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Microsoft Display Dock review – CNET
CNET Mobile Mobile Accessories Microsoft Display Dock The Microsoft Display Dock is a very niche accessory. It’s a palm-sized adaptor with one (and only one) use: Turning your Lumia phone into a makeshift PC with the new Windows 10 Continuum feature. The much-hyped Continuum is one of the big new features on Microsoft’s Lumia 950…
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Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
March 17, 1988 Apple Computer famously sues Microsoft Corporation for copyright infringement in its Windows operating system. Apple eventually lost the lawsuit in 1995. Previous post: The First Wiki This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Microsoft Goes Public
March 13, 1986 Ten years after the company’s founding, Microsoft Corporation stock goes public at $ 21 per share. The stock, which eventually closed at $ 27.75 a share, peaked at $ 29.25 a share shortly after the opening. It is said that the rising value of Microsoft stock has made an estimated 4 billionaires and 12,000…
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Microsoft Ships Internet Explorer 2.0
November 27, 1995 Nearly 6 months to the day after Bill Gates sent his Internet Tidal Wave memo recognizing the importance of the Internet, and only 3 months after releasing version 1.0, Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5. IE 2.0 was still based on licensed code from Spyglass Mosaic, but was the…
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Microsoft Declares Tablets Are the Future
November 12, 2000 Bill Gates demonstrates a functional prototype of a Tablet PC. Microsoft claims “the Tablet PC will represent the next major evolution in PC design and functionality.” However, the Tablet PC initiative never really takes off and it isn’t until Apple introduces the iPad in 2010 that tablet computing is widely adopted. In…
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Microsoft Word 1.0 for DOS
September 29, 1983 Microsoft releases their first software application, Microsoft Word 1.0. For use with MS-DOS compatible systems, Word was the first word processing software to make extensive use of a computer mouse. Not coincidentally, Microsoft had released a computer mouse for IBM-compatible PCs earlier in the year. A demo version was also included for…
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6ft Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable for Microsoft Surface RT
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6ft Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable for Microsoft Surface RT
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6ft Micro HDMI to HDMI Cable for Microsoft Surface RT
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Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs this year as it chops Nokia Check this article! W…
Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs this year as it chops Nokia Check this article! What do you think? Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs this year as it chops Nokiareut.rsSEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella kicked off one of the largest layoffs in tech history on Thursday, hoping to reshape the aging PC…