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Ballmer: 500 Million Windows 8 Users by the End of 2013

Steve Ballmer says that Windows 8 represents a “rebirth” of his company’s core OS that will trigger sales of 500 million units between its release later this year and the end of 2013. more

Google Finalizes Purchase of Motorola Mobility

Google wasted no time in finalizing its $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility in the wake of Chinese regulatory approval. more

Microsoft: 350 Million Windows 7 PCs to Be Sold This Year

Steve Ballmer said that the company expects its hardware partners to ship 350 million copies of Windows 7 this year. more

China Okays Google Purchase of Motorola Mobility

China antitrust authorities have approved Google’s proposed $12.5 billion purchase of handset maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the online advertising giant to finalize the transaction. more

EU to Google: Settle or Be Charged with Antitrust Violations

A lot has changed with antitrust regulators in the EC since they took Microsoft to court again and again to answer for its predatory practices in the desktop OS market. Now, facing online advertising giant Google, the EU is trying a different, more expedient tactic. more

Facebook Stumbles Out of the Gate with Weak IPO

Anyone hoping that last week’s Facebook IPO was going to trigger a new wave of Internet bubble hysteria came away disappointed after the social networking giant stumbled badly and only artificially reached its stock offering price of $38. more

WinInfo Short Takes, May 18, 2012

An often irreverent look at this week's other news, including Windows Phone market share surges thanks to Lumia 900, AT&T has big expectations for Windows Phone thanks to Windows 8, fears that Nokia is burning through cash too quickly, buy a new PC and get a free Xbox 360, Windows 8 won’t stop PC makers from bundling crapware, Twitter joins Do Not Track, HP reportedly cutting 30,000 jobs next week, and Verizon Wireless effectively kills grandfathered unlimited data. more

Google: Hey, We Can Update Our Search Engine Too

Just hours after Microsoft launched the biggest revamp of its Bing search engine since its inception 3 years earlier, the search industry’s 800-pound gorilla announced an update of its own. more

New Bing Is a Bit Socially Awkward

Microsoft rolled out a set of previously announced changes to Bing that represents the biggest overhaul to its search service since its debut 3 years ago. more

Intel, AMD Align for Windows 8 Battles of 2012

With this week’s launch of the AMD “Trinity” processor chipsets—now renamed to the more pedestrian 2nd-Generation A-Series APUs, or Accelerated Processing Units—both of the major microprocessor makers are armed for battle. more

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