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Microsoft tablet risks alienating PC makers With the unveiling of the Surface tablet, Microsoft is heading into unusual territory: competing with its partners, the very same companies that make Windows PCs. But Microsoft has little to lose, since PC manufacturers are having little success with their own tablets. Microsoft brings phone software closer to Windows SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new phone software will be built on the same core as its new upcoming PC and tablet operating system, bringing the software company one step closer to unifying its Windows franchise across a full range of screens that are revolutionizing computing. The world's largest software company, which is running to keep up with Apple Inc's iPhone and Google Inc's ... Microsoft hardballs its partners with Surface So this is how Microsoft wants to play ball. Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8 Microsoft's big week continues. The Redmond-based software — and hardware — giant on Monday unveiled its first foray into the tablet hardware market, the Microsoft Surface. Based on Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro, the Surface sets the bar high for Microsoft's vendor partners as they prepare their own Windows 8 laptops and tablets, which will launch later this year. Moving on from tablets and ... Microsoft Reveals Windows Phone 8 Microsoft just unveiled the next big step in its mobile software, Windows Phone 8. Codenamed "Apollo," Windows Phone 8 brings the platform in line with other mobile OSes by adding support for muti-core processors, higher screen resolutions and newer wireless technologies like near field communication (NFC). Microsoft Surface tablet is 'sincerest form of flattery' for Apple Microsoft unveiled its first own-brand tablet on Monday evening and beyond the simple truth that both devices are tablet computers, it seems like a stretch to state that the Surface is an iPad copy. Apple's iPad sports smooth lines and the familiar iOS operating system while Microsoft's new Surface tablet features sharp edges and the unique Metro UI atop Windows RT or Windows 8 Pro. Windows 8 ... Microsoft Blends Phone, Desktop in New Phone-Operating System Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) previewed the next generation of its Windows Phone Wednesday as it continued an offensive in the mobile-communications market that began with introduction of a Windows tablet Monday. Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet aims for productivity Microsoft unveiled a new tablet computer, Surface, that attempts to take advantage of one of the few criticisms of Apple's iPad — that it is better for consuming content than creating it. Microsoft attempts market freeze with Surface preview Microsoft disregarded one key part of Apple's show-and-tell script -- make the hardware available to the press on that day or before, and for customers soon thereafter. [Read more] Microsoft's Rx: Take 1 Tablet, Call It a Day? Might Microsoft's grand introduction of the 'Surface' tablet be just a grand marketing illusion? Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 Mossberg: Galaxy S III Could Challenge Apple's iPhone
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