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Microsoft To Close Nokia Store And Replace It With Opera
The Nokia Store will close next year but Opera Mobile Store will continue to provide apps for Nokia feature phones and the Nokia X
Nokia Returns To Take On The iPad With All-New N1 Tablet
7.9in tablet running Android Lollipop and a 2.4GHz processor will be available early next year
Microsoft’s Big Data Cloud Broadens Support
The company's cloud-based Hadoop offering now offers support for customized Hadoop projects. First up, scripts that install Spark and R
Still Alive – Nokia Plans To Licence Its Brand Name To Third Parties
News of future third-party tie-ups comes as the company teases a mysterious black box set for launch tomorrow
Microsoft To Take .NET Cross-Platform To Linux, Mac
By taking .NET cross-platform and open-sourcing the technology, Microsoft wants to be all things to all developers
Huge Patch Tuesday Update Tackles Critical Bugs
Experts urge Windows users to download the mammoth Patch Tuesday update immediately
Microsoft To Release Dynamics AX ERP Hybrid Cloud Update In December
Cloud first, indeed. New features allow customers to run their ERP environments on hybrid clouds powered, in part, by Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Replaces Lync With Skype For Business
New rebranded service will be available from early next year
Microsoft Announces First ‘Non-Nokia’ Lumia Smartphone – For Under £100
Lumia 535 is colourful mid-range device running Windows Phone 8.1
New Microsoft Office Apps For iPhone, iPad And Android Can Actually Edit Files
Microsoft releases new mobile apps that can edit documents without an Office 365 subscription
CeBIT 2013: One Minute With Kay Mantzel From Microsoft
Kay Mantzel, product marketing manager at Microsoft Germany, explains Microsoft's vision for NFC
MWC Windows Phone 7
Microsoft is planning to introduce multi-tasking and full integration with Internet Explorer 9 in future updates to its Windows Phone mobile operating system later this year.