SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won’t be released to ...

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1sqbox LLC (pronounced One Square Box), a Baltimore-based software and hardware development firm, has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to build an educational application designed specifically for Microsoft’s Windows 8 Surface tablet. According to 1sqbox, this is the first intuitive classroom ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it’s starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. The latest evidence of the ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s retooled version of its Office software is hitting the market as the company tries to extend one of its key franchises beyond personal computers. Tuesday’s debut comes six months after Microsoft previewed the new-look Office, which ...

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NEW YORK — A research firm says sales of personal computers in the U.S. didn’t get any boost from the launch of Windows 8, confounding the hopes of Microsoft and PC makers. NPD Group, which tracks U.S. retail sales, says ...

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NEW YORK — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the imminent release of the company’s Windows operating system after two years of work. Windows 8 is the most dramatic overhaul of the personal computer market’s dominant operating system in 17 years. ...

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NEW YORK — The release of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a generation, is getting a completely different look that will ...

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NEW YORK — Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month “a very exciting new product” and “a very big deal” for the world’s largest software maker. Gates said in ...

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NEW YORK — Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its competition with Apple and plans to give developers who write software for Windows computers and devices a greater share of revenue sold through the company’s upcoming Windows Store. As long as ...

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