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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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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.
Surface Pro arrives, but are businesses any closer to being ready for tablets?
Business has always had a love-hate relationship with the slate – so will anything be different for Microsoft's next assault on the market?
Where's the cheapest place to buy a Surface Pro in Europe?
With the Surface Pro set to hit Europe later this month, ZDNet rounds up the cheapest — and most expensive — places in Europe to buy one.
First Windows XP now Exchange 2003: What happens when the clock stops on support?
While all the focus has been on Microsoft pulling the plug on Windows XP support, next April is also going to be zero hour for the veteran email server.
Microsoft to launch Australian Azure hosting region
After previously dismissing data sovereignty as a non-issue, Australian customers will have the option to consume Windows Azure services through local datacentres, at some unknown point in the future.