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Microsoft is fiercely competitive, but the field is more challenging. Microsoft is competing with Google on search via its Bing effort and Apple in the mobile market. Meanwhile, the software giant is positioning its wares for cloud computing with software and services. The company's two cash cows - operating systems and the Office productivity suite - are performing well.
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ITC clears Microsoft of Google's Xbox patent violation claims
The U.S. International Trade commission said Microsoft is free to continue to import Xboxes, after clearing the company of Google's patent violation claims.
Microsoft adds a Windows key to its newest mice
Microsoft is readying two new mice, both of which feature buttons designed to help Windows 8 users find their way back to the Start screen.
Microsoft says new Kinect for Windows sensor coming in 2014
A new Kinect for Windows sensor which shares many of the same technological underpinnings as the just-announced Kinect for Xbox One sensor, is due out in 2014.
How Microsoft aims to bring Bing deeper into Windows Blue, Xbox One
Microsoft's Bing is morphing from a 'mere' search engine into more of a service that will power next-generation devices Windows Blue PCs and tablets, as well as the Xbox One.
Azure connection speeds up cloud computing for UK universities
A private link between the Janet network and Microsoft's Windows Azure's datacentre will eliminate the need to send data over the public internet.
Azure link to U.K. universities speeds up cloud computing, but beware the risks
Adding Microsoft's Windows Azure to the mix means university data will no longer have to traverse over the public Internet. But with it comes its own risks.
Google entices Indian SMBs to cloud with pricing carrot
Google India is reducing the prices for Google Apps to attract smaller businesses in what appears to be a response to Microsoft's marketing blitzkrieg for its Office 365 product.
New Microsoft video slams the iPad on multitasking, PowerPoint and price
A new Windows video (presumably a TV commercial) knocks the iPad over multitasking, its lack of a PowerPoint app and the price of the 64GB configuration.
Microsoft updates its YouTube Windows Phone app with some concessions to Google
The Microsoft-Google feud continues, with Microsoft meeting some -- but not all -- of Google's terms-of-service demands around the Microsoft's recently developed YouTube app.
The third screen: Will all Windows 8 apps run on Microsoft's Xbox One?
MS CRM on your Xbox One? Will any and all Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 apps be allowed to run on the just-announced Xbox One?
Inside the Xbox One
There's no doubt that the Xbox One is a games console, but it's a games console with a twist -- it's also an entertainment system.
IT ops software: CA and HP lose ground while VMware gains
With firms finding cheaper alternatives to the big names such as CA and HP, a chasing group of newer entrants in IT operations management is expanding fast.
Windows Azure's China debut set for June
[UPDATE] Microsoft, via its official licensing partner 21Vianet, will offer the public preview version of its platform-as-a-service offering next month. Japan will also have two local sub-regions to support the Azure expansion into Asia.
Microsoft's Xbox One: What's Windows got to do with it?
Microsoft's Xbox One home-entertainment console, available later this year, has ties to Windows 8 and Windows Azure.
Hortonworks releases its Hadoop for Windows distribution
Hortonworks has released its open-source implementation of its Hadoop implementation for Windows, paving the way for Microsoft to deliver its own Hadoop software and services.