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  • Microsoft Server Chief Muglia to Leave Company

    Jan 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) said on Monday the head of its third-largest business will leave the company in the summer and it is looking for a replacement. Bob Muglia, who runs Microsoft’s Server and Tools business, which makes money selling server software to companies, had been at the company for 23 years.…

  • 1. The Mobility Factor

    1. The Mobility Factor Tablets have helped business users become more mobile. Admittedly, the average employee was productive while on-the-go before tablets were so popular. But tablets tend to offer a smaller footprint than notebooks, they’re lighter, and they’re easier to break out and get work done on than their physical-keyboard-equipped counterparts. That has helped…

  • Oddly Innovative Products Released at CES 2011

    Oddly Innovative Products Released at CES 2011 Dry-All Wet Smartphone Emergency Kit For the clumsy among us, this kit’s contents provide a “hyperfast dry time and a patent pending absorption chamber” that the company claims can dry wet cell phones in as little as six hours. “A good idea to have on hand in case…

  • T-Mobile USA to Double Speed of Network This Year

    (Reuters) – T-Mobile USA plans to start doubling the speed of its high-speed wireless data network this year to 42 megabits per second, joining a race toward higher-speed networks to make its service competitive with Verizon Wireless’. T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom, also told reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show it would not…

  • Microsoft’s ARM Move Essential to Success in Mobile, ARM President Says

    (Reuters) – Microsoft’s plan to make Windows compatible with ARM Holdings chip designs will help the software giant establish a major presence in smartphones and tablets, ARM’s president said. Microsoft has been slow to make a splash in the mobile market, dominated by Apple, Google and Research In Motion, but it’s not too late, Tudor…

  • Verizon’s Data Use Pricing Set to Expire, But Executives Weigh Options

    (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless is experiencing a boost in higher-margin wireless data subscribers thanks to a $10 limited data service it is offering, potentially encouraging the top U.S. operator to make such an offer more permanent. While rival AT&T Inc had eliminated unlimited data services and been selling useage-based data pricing plans to smartphone customers…

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