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PlayStation 4 Vs. Xbox One: Will Price Cuts Have An Impact This Holiday?
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 1:43pm | 638Read More...Sony Corp's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 has dominated the market since it was released in November 2013. The console reached a new milestone in August after Sony announced that it had sold more than 10 million units. According to GameSpot, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted a blog...
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Rackspace Joins Microsoft Cloud OS Network To Expand Managed Private Cloud Portfolio
Monday, November 10, 2014 - 5:25pm | 535Read More...Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced Monday that the company has joined the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Cloud OS Network. The deal means that Fanatical Support will now be available for the Microsoft Cloud Platform, including Windows Server with Hyper-V, System Center and Azure...
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Weekly Highlights: Apple Pay Gets Rewards, Disney Expands Movie Deal And More
Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 8:28pm | 153Read More...It seems a week can't go by without another story relating to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) mobile payment solution. This week was no different. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced that consumers can buy movies on iOS and play them on Android devices -- and vice versa....
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Dow, S&P 500 Close Yet Again At Record Highs Ahead Of Friday's Employment Report
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 6:00pm | 711Read More...U.S. stocks rose as the Dow and S&P 500 closed yet again at new record highs. Helping the bull charge includes positive economic reports including the number of Americans filling for jobless benefits falling from a week ago. Also, reassurances from the European Central Bank were conveyed...
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Microsoft Updates Office for iPad & Introduces Office For Mobile, Android
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 1:54pm | 201Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced in March a ground-breaking move to bring its Office programs to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad as part of a commitment to "bring Office to everyone, on every device and anywhere they need it." Since the announcement, more than 40...
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Markets Mostly Lower As Americans Head To Vote, Oil Continues To Tumble
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - 5:30pm | 864Read More...U.S. stocks mostly closed slightly lower a day after major indices hit record all-time highs. Americans are heading to the ballots today in a congressional election. The Republican party is expected to increase the number of seats it controls in the House and Senate. The CBOE Volatility Index...
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Are Google Docs And Microsoft Office 365 Better With Soonr?
Monday, November 3, 2014 - 2:05pm | 587Read More...Soonr, a platform for secure file sharing and collaboration, recently announced that document applications from Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are being integrated into the service. This is intriguing, but consumers and business professionals might wonder why...
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This Startup Wants To Replace Microsoft, IBM
Friday, October 31, 2014 - 1:48pm | 435Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) have attempted to dominate the source code management and collaboration tools industry, but there are a number of rising players that could steal the spotlight. One of them is RhodeCode, an enterprise-...
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Markets Rally On Better Than Expected GDP; Dow Has Best Close In More Than A Month
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 5:09pm | 1851Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after government data showed the U.S. economy grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter, better than the 3.0 percent expected. Investors brushed off a poor reading on the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits, which rose last week in favor of GDP data; this...
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Markets Virtually Flat, Oil Continues To Decline Following Bearish Outlook
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 4:58pm | 1622Read More...U.S. markets were little changed to start the week as equities took a back seat following a bearish oil call at Goldman Sachs. Analysts at Goldman Sachs placed a $75-per-barrel target on crude oil, noting that supply will outpace demand in the coming year. The National Association of Realtors...
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Microsoft Considering A Move To ARM Chips
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 1:33pm | 270Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is considering using chips based on ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) technology to power the software for its server computers, according to Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg's unnamed sources, Microsoft hasn't yet decided if it will make the software...
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Weekly Highlights: iPhone 6 Plus Demand Soars, BlackBerry-Lenovo Rumor And More
Saturday, October 25, 2014 - 10:23am | 187Read More...Will BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ: BBRY) and Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) merge? A new rumor indicated that those two firms could be close to a deal and analysts were eager to weigh in. Elsewhere, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) seems to be fighting for additional iPhone 6 Plus units to keep up with demand. The...
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Markets End Hectic Week On Positive Note
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 5:16pm | 1129Read More...U.S. markets rose on Friday, ending a four-week slide for the major indices despite ongoing Ebola-related scares. Investors found enough positives in earnings reports from Dow listed Microsoft and Procter & Gamble to justify a triple-point gain in the Dow. The S&P 500 posted its best week...
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Markets Boosted From Strong Earnings Releases, Jobless Benefits
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 5:14pm | 2034Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after Wednesday's decline on strong earnings reports from Caterpillar and 3M. Also, U.S. data showed a decline in Americans filing for jobless benefits. The bullish sentiment on Wall Street may have been spoiled by fresh reports of a doctor who recently returned...
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Will Microsoft Have A Better Quarter Than Intel?
Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 12:17pm | 596Read More...Analysts have high hopes for Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ: MSFT) FY2015 Q1 results. "I think Microsoft will have a good report," Sean Udall, CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and author of The TechStrat Report, told Benzinga. "The software sales are doing well [and] the...














