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The futility of Surface and Windows RT: If only Microsoft had stuck with Intel
2013-10-29 21:07:22| Extremetech
Over the past week, I've had the fortune to play with both Microsoft's Surface 2 and the Asus T100 Transformer Book. These are very similar devices -- convertible laptops with detachable keyboards -- except for one big and fundamentally life-altering difference: Where the Surface 2 is powered by Nvidia's ARM-based Tegra 4 SoC, the Transformer Book has Intel's x86 Bay Trail under the hood. As a result, while the Surface 2 runs Windows RT, the T100 runs full Windows 8.1. Yes, every program and game that you use on your Windows desktop PC also works on the T100. Steam works on the T100. Team Fortress 2 works on the T100. Photoshop works (surprisingly well!) on the T100. Let that sink in for a moment, and then read on.
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Microsoft goes big data with new Hadoop Azure service
2013-10-28 23:23:03| InfoWorld: Top News
In much the same way that Microsoft brought spreadsheet crunching to the business world through its now-ubiquitous Excel, the company is hoping to make a similar impact with big data analysis with its new Windows Azure HDInsight service. "I think what we've always done well as a company is take hard technology problems and simplify them. So we're making Hadoop simple, and bringing it to everyone," said Eron Kelly, Microsoft general manager for the data platform group.
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Microsoft grows quarterly revenue, profit
2013-10-25 08:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Microsoft posted revenue of USD 18.53 billion for the quarter ended 30 September, up year-over-year from USD 16.01 billion. Its gross margin increased to USD 13.42 billion from USD 11.84 billion, and operating profit rose to USD 6.33 billion from USD 5.31 billion. Net income for the fiscal first quarter was USD 5.24 billion or USD 0.62 per share, up from USD 4.47 billion or USD 0.53 per share.
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Despite Dip in Windows Sales, Microsoft Posts Record Quarter
2013-10-25 02:34:06| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide
Microsoft reported record sales of $18.5 billion for its fiscal first quarter, with net income jumping by a healthy 17 percent from a year ago to $5.2 billion.
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Despite Dip in Windows Sales, Microsoft Posts Record Quarter
2013-10-25 02:34:05| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Microsoft reported record sales of $18.5 billion for its fiscal first quarter, with net income jumping by a healthy 17 percent from a year ago to $5.2 billion.
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