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Microsoft is an American multinational with its headquarters in Redmond, USA that develops and manufactures a huge range of products and services in the computer industry. Microsoft is one of the largest technology companies in the world and has come to dominate the home computer operating system market. Microsoft's main areas include gaming with Xbox 360, and its PC and Phone Windows OS.

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Nokia Lumia 710

REVIEW WP7 on a budget
The Nokia Lumia 710 is seems to be pitched as the poor man's Lumia 800, but can that be right? We've been testing the two Windows Phone 7 powered Nokia phones together for the last two weeks to see how the 710 really lives up to the flagship Nokia …
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  • Windows Phone 8 detailed by Joe Belfiore in leaked video. Phones, Mobile phones, Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 7 0

    Windows Phone 8 detailed by Joe Belfiore in leaked video

    Beans spilt 2 February 2012 19:30 GMT

    A promotional video, starring Microsoft senior vice-president and Windows Phone product manager Joe Belfiore, has been leaked to the chaps at Pocketnow.com leaving them no choice but to tell us what the company supposedly has in store for Windows Phone...

  • Win Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D preview tickets

    Win Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D preview tickets

    Wednesday 8 February in London 2 February 2012 11:23 GMT

    Star Wars fans, listen up, we've managed to use the Force to convince the powers that be to give us two tickets to an advance preview screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D at London's Empire, Leicester Square. 

    Yep, that's...

  • Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware. Hardware, Kinect, Microsoft Kinect, Microsoft Kinect SDK, Kinect for Windows, Microsoft 0

    Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware

    Kinect for Windows sensor announced 1 February 2012 14:35 GMT

    Just as Steve Ballmer promised when he mentioned a 1 February launch at CES, the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) is now officially available, alongside dedicated hardware for the motion gesture platform.

    The Kinect for Windows...

  • Xbox 720 and PS4 not likely for 2012. Gaming, Xbox 720, PS4, PlayStation 4, Sony, Microsoft, Rumours 0

    Xbox 720 and PS4 not likely for 2012

    Euro boss-men dampen rumours 31 January 2012 10:38 GMT

    Sony and Microsoft were reportedly set to go head to head at the E3 games expo this June, with the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 both purported to be given débuts at the LA based show, but a couple of French directors from the companies have dampened...

  • Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way. Gaming, Laptops, Asus, Microsoft, Windows 8, Microsoft Kinect, Kinect 0

    Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way

    Asus prototypes being tested 27 January 2012 15:36 GMT

    How would you like to get your hands on (or rather keep them off) a laptop sporting a built-in Kinect sensor? It's more than just a hollow dream - Kinect packing laptops made by Asus, and Microsoft backed, are already in existence.

    The Daily...

  • Xbox Live landing on iOS and Android. Gaming, Apps, Xbox Live, Xbox 360, Microsoft, ios, Android 0

    Xbox Live landing on iOS and Android

    Coming to "other platforms" at least 26 January 2012 11:44 GMT

    Could Microsoft be about to extend the wings of its online gaming platform, Xbox Live? If a quote from a Microsoft bod given to Forbes is anything to go by, then yes.

    The business site has quoted a spokesperson from the tech company as saying:

    "While...

  • Apple doubles iPad shipments but Android gains ground. Tablets, Android, Apple, iPad, Google, Microsoft, Windows 8 0

    Apple doubles iPad shipments but Android gains ground

    Google catching up fast 26 January 2012 11:00 GMT

    The Q4 2011 tablet results are in and, despite Apple growing its global iPad shipments - increasing 111 per cent year on year - from 7.3 million to 15.4 million, there will be concern in the Cupertino board room that its market dominance is declining.

    And...

  • Xbox 720 to introduce Kinect 2 and Blu-ray... eh?

    Xbox 720 to introduce Kinect 2 and Blu-ray... eh?

    Massive back down if so 26 January 2012 10:32 GMT

    With a rumoured unveiling at E3 this year, speculation about Microsoft's successor to the Xbox 360 is ramping up big time. Sources are now saying that the, for want of a better name, Xbox 720 will even support Blu-ray, even though Microsoft has previously...

  • 7 days living with....the other computer (Apple Mac OS X). Software, Mac OS X, Apple, Apple MacBook Air, Features, 7 days, Windows, Microsoft 0

    7 days living with....the other computer (Apple Mac OS X)

    FEATURE I'm a PC.... 24 January 2012 11:03 GMT

    First up, a confession. I don't come into this experiment as a member of the anti-Apple brigade. Not completely.

    I love my iPhone and, while it's not exactly essential, I have a good relationship with my original iPad too (although I should...

  • Nokia Lumia 710. Phones, Mobile phones, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 710, Windows Phone 7, Microsoft 0

    Nokia Lumia 710 review

    4.5 REVIEW WP7 on a budget 24 January 2012 0:43 GMT

    The Nokia Lumia 710 is seems to be pitched as the poor man's Lumia 800, but can that be right?

    We've been testing the two Windows Phone 7 powered Nokia phones together for the last two weeks to see how the 710 really lives up to the flagship...

  • Nokia interested in future tablet, looks to Metro design to help its cause

    Nokia interested in future tablet, looks to Metro design to help its cause

    EXCLUSIVE: Nothing specific yet 20 January 2012 10:33 GMT

    Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, has told Pocket-lint that the company has no plans to release a Nokia tablet just yet, but does hint that that might not always be the case.

    "We haven't announced anything specifically about tablets. I say that over...

  • Stephen Elop

    Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, talks the competition and the future

    FEATURE INTERVIEW: We talk to the boss man 20 January 2012 8:57 GMT

    "As I look forward, right now the conversation is about beginning of momentum. We have a range of devices, we've got some unique applications, the developers are moving in our direction, we are seeing this accelerating momentum, and that is all good."

    Those...

  • Bing Maps to get Nokia branding

    Bing Maps to get Nokia branding on all devices - including rivals'

    EXCLUSIVE: Elop explains 19 January 2012 10:49 GMT

    Nokia CEO, Stephen Elop, has told Pocket-lint that we shall soon be seeing the Nokia brand name within other devices and not just the company's own phones.

    "You'll starting seeing the word 'Nokia' on a map that you get from Microsoft properties...

  • Nokia CEO: Android is too fragmented

    Nokia CEO: Android is too fragmented

    EXCLUSIVE: Doesn't want same to happen to WP7 19 January 2012 8:30 GMT

    Stephen Elop has told Pocket-lint that he thinks Google's Android operating system is too fragmented, a pitfall he wants to avoid with Windows Phone 7 and Nokia in the future.

    Talking to Pocket-lint at CES in Las Vegas, the Nokia CEO said:

    "We...

  • ZTE Tania pictures and hands-on. Phones, Mobile phones, ZTE, ZTE Tania, Photos, Windows Phones 7, Microsoft 0

    ZTE Tania pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON WP7 on a budget 18 January 2012 19:50 GMT

    ZTE has announced the Tania, its first Windows Phone 7 powered handset. The manufacturer is known for its value for money Android phones and the Tania is the beginning of attempts at cheap WP7 offerings. 

    Inside the Tania is a Qualcomm MSM...

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