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News Microsoft is touting its “cloud power” in a new advertising campaign which includes billboards, such as these that currently line Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) REDMOND, Wash.–After spending the last several months touting itself as “All In” when it comes to cloud computing, Microsoft now plans to spend several hundred million dollars to convince businesses what that actually means. The software maker is launching its largest-ever ad campaign targeting businesses, touting “Cloud Power” and its benefits over traditional server-based computing.
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News REDMOND, Wash.–Microsoft is making a change to its policies for Windows Phone 7 that will allow applications to more easily run when the screen is turned off. Until now, applications that wanted to run when the screen was locked had to get the user’s explicit permission.
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Video Bob Muglia, Microsoft’s president of the server and tools business, talks about upcoming additions to the Windows Azure platform to PDC attendees. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) REDMOND, WA.–Microsoft is betting big on the cloud and wants businesses to do the same. After two years of building Windows Azure, Server and Tools President Bob Muglia said yesterday that the cloud operating system is ready for business customers of all sizes to give it a try.
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News REDMOND, Wash.–Citing a pickup in business spending, Microsoft today reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped what many had been expecting. For the three months ended Sept. 30, Microsoft said it earned $5.41 billion in net income, or 62 cents per share, on revenue of $16.2 billion.
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Video Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to PDC 2010 attendees about HTML5. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) REDMOND, Wash.–Microsoft kicked off its Professional Developers Conference today, releasing an updated test version of Internet Explorer 9, the company’s effort to reassert itself in the Web browser market. “We’ve tried to make the Web feel more like native applications,” CEO Steve Ballmer said as part of a keynote speech this morning
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