Archive for January, 2007

Microsoft launches hard sell for its latest software system (The Star-Ledger)

Tuesday 30 January 2007 @ 1:42 am

NEW YORK -- Microsoft's slogan for its new Windows Vista software, which goes on sale today, is "The 'Wow' Starts Now." But yesterday's kickoff was as much about "Why?" as "Wow!"

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Vista launches with rent-a-song service (Sydney Morning Herald)

Tuesday 30 January 2007 @ 1:28 am

Sanity Music teams up with Microsoft to offer Vista users new subscription music service.

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Vista launches with new services (Sydney Morning Herald)

Tuesday 30 January 2007 @ 12:00 am

Sanity Music teams up with Microsoft to offer a new music service giving subscribers access to the retailer's entire music catalogue.

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Microsoft milks the cow one last time with Vista (Independent)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 7:41 pm

For all the razzamatazz, the "human billboards" advertising the product and the showy launch in Manhattan's Times Square yesterday, Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, is a pretty underwhelming piece of software.

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Eager Buyers Line Up For Windows Vista (CBS 4 Miami)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 7:16 pm

More than five years in the making, Microsoft Windows Vista was released for businesses November 30. But the unveiling for consumers of the latest edition of Windows, which runs more than 90 percent of the world's PCs, is scheduled for Tuesday around the globe. Here in South Florida, some eager buyers will be lined up at midnight Monday, ready to buy.

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Interview: Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (Financial Times)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 7:09 pm

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, spoke with Thorold Barker and Paul Taylor in New York on Monday January 29 - the eve of the retail launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007.

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3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away (The Motley Fool)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 10:12 am

Beat the market and the world will beat a path to your door.

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Vista holds clues to Microsoft’s future (Computerworld Singapore)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 9:37 am

It's just days before the consumer launch of Windows Vista, and by now most everyone has heard about Vista's new and improved Aero user interface, desktop search, security and various multimedia enhancements.

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Next iPod to call on iPhone (Chicago Tribune)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 6:46 am

If you want to know what the next iPod will look like, go to Apple.com and watch the demo for the coming iPhone.

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Is Microsoft Applying Its Tough XBox 360 Marketing Lessons To Zune? (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday 29 January 2007 @ 6:12 am

Carl Howe submits: Microsoft reported earnings this past Thursday evening, and with it, they announced their actual results for XBox 360 sales over Christmas. The good news: Microsoft shipped 4.4 million XBox 360 units in the fourth calendar quarter of 2006.

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