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Black Hat Nixes Tor Talk; Microsoft Earnings; Big iPhone Orders

2014-07-23 15:39:04| PC Magazine Security Product Guide

From Black Hat's canceled Tor presentation to Microsoft's solid quarter earnings, here's what you missed on Tuesday.

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Microsoft will unify Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox into one converged operating system

2014-07-23 14:26:44| Extremetech

Microsoft's Satya Nadella has confirmed that the next version of Windows, probably Windows 9, will unify the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox operating systems into 'one single converged operating system.' Microsoft had previously made some moves towards unification with Universal Windows Apps that run across all three platforms, but this new version of Windows will go a lot further: 'This means [we'll have] one operating system that covers all screen sizes.'

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Microsoft revenue lifted by cloud sales to businesses

2014-07-23 13:23:44| InfoWorld: Top News

Strong sales of cloud products to businesses helped lift Microsoft's revenue by 18 percent last quarter, though its profits declined. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was $23.4 billion, up from $19.9 billion last year and ahead of the consensus analyst estimate of $23 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters.

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Microsoft profits fall after Nokia handsets acquisition

2014-07-23 08:41:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Microsoft reported pressure on quarterly profits in its fiscal fourth quarter after completing the acquisition of Nokia's handset business. Earnings for the three months to June fell 7 percent from a year earlier to USD 0.55 per share, including a loss of USD 0.08 per share from the phone business. Revenues rose 18 percent year-on-year to USD 23.38 billion, with USD 1.99 billion coming from the former Nokia business, and operating profit improved 7 percent to USD 6.48 billion, with a loss of USD 692 million from the handset activities. Microsoft's revenue growth was otherwise supported by a recovering PC market, with Windows OEM revenue up 3 percent. Office 365 added another 1 million consumer subscribers in the quarter, and Bing increased advertising revenues by 40 percent. In the commercial market, server product revenues, including Azure, were up 16 percent, and Windows licensing volume rose 11 percent. Overal, consumer and device revenues increased 42 percent to USD 10.0 billion, and commercial revenues were up 11 percent to USD 13. billion. 

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Microsoft Posts Solid Quarter as Layoffs Loom

2014-07-23 07:38:35| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

Despite solid year-over-year growth, Redmond plans to cut 14 percent of its workforce in the next 12 months.

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