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Internet News Reading Down 80% Due to Unreliable April 1st Trends

People who are used to getting their daily news from online news sources and blogs have finally given up on reading anything on the web, as the yearly trend to post fake stories to the internet on April 1st continues. The online statistics service AdNumbers stated today that ad revenue from online marketing and banner […]

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sees pay cut as result of poor Windows 8, Surface tablet marketplace performance

This is pretty much unparalleled. Or at least it’s a decent case of schadenfreude. Per CNET, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw his pay docked this year as a result of the disappointing performance of the company’s Windows Division over the past year. The Microsoft head received US$1.26 million in compensation for fiscal 2013, with US$697,500 […]

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Microsoft purchases Nokia’s Devices and Services division, moves to rearrange executive lineups

Because it’s fun to buy multi-billion dollar companies. Per The Mac Observer, Microsoft is buying Nokia’s cell phone business for about US$5 billion and tossing in another US$2.2 billion to license the company’s patents. The deal throws together two big time companies that are struggling to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung, brings […]

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iPad Rumor

Rumor: Apple to release 7.85-inch iPad this fall at sub-$499 price point

A rumor’s got to be true on some levels… Per the New York Times, previous rumors have been confirmed saying consumers can expect the as-yet-unannounced iPad to boast a 7.85-inch form factor and cost “significantly less than the latest US$499 iPad” when it debuts later this year. Previous reports from The Wall Street Journal and […]

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Microsoft targets iPad, unveils Surface tablet

A little competition never hurt anyone. Per Engadget, Microsoft debuted its Surface Windows 8 tablet on Monday at a last-minute special event in Los Angeles, marking the tech monolith’s entrance into the iPad-dominated tablet market. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, showed off the tablet computer based on the company’s new Windows 8 operating system he called […]