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10 changes CEO Nadella wants from Microsoft workers
CEO Satya Nadella last week gave what amounted to a public tongue-lashing to Microsoft's 127,000 employees, which was followed up by an analyst's report that the company plans to announce layoffs of up to 10% of that number at its quarterly earnings report July 22. Read More


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Windows Phone 8.1 and its first update could appear this week
This might be the first time an OS and patch came out simultaneously. Read More

How to sign up for Microsoft's restored security alert email service
Microsoft has restored service to its security advisory mailing list, but it has buried the sign-up form and made it hard to find. Read More

Looking for movie times? Bing beats Google
What times are that movie you want to see being shown at the local cinema? Finding out constitutes one of the more common of Web searches and one I've always conducted using Google. But maybe I should be using Bing, at least according to a quick side-by-side survey undertaken by Search Engine Land. Read More


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Microsoft 3.0: Satya Nadella is now fully in charge
Any concerns that Nadella would continue down Ballmer's path should be set aside now. Read More

6 of the very coolest new Microsoft lab projects
Here we take a look back at Microsoft annual science fair, TechFest 2013, where it showed off some of the innovations the company was working on. Read More

Microsoft COO tells partners to get with the cloud program now
Microsoft channel partners need to urgently redefine and evolve their businesses so that they can resell the company's cloud computing products, according to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner. Read More


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Ubuntu 14.04: Is Canonical taking on too much?
The recent release of Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves to us once again that it doesn't matter if you're Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough. Read More

Nadella on Microsoft's culture change: 'Nothing is off the table'
Microsoft staffers worldwide should buckle their seat belts because a big culture shakeup is in the works at the company.In a long letter sent to employees on Thursday, CEO Satya Nadella said that he and his lieutenants are taking "important steps to visibly change our culture." Read More

Google gets a helping hand from Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat
IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat and other IT vendors are lending a hand to Google to help build software that enterprises could use to manage their computerized workloads in the cloud. Read More

Microsoft acquires InMage to boost Azure Site Recovery
Microsoft plans to enhance its Azure cloud backup and recovery by integrating technology from InMage, a business continuity vendor it just acquired. Read More

CEO Nadella issues manifesto to shake up Microsoft
The 3,000-word email posted on the company's news site for all the world to see sums up an array of goals for the company, among them dividing work and private data on devices, speed developing new products, creating new devices and device categories, and support for competitors' applications and operating systems. Read More


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