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CES: Tablets Steal Show; Motorola, RIM Tablets in Focus

As expected, nearly every major original equipment manufacturer introduced or showed a tablet at CES, but the spotlight was on the Motorola XOOM that was the first tablet based upon Google's Honeycomb (Android 3.0) operating system. The RIM booth received high interest, and the Playbook received good reviews.

ARM Holding shares surge in London on Microsoft deal

Shares of British-based chipmaker ARM Holdings are surging on the London Stock Exchange after Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said last night that its new Windows operating system would work with chips designed by ARM.
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Microsoft talks up tablets, shows off new phones

Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc.
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Microsoft shows off new Windows smartphones

Microsoft Corp showed off prototype phones featuring its new mobile software to Wall Street analysts on Thursday, but is yet to set a date for their rollout beyond availability this holiday shopping season.
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Microsoft CEO touts new Windows tablets vs iPad

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer touted new tablet-style devices running the Windows 7 operating system from about 20 manufacturers at a conference on Monday, underlining the giant software company's eagerness to counter the explosion of interest in Apple Inc's iPad.
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Wall Street advances as tech soars

Stocks rose on Thursday, led by a late-day surge in technology shares as investors geared up for a strong unemployment report on Friday.
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Wall Street gains as tech soars

Stocks rose on Thursday, led by a late-day surge in technology shares as investors geared up for a strong unemployment report on Friday.
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Microsoft CEO says changing market not a danger

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the transition from PCs to smartphones and tablets is a time of potential tumult in the technology industry, but said the software maker will continue to prosper in the changing market.
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Microsoft CEO unconcerned with Apple market cap

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was unperturbed a day after rival Apple Inc shot past his firm as the world's biggest tech company by market value and said his aim was to develop a good product line and earn more profits.
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Microsoft to focus on products and profits

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was unperturbed a day after rival Apple Inc shot past his firm as the world's biggest tech company by market value and said his aim was on developing a good product line and making more products.
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Stock futures signal strong bounce

Stock index futures pointed to a strong rebound on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 2.5 percent, Dow Jones futures up 2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 1.9 percent at 0930 GMT (5:30 a.m. ET).
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Microsoft Xbox, phone chief out as unit struggles

Microsoft Corp's Robbie Bach, head of its video games and mobile phones unit, is retiring in a management shuffle, as Chief Executive Steve Ballmer tightens his grip over a division steadily ceding ground to rivals.
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Microsoft Xbox chief out as unit struggles

Microsoft Corp's Robbie Bach, head of the video games and mobile phones unit, is retiring in a management shuffle, as Chief Executive Steve Ballmer tightens his grip over a division steadily ceding ground to rivals.
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Microsoft pushes out phone chief

Microsoft Corp pushed out the chief of its division focused on mobile phones, videogames and other consumer devices on Tuesday, allowing two lower executives to report to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.
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Microsoft shelves Courier, but may re-emerge

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday its Courier tablet PC, vaunted by some as a potential rival to Apple Inc's iPad, will not be launched as a product, at least not in its current form.

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