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Would you Bing that?

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Thomas Purves

Earlier this week Microsoft Canada invited myself and a few other locals out to take a look at Bing. Here’s what you should know about Bing. Bing is Microsoft’s new search engine. Bing is a re-brand of Microsoft’s old “live” … Continue reading →

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Dividend theory at work, MSFT shareholders want their money back

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Thomas Purves

On a down day on the market, Microsoft is up today, demonstrating a neat piece of market finance theory. Microsoft is up because they announced they’ll be giving back to shareholders a whole whack of money, 40Billion in share buybacks … Continue reading →

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New Microsoft browser not terrible

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Microsoft gave us tech bloggers a sneak peak at their new IE8 web browser the other day. On the whole I like it. In several areas, IE8 catches up in features to other modern browsers. In other areas, it introduce … Continue reading →

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