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  • Friday 4:55 PM Thanks to Nokia's (NOK) Lumia releases, Windows Phone (MSFT) managed to account for 4.1% of Western European smartphone sales in Q1, per IDC. Android (GOOG) had 55% of the market, the iPhone (AAPL) 25%, and BlackBerry (RIMM) devices 9% (down from 17% a year earlier). A Microsoft exec recently claimed Windows Phone had 7% of the Chinese smartphone market. Nokia's high-end Lumia 900 was launched early in Q2.
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  • Friday 11:38 AM Neowin.net provides details about Dell's (DELL) first Windows 8 (MSFT) tablet. The specs appear ho-hum: a 10.1" display, a dual-core Intel (INTC) Clover Trail CPU with integrated graphics; dual cameras; a solid-state drive; and a thickness of 0.4" (the new iPad is at 0.37") . Expect H-P, Nokia, and about a dozen or so Asian OEMs to launch similar hardware, only with some models sporting ARM-based (ARMH) CPUs instead. (more on Windows 8)
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  • Friday 8:58 AM At the top of Goldman Sachs' VIP List of 50 stocks most important to hedge funds is Apple (AAPL), followed by GOOG, ESRX, MSFT, QCOM, C, GM, PCLN, JPM and LMCA. Leading the list of the firm's top 50 short positions is JNJ, XOM, INTC, IBM, AMZN, T, CVX, VZ, DUK and DIS.
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  • Thursday 6:45 PM The E.U. will make a final ruling on June 27 regarding a $1.1B fine levied on Microsoft (MSFT) in '08 for failing to comply with an order to share information about its server OS products to guarantee networking software interoperability, and release a version of Windows that doesn't feature Windows Media Player. The ruling could have implications for Intel's (INTC) attempts to overturn a $1.33B fine levied in '09.
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  • Thursday 4:58 PM Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal subsidiary is in "serious negotiations" to buy Microsoft's (MSFT) stake in MSNBC.com, and could gain full control of the site by this summer, multiple sources tell Adweek. Such a deal could be another example of Microsoft's efforts to reduce the giant losses posted by its Online Services division.
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  • Thursday 2:17 PM Microsoft's (MSFT) hit Kinect sensor may be getting some serious competition from Leap Motion, developer of a hands-free motion control solution that can control what's shown on a display with accuracy up to 1/100 of a millimeter. Leap's hardware, which also supports gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, is expected to cost $70, and has received heavy developer interest. Microsoft is reportedly prepping a more advanced Kinect that can read lips and detect emotions.
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  • Thursday 10:09 AM Microsoft (MSFT) has won a German injunction on the sale of Motorola Mobility (GOOG) Android devices, after a court ruled Motorola is infringing a patent related to the brilliant innovation of breaking up and reassembling a text message. The ruling comes after the ITC banned the U.S. import of Motorola devices infringing another Microsoft patent, and suggested (pending a final ruling) the Xbox 360 should face an import ban for violating Motorola patents.
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Our mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential. Since the company was founded in 1975, we have worked to achieve this mission by creating technology that transforms the way people work, play, and communicate. We develop and market... More

Sector: Technology
Industry: Application Software
Country: United States