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Microsoft

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/ 13 January 2011

Microsoft empowerment deal gets the nod

Microsoft’s R472-million black empowerment deal is due to come to fruition after months of delays and discussions with government.

By Candice Jones
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/ 8 January 2011

Arm deal ‘will end Microsoft and Intel’s dominance’

Microsoft’s decision to make its new operating system run on Arm chips will leave it playing catch-up in the growing tablet computer market.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 January 2011

Tablets on tap at major gadget fest

Tablet computers will lead a host of "smart" gadgets in the Nevada desert this week at the Consumer Electronics Show.

By Glenn Chapman
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/ 23 December 2010

Software giant gives a big hand

Microsoft opts for broad-based benefit.

By Kimberly Guest
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/ 17 November 2010

Take Five: Crocs make a comeback

From Crocs making a comeback to the home entertainment centre of the future, Faranaaz rounds up her weekly five items of quirky news.

By Faranaaz Parker
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/ 12 November 2010

Xbox launches Live, Kinect

Microsoft SA launched Xbox Live and Kinect with lots of promises but there are still a few ghosts in the machine.

By Faranaaz Parker
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/ 1 November 2010

DBE’s ICT plans revealed

The DBE is aiming to utilise technology as a developmental tool for teacher education as well as integrating it into the school curriculum.

By Primarashni Gower
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/ 27 October 2010

SA schools kick off groundbreaking project

Two Western Cape schools have become the first participants in a global project aimed at addressin g pressing environmental issues using technology.

By Primarashni Gower
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/ 19 October 2010

Teacher geeks to gather in Cape Town

Hundreds of teachers, education leaders and tech experts will gather in Cape Town next week for the finals of the World Innovative Education Forum.

By Primarashni Gower
Microsoft unveils new mobile platform
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/ 11 October 2010

Microsoft unveils new mobile platform

Microsoft unveiled a new mobile phone operating system on Monday as it seeks to regain ground lost to the iPhone and Blackberry.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 8 October 2010

Microsoft: Infected computers should be quarantined

Virus-infected computers should be blocked from the internet and kept in quarantine until they are given a "health certificate".

By Josh Halliday
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/ 30 September 2010

SA geeks gear up for gaming expo

It’s been eight years since SA’s biggest gaming expo started and rAge — the Really Awesome Gaming Expo — is going from strength to strength.

By Faranaaz Parker
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/ 15 September 2010

Top teacher geeks

Microsoft South Africa’s 2010 Innovative Teachers’ Awards competition is off to a flying start with the first group of winners announced.

By Thabo Mohlala
Teaching for the future
Article
/ 10 September 2010

Teaching for the future

To equip children for the workplace in the 21st century, conventional teaching must give way to the use of technology.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 September 2010

Microsoft launches advertising platform in China

Microsoft has launched an advertising platform in China in an attempt to grab market share from rival Google.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 June 2010

Leaking Windoze

A decade ago a sneak preview of the next version of Microsoft Windows would have been news for weeks — and not just in the tech press.

By Alistair Fairweather
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/ 16 June 2010

The kindness of strangers

Stop a passerby and ask them "what is the internet?" Their answer is guaranteed to focus on technology.

By Alistair Fairweather
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/ 15 June 2010

Kinect unveiled at Microsoft E3 preview

Microsoft has finally unveiled and revealed the real name of its motion sensing video game device, previously known as Project Natal: Kinect.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2010

Google ‘getting rid of Windows’

Google is reported to be getting rid of desktop PCs running Microsoft Windows across the corporation to eliminate a security risk.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 April 2010

Microsoft launches R470m empowerment deal

Microsoft is to invest almost half-a-billion rand over the next seven years into the local software industry, the company said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
Murdoch to limit Google access to News Corp papers
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/ 7 April 2010

Murdoch to limit Google access to News Corp papers

Rupert Murdoch has warned that Google and Microsoft’s access to his newspapers could be limited once he erects a pay wall around his titles’ websites.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 9 February 2010

Microsoft Office 2010 a riposte to the mighty Google

The latest version of Office has lots of new bells and whistles — none of which will make either Adobe or Google happy.

By Kate Bevan
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/ 3 February 2010

Mac or PC: Which is safer, or more secure?

I don’t think there’s much doubt about whether you’re safer using Windows or Mac OS X: the answer is Mac OS X.

By Jack Schofield
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/ 26 January 2010

Web censorship in China? Not a problem, says Gates

Microsoft founder Bill Gates plays down Beijing’s attempts to stifle dissent on the internet as "very limited".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 January 2010

Microsoft’s Natal game system in stores this year

Microsoft plans to get its Natal body-gesturing gaming system into stores in time for this year’s holiday shopping season.

By Bill Rigby
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/ 27 December 2009

Curtain falling on ‘digital decade’

While it got off to a rocky start with the Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" has turned out to be a dizzying period of in

By Chris Lefkow
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/ 29 November 2009

Chrome OS rival to Microsoft could become our Big Brother

Google has launched its Chrome OS operating system — but it may mean Google controls your netbook as Apple controls your iPhone.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 November 2009

Will Murdoch’s Bing gamble pay off?

In cosying up to Google’s main competitor, Bing, Rupert Murdoch proves once again that he can’t be dismissed so easily.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 November 2009

News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on locking out Google

Microsoft has held talks with News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 October 2009

Windows 7 review: Like Vista, but good

The first thing you’ll notice about Windows 7 is that it looks like Vista. It also works like Vista, except for a very welcome graphics upgrade.

By Jack Schofield
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/ 18 October 2009

Microsoft opens Windows 7 with a Tupperware touch

Somewhere in your email inbox last week you may have received from an acquaintance an invitation to a "Windows 7 Launch Party".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 27 September 2009

Microsoft beats Apple to the Tablet

Bill Gates may have beaten Steve Jobs to combining computer power and paper notebook convenience in a single lightweight device.

By Staff Reporter
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