Windows 8 has...

Microsoft's new ARM-enabled operating system is expected to create a new kind of low-cost laptop based on ARM processors. Low-end Intel- and AMD-based laptops may see serious market erosion. Source: Yahoo! News

In the second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft reveals new “Mango” handsets from Samsung and others. And new details about Windows 8 could raise excitement about Microsoft’s presence in the tablet market. Source: Yahoo! News

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It’s fair to say that Windows 7 continues to sell like hotcakes all over the world. The previously announced pace of 7 copies per second back in June of 2010 shows no signs of slowing, with Microsoft now trumpeting another significant milestone. More than 400 million Windows 7 licenses have have...

Google says it's currently seeing 500,000 Android phone activations every single day, meaning that their devices actually outpace those running Apple software. Read Full Story: Google: 500k Android Phone Activations Daily / Infopackets.com

Word on the street is that Microsoft's going to rush Windows 8 to market to compete with the iPad. Can they rush it so fast it travels back in time?! (This story is viewable exclusively by Macworld Insider members.) Source: Yahoo! News

MSFT Up With Markets Stocks are up in early trading as home prices rose for the first time in eight months, boosted by an annual flurry of spring buyers. Shares of MSFT were shaky at the open but are now trading in the positive. Source: Yahoo! News

News Analysis: Nokia is struggling to stay relevant in the mobile market, but it’s clear it’s not succeeding. Nokia is in deep trouble and it might not overcome its problems even with Microsoft as a technology partner Read Full Story: Link Removed

MSFT Up Strong Vs. The Market The market is rallying on released economic metrics. The number of people signing up for jobless benefits fell last week, while housing starts and building permits rose last month. Shares of MSFT are up stronger that its peers. Source: Yahoo! News

In the wake of Microsoft‘s first “Windows 8” preview, reports have surfaced that the PC software giant plans to launch its own Microsoft-branded tablet to compete with Apple‘s iPad line, and the growing variety of Android-based tablets. According to DigiTimes, the device will be a collaborative...

Microsoft may be hoping to more directly challenge Apple with a self-branded Windows 8 tablet, part suppliers asserted in a rumor on Tuesday. The company would collaborate directly with TI, possibly using its 1.8GHz OMAP4470 chip, and brand it much the way the company has the Xbox 360 or Zune...

Could there be a Microsoft-branded Windows 8 tablet coming to market next year? Sure. But should there be? I'd argue no. Link Removed

At the moment, the tablet market consists of Apple’s iPad 2 and everyone else. Apple runs iOS and everyone else runs Android, alongside the odd occurrence of Windows. There is no stronger brand out there in the tablet market than Apple and iOS, though. Microsoft has realized this and is now...

Can Microsoft's next-generation, touch-oriented Windows 8 OS give Microsoft a leg-up in the tablet computer market now dominated by Apple's iPad? The quick answer seems to be a resounding no. Source: Yahoo! News

Can Microsoft's next-generation, touch-oriented Windows 8 OS give Microsoft a leg-up in the tablet computer market now dominated by Apple's iPad? The quick answer seems to be a resounding no. Source: Yahoo! News

Can Microsoft's next-generation, touch-oriented Windows 8 OS give Microsoft a leg-up in the tablet computer market now dominated by Apple's iPad? Source: Yahoo! News