A $1.056 billion agreement that transfers about three-quarters of AOL's patent portfolio to Microsoft has been completed, the companies announced today. Over 800 of AOL's 1,100 patents now belong to Microsoft, and Microsoft has a non-exclusive license to the remainder. AOL will also retain a...
Another piece of computing history changes hands
Microsoft's rumored acquisition of enterprise-focused social networking service Yammer is seemingly all but confirmed, as The Wall Street Journal has corroborated earlier reports of a $1 billion buyout. But according to our sources outside of the...
MSI has a solid reputation in the gaming laptop space: its laptops are generally fairly powerful, heinous monstrosities that get the job done at a fair price. The MSI GT70 fits the mold quite nicely. While it isn’t quite as garish as its forbears, it ticks all of the appropriate “gaming desktop replacement” boxes: heavy, loud, and stuffed to its plastic grilles with performance oriented...
An update to Evernote for Windows adds a new feature called Activity Stream that makes it easier to know when your shared notebooks have been edited. A new satellite dish icon in the menu bar is home to a numbered badge that gets incremented any time someone makes a change. Clicking the icon drops down a list of recent changes, like shares and edits, as well as quick actions you might want to take — such as adding a new note, searching your existing ones, or sharing a notebook. The updated app also downloads newly-shared notebooks directly to your computer for you, automatically. The new version of Evernote for Windows (4.5.7) is available now from the company's site.
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In addition to announcing that the company would be laying off 10,000 employees, Nokia revealed some better news: that its Windows Phones will soon be available through China Unicom, the country's second largest carrier. Specifics regarding when the first batch of devices will roll out is...
Microsoft has laid down the foundations for what its CEO, Steve Ballmer, once described as the company's "riskiest product bet." Many Microsoft watchers assume that Metro style apps could be the tough sell for Windows 8, but what about the...
At its grand PC unveiling event today, Vizio announced that it will be creating a number of "experience stores" that it will bring to a number of locations, including Microsoft stores, college campuses, and events like SXSW. Vizio says that it won't be selling products at...
