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Microsoft's Home of the Future: A Visual Tour
Welcome to The Microsoft Home, where no wall or table in the house is safe from being a digital device.
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E3: Microsoft's hottest games and gear--have a look
Microsoft took the wraps off Kinect (nee Project Natal) at E3 2010, promising an experience that will "bring living rooms to life in a social and accessible way."
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In Pictures: Microsoft Revamps Hotmail With New Tools
Microsoft will roll out enhancements to its Hotmail Web mail service later this year, with an aim to reduce clutter and make it easier to send photos and handle Office documents. Here is a visual tour of Windows Live Hotmail's new look and features.
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In pictures: ARN and Microsoft's channel breakfast
ARN and Microsoft joined forces to run a special breakfast briefing for distribution and reseller staff on Selling for Success. Held at Sydney's Establishment Hotel, the event was attended by 50 representatives including CEOs, managing directors, senior sales and management individuals. Guests speakers were Microsoft director of partners, George Stavrakakis and Channel Dynamics director, Moheb Moses.
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Top tech legal battles over the past decade
This first part of a four part series looks at all the legal issues that spawned across the IT industry in the past decade. Part one looks at some of the top class action lawsuits.
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In Pictures: Celebrities in tech ads
From phones to domains celebrities are brought in time and time again to bring technology to the masses.
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Top 10 features that Apple stole from Windows
Steve Jobs once said that Microsoft stole Windows from Apple, but there has been plenty of idea snatching on both sides over the years. Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard each contain features that originated in the other OS. Some features were stolen so long ago that they've become part of the computing landscape, and it's difficult to remember who invented what. Here we give credit to Microsoft where credit is due.
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9-year-old plots his fifth Microsoft certification
Born with a passion for computing, 9-year-old Marko Calasan hasn't wasted any time becoming a high-tech pro with four Microsoft IT certifications.
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Microsoft's history with the Tablet PC
Microsoft's demonstration Wednesday of "Slate PCs" made by HP, Pegatron, and Archos is by no means its first attempt to help develop such a form factor. The Slate PC seems to be identical to a Tablet with only the name changed. In fact, the Tablet PC has long been a pet project for Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who showed the first Tablet PC prototype in 2000 at the now-defunct Comdex trade show in Las Vegas.
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Windows 7 in pictures: The coolest new hardware
Microsoft put eye-catching hardware on display at last week's Windows 7 launch event. From netbooks and ultrathins to standard-size laptops and All-in-One touchscreen PCs, here's a closer look at some of the shiniest new Windows 7 machines.
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Slideshow: Partying with Microsoft
The Microsoft Partner Conference kicked off with an opening night at Jupiter's Casino on the Gold Coast's tropically-themed pool area. Partners and Microsoft staff mingled in style amongst a backdrop of chilled music and cool drinks.
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Barefoot and bubbles on Hamilton Island
Jabra recently held its partner forum on Hamilton Island.
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Windows 7 in Pictures: 10 Cool Desktop Features
Since the general beta release, Windows 7 has been through the testing ringer and has come out with mostly high marks for its speed, flexibility, user interface (UI) and networking features.
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IN PICTURES: Blast from the Past 3 - Synnex roadshow hits Sydney (2008)
As we grow closer to the 2012 ARN IT Industry Awards and our 21st birthday celebration, we thought it was time to look at some of the events and moments in history that have taken place during that time. For the next few weeks we'll be looking at some of the events from 2008 and 2009. In this slideshow, we revisit 2008 when Synnex brought its Alliance roadshow to Sydney's Olympic Park. On display were a raft of products from Synnex’s vendor partners including Acer, Brother, Microsoft, HP, Asus and Intel. Were you there? And remember <a href="http://www.arnnet.com.au/industry_awards/nominations/">Nominate Now</a> for the 2012 ARN IT Industry Awards. Nominations close on July 13.