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Windows 8.1 Update 2, due next week, shows Microsoft is finally ready to compete with its faster-moving competitors
2014-08-06 16:17:29| Extremetech
With surprisingly little ceremony at all, Microsoft has announced that the next major update for Windows 8.1 is coming next week on August 12 -- except calling it a 'major update' is a wee bit of an overstatement. In fact, despite rumors that we'd be seeing a significant 'Update 2' in August, Microsoft says that's definitely not the case. In short, if you were hoping for something exciting from the second Windows 8.1 update, you will be sorely disappointed -- unless you've been avidly awaiting some touchpad tweaks, anyway.
Eque2 Named in Prestigious 2014 President's Club for Microsoft Dynamics
2014-08-06 15:07:00| Offshore Technology
Eque2 recently announced that its software has been named as part of the 2014 Microsoft Dynamics President's Club. Being awarded this status places Eque2 in the top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide.
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Could Microsoft upgrade the Xbox Ones hardware to fix the PS4 performance gap?
2014-08-05 18:05:05| Extremetech
As you are well aware, there is a sizable gap between the hardware specifications of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. But who says this will always be the case? It's not unusual for a console to be tweaked or upgraded multiple times throughout its lifetime as new (cheaper) hardware becomes available. Because both consoles use fairly standard PC hardware, could Sony or Microsoft upgrade their consoles to close (or widen) the current performance gap?
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Microsoft Azure, the world's biggest cloud? Someone's fudging
2014-08-05 17:18:11| InfoWorld: Top News
Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be the cloud leader, but Microsoft Azure is gaining fast and should surpass AWS revenues by the end of 2014. At least, according to Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund.
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Gates cashes out another 20 million Microsoft shares for $882 million
2014-08-05 14:11:15| InfoWorld: Top News
Bill Gates has sold another 20 million shares of the company he co-founded, driving his portfolio under the 300-million mark for the first time, according to regulatory filings. Over a five-day span from July 24 to July 30, Gates sold the shares at prices ranging from $43.45 to $44.54, turning the holdings into $882 million in cash. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the sales documents between July 28 and July 31.
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