TODAY'S BEST MIX » microsoft http://mix108.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:52:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Microsoft's Announcement of the 'iPad Killer' They Call 'Surface' Turns Embarrassing as It Fails [VIDEO] http://mix108.com/microsofts-announcement-of-the-ipad-killer-they-call-surface-turns-embarrassing-as-it-fails-video/ http://mix108.com/microsofts-announcement-of-the-ipad-killer-they-call-surface-turns-embarrassing-as-it-fails-video/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:55:38 +0000 Nick Cooper http://mix108.com/?p=72950 Apple's iPad was the first real tablet computer to take off as a successful mobile computing option. Since it was announced in 2010, the rest of the tech world has tried to catch up with the hot-selling device. Microsoft is looking to do the same with what they are calling "Surface", a new device that will run Windows 8; which is set for release later this year. Microsoft's Zune comes to mind. What's a Zune? Exactly.

]]> http://mix108.com/microsofts-announcement-of-the-ipad-killer-they-call-surface-turns-embarrassing-as-it-fails-video/feed/ 0 Youtube Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion http://mix108.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/ http://mix108.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 15:38:18 +0000 Tony Hart http://mix108.com/?p=6016 Microsoft is set to shell out big bucks - a whopping $8.5 billion - to buy Skype Global, the NY Times is reporting.

According to the report, the deal will allow Microsoft to leverage Skype, which last year had 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations, on platforms including Xbox 360, Kinect and Outlook.

"Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world. Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world," Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, said Tuesday in a statement.

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