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Sales of Windows 8 accelerate to pass 60 million licenses
Present at CES, Microsoft has used the event to communicate their latest figures about the Windows 8 OS. The company has announced that more than 60 million licenses have been shipped since its launch.
News published on the January 9th, 2013 - 9:10 AM ET
Windows 7 : More than 60 million licenses sold
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 has taken off, with more than 60 million licenses sold in its first quarter since its release.
News published on the January 29th, 2010 - 10:15 AM ET
Windows 7: 175 million licenses sold
While releasing their latest financial results, Microsoft indicated that they had sold 175 million licenses of their Windows 7 operating system.
News published on the July 23rd, 2010 - 9:10 AM ET
Microsoft: free licenses to be automatically granted to NGO’s
Criticised after Russian authorities interrogated Non-governmental organisations under the guise of software license verification, Microsoft has pleaded ignorant to the affair and has decided to offer a unilateral software license providing free and ...
News published on the September 15th, 2010 - 9:10 AM ET
Office 2013 licenses to be transferable
For Office 2013, Microsoft has wound back the clock and changed the installation details of their license, now making it transferable.
News published on the March 8th, 2013 - 3:57 AM ET
Windows 8 doing better than Windows 7: things are put into perspective
After one month, sales of Windows 8 licenses are greater than those seen at the same time with Windows 7. Microsoft isn’t wrong by claiming this, but the results still need to be confirmed in the coming weeks.
News published on the November 28th, 2012 - 9:10 AM ET
Apple late in delivering their Internet Radio service
It was expected to be released with iTunes 11, but the Internet Radio service promised by Apple is still not available. Apple puts the delay down to issues with different music licenses.
News published on the March 8th, 2013 - 4:36 PM ET
Windows 7: 400M licences, and cohabitation with Windows 8
During their annual partner’s conference, Microsoft announced that more than 400 million Windows 7 licenses had been sold. According to the company, there are still more than 200 million PC’s with Windows XP licenses, while Windows 8 should soon ...
News published on the July 12th, 2011 - 9:10 AM ET
Microsoft: 100 million Windows 8 sold, Windows Blue promised for 2013
With Microsoft having until now kept official figures about sales of their latest OS quiet, the company has finally announced that more than 100 million copies of Windows 8 have been sold around the world.
News published on the May 7th, 2013 - 10:35 AM ET
HP to soon have new WebOS partners?
Both Leo Apotheker and Jon Rubinstein, ex-CEO of Palm spoke about this at the beginning of the month: WebOS could also be seen on devices other than HP.
News published on the June 30th, 2011 - 10:31 AM ET
Licensing : Microsoft files a new complaint against Motorola
After a first complaint for patent violations concerning the Android OS, Microsoft is once again attacking Motorola – this time for the abuse of licensing rights concerning wireless technologies and video encoding used in the Xbox console..
News published on the November 10th, 2010 - 11:40 AM ET
Software piracy : a Japanese manufacturer to pay $3.3 million
The Business Software Alliance has settled on the largest friendly agreement in their history. A Japanese manufacturer has accepted to pay a $3.3 million settlement for the use of unlicensed software.
News published on the July 6th, 2010 - 3:28 PM ET
Office Starter 2010 : pre-installed with others for a cheaper price
OEM manufacturers will pay $2 for an Office Starter 2010 license if they pre-install it on new PC’s also with Bing bar, Windows Live Essentials. Otherwise the copy will cost $5.
News published on the May 13th, 2010 - 9:10 AM ET
Windows 8: Microsoft hits back at criticisms
Microsoft’s vice-president of communications is disappointed by the lack of understanding in the criticisms made against Windows 8, with his view being that the product is improving each day.
News published on the May 14th, 2013 - 10:30 AM ET
May 21st, 2013 - 4:51 PM ET
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