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Microsoft Posts Slumping WinMo Sales
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| Microsoft said its non-gaming revenue fell
| $80 million in its third quarter on
| decreased sales of its Windows Mobile
| operating system and Zune devices.
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http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2010/04/Devices-Microsoft-WinMo-Sales-Software/
Windows Phone? No App for That
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| Looking for the niftiest new mobile app?
| You might find it on an iPhone or an
| Android device, but not on a Windows phone.
| Developers' apathy and a fast-falling
| market share mean that Microsoft's mobile
| phone business is in the doldrums. And that
| in turn may mean trouble for all of
| Microsoft several years from now.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS364522866420100419
Microsoft Apologetics On Why Copy/Paste Unnecessary
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| As anyone knows that has been following the
| impending release of Windows Phone 7 knows,
| the OS will not support copy and paste
| operations. Rather than just say that copy
| and paste is something Microsoft wants to
| do, they have begun a campaign to try and
| convince you that copy and paste is
| unnecessary.
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/04/microsoft_apolo.html
Microsoft's KIN is no iPhone rival
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Microsoft-pd20100419-4N2N7?opendocument&src=rss
Microsoft and Sexting: Lessons Learned
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-steyer/microsoft-and-sexting-les_b_543553.html
Microsoft's Kin ad accused of promoting 'sexting'
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/04/20/microsoft-kin-advertisement-promoting-sexting.html
Microsoft goes too far: Kin sexting scandal erupts
http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/38393-microsoft-goes-too-far-kin-sexting-scandal-erupts
'Sexting' claims: Microsoft Kin ad yanked
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/sexting-claims-microsoft-kin-ad-yanked-20100419-snoh.html?autostart=1
Sexy Microsoft Pulls Sexy New Ad Thanks to Sexy Sexting Controversy
http://gawker.com/5519867/sexy-microsoft-pulls-sexy-new-ad-thanks-to-sexy-sexting-controversy
Microsoft yanks KIN ad boob
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/
Microsoft Promoting Its New Phone with Sext messages
http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/2010/04/19/microsoft-promoting-its-new-phone-with-sext-messages-3/
Microsoft pulls Kin advert over 'sexting' allegations
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| Microsoft has announced its decision to
| pull a controversial advert for its new Kin
| line of phones after complaints emerged
| that it promotes "sexting" among teens.
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| The advert shows a man in a club taking a
| photo under his T-shirt using a Kin phone
| and sharing it with his friends.
| Thereafter, a young woman is shown
| receiving the message with a smile on her
| face.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infotech/software/Microsoft-pulls-Kin-advert-over-sexting-allegations/articleshow/5831727.cms
Microsoft Pulls 'Sexting' Video
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=126443
Microsoft Edits Kin Ad Following Sexting Concerns
http://www.switched.com/2010/04/19/microsoft-edits-kin-ad-following-sexting-concern/
Recent:
Microsoft sorry over quiet Office Mobile 2010 beta kill date
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| Microsoft has apologised to Windows Mobile
| 6.5 users this week after it killed a beta
| of Office Mobile 2010 some had been running
| on their devices.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/08/windows_mobile_office_2010_beta_headache/
Losing Ground In Mobile Market, Microsoft Aims Both High And Low
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=529485
Hey, Apple, Microsoft, mobile multitasking is a necessity
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| Context is key, particularly for
| Millennials accustomed to doing many things
| -- blogging, gaming, homework, listening to
| music, social networking and watching
| videos -- at once on PCs. Even more than
| the PC, the smartphone is highly
| contextual, with usage changing depending
| on circumstance and often demanding
| multiple functions or applications to be
| available nearly simultaneously.
| Gartenberg's turn-by-turn example is a good
| one, if, say, the user is walking to a
| destination, streaming from Pandora,
| searching Google for the nearest coffee
| shop, using location services to see if any
| friends are nearby, but suddenly stopping
| to snap a photo of a llama in the street
| and then uploading it to Facebook and
| Twitter. Multitasking mobile operating
| systems make easier these kinds of rapidly
| changing contextual scenarios.
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http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Hey-Apple-Microsoft-mobile-multitasking-is-a-necessity/1270577420
Microsoft's Zune Misstep Marks the Gadget Road Not Taken
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| The Zune's failure sent the company down a
| very different path than Apple's. Jobs & Co.
| were able to use the iPod's success to launch
| the iPhone, and now the iPad. Microsoft's
| mobile OS has struggled against the mobile
| operating system Apple uses, probably because
| Redmond never had a cell phone of its own to
| carry Windows Mobile as a follow-on product
| to the Zune.
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http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/microsofts-zune-misstep-marks-the-gadget-road-not-taken/19424133/
Microsoft Kills Windows Phone 7's Series
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| Microsoft is not very confident about the
| coolness of the name of its newest operating
| system for mobile phones named Windows Phone
| 7 Series. The coolest name would have been
| WP7S! But Microsoft has decided to chop the
| word 'series' from the 'Windows Phone 7
| Series'. The phone will now be called Windows
| Phone 7.
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http://www.katonda.com/blog/961/microsoft-kills-windows-phone-7-series
Report: Microsoft Sued Over Zune Tagging
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1746800&spid=24698
A Software Bug may Kill You
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| In 1991, during the Gulf war, American
| Patriot missile was deployed to combat
| Iraqi scud missile. In one of the incident,
| Patriot missile missed the Scud and that
| resulted the death of 28 American soldiers
| and 100 others got injured. There was an
| arithmetic error during calculation which
| resulted inaccurate calculation since Boot.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoftâs Zune player stopped working on
| December 31, 2008 because of a simple
| software bug. The software was written in
| such a way that it would never terminate if
| the year is leap year and the total number
| of days is 366.
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http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-software-bug-may-kill-you/
Microsoft investigating disappearing music from Zune Pass
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| According to a post on the Zune Forums, owners
| of the Zune Pass are having a bit of trouble
| accessing the music they're paying for with
| their subscription, as first reported by
| Engadget. In less than two weeks, the thread
| in question has passed 50 replies as users
| complain and list what they can no longer
| access: specific songs, entire albums, or even
| everything produced by an artist.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/microsoft-investigating-disappearing-music-from-zune-pass.ars
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