Microsoft gets at chip blueprints

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Software giant Microsoft has signed a deal to get access to blueprints for the mobile chips designed by Arm.

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Windows 7 boosts Microsoft profit

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Microsoft reports a sharp rise in quarterly profits to $4.52bn as sales of the Windows 7 operating system top 175 million.

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Microsoft slims down Xbox console

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The firm launches a slimmer, more powerful Xbox 360 console ahead of the E3 video games convention in Los Angeles.

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Microsoft unveils Xbox ‘Kinect’

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Microsoft reveals details of its hands-free motion control system for the Xbox 360 console, which it has rebranded Kinect.

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Apple now bigger than Microsoft

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The latest share price changes have pushed the total value of Apple past its rival Microsoft for the first time since 1989.

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Microsoft launch aims at Google

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Microsoft prepares to launch the latest version of its Office software, with features similar to those offered by Google.

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Microsoft arrives on Nokia phones

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Nokia and Microsoft unveil software aimed at taking a slice of the business market away from Blackberry.

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Microsoft debuts ’social’ phone

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Microsoft has unveiled a phone called “Kin” that it claims has been made for those that live their lives online.

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Microsoft offers browser choices

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Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser.

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Microsoft offers browser choice

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Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1 March.

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Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved

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Microsoft’s plans to buy Yahoo’s internet search and search advertising business are cleared by European and US regulators.

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Microsoft patches Explorer hole

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Microsoft has released a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that is thought to have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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Microsoft to patch browser hole

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Microsoft says it will issue a patch for a hole in Internet Explorer that could have been exploited by Chinese hackers.

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Microsoft shows off ’slate’ PC

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Microsoft and HP team up to introduce a slate computer ahead of the launch of a much rumoured device from Apple.

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