Mix 93.1 » microsoft http://mix931fm.com Today's Hit Music Sun, 19 May 2013 15:42:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Microsoft Unveils Windows 8 http://mix931fm.com/microsoft-unveils-windows-8/ http://mix931fm.com/microsoft-unveils-windows-8/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:01:13 +0000 roddwayne http://mix931fm.com/?p=9211 Microsoft has taken the lid off of Windows 8, a radical departure from the last 15 years of Windows operating systems. Microsoft has officially unveiled some key new features of its forthcoming operating system. The next-generation OS, which may or may not be called “Windows 8” (its “internal code-name”), delivers a completely re-imagined user interface, with a heavy emphasis on touch-based functionality that takes a hefty helping of inspiration from the Windows Phone UI.

]]> http://mix931fm.com/microsoft-unveils-windows-8/feed/ 0 Photo from Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion http://mix931fm.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/ http://mix931fm.com/microsoft-buys-skype-for-8-5-billion/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 22:30:27 +0000 Mix 93-1 http://mix931fm.com/?p=7545 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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