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Meet The World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Tech Specialist

Fourth grader Pranav Kalyan is the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist.

2013/01/22

Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks during an Apple Special Event January 27, 2010, at Yerba Buena Center For The Arts in San Francisco. (credit: David Paul Morris/Getty Images)

Research: Microsoft, Apple Tablets Have Most Profit Margin

Research firm HIS says Microsoft and Apple are garnering the highest profit margins for their tablets, followed to a lesser extent by Google and then Amazon.

2012/11/05

LAUSD Still Needs To Spend $10M From Microsoft Settlement

LA schools have about $10 million in vouchers to buy the latest technology before they expire next year, so why haven’t they used them up?

2012/10/08

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Microsoft Unveils New Version Of Office

Microsoft unveiled a brand new version of Office promising new touch commands integrated for better use with tablets.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/07/16

Microsoft's Executive Officer Steve Ballmer introduces Microsoft's new tablet SURFACE during the press conference in Milky Studios on June 18, 2012 in Hollywood, California. (credit: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyImages)

Microsoft Unveils New iPad-Rival Tablet, Surface

Microsoft has unveiled Surface, a tablet computer to compete with Apple’s iPad.

2012/06/18

Microsoft To Make ‘Major’ Announcement On Monday

Microsoft is being secretive about a “major” announcement it plans to make in Los Angeles on Monday.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/06/14

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Microsoft Rolls Out Xbox TV Platform

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console, one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/12/05

Counterfeit Software Sting Leads To Arrest In Long Beach

Investigators Wednesday arrested a man accused of trying to sell counterfeit software during a sting at a Long Beach coffee shop.

2011/11/09

Microsoft To Bring Live Television To Xbox 360

Live television is landing on the Xbox 360.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/06/06

Microsoft Agrees To Buy Skype For $8.5B

Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.

2011/05/10

Microsoft Attacks Google For Lack Of Security

Microsoft is lashing out at Google, extending the hostilities between two of the most prominent corporations in technology.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/04/11

Tech Companies Pitch In On Earthquake Response

Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last week’s earthquake in Japan. Google Inc. has an online “person finder” for people seeking information about a missing person.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2011/03/14

Microsoft Upgrade To Let Phones Connect To Xbox

Now that it has hooked up with Nokia Corp. phones, Microsoft Corp. hopes to connect its phone software to the Xbox this year too. It’s also planning other improvements that include a faster Web browser and quicker switching between phone applications.

2011/02/14