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Microsoft appoints new head of phone group

Microsoft Corp appointed a new head for its mobile phone software group on Monday, as the company continues to search for ways to extend its dominance in the PC market to the fast-growing and highly-competitive smartphone business.
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Google's Andy Rubin Trashes Siri, Says iPhone 4S Users Will Look Crazy

Google's SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin spearheaded an attack on one of Apple iPhone 4S' most important features - voice assistant Siri - saying the phone is a tool for communication and should not be an assistant. You shouldn't be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone, Rubin said on Wednesday at the AllThingsD AsiaD conference.
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Microsoft CEO Bashes Android, Yahoo

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at San Francisco's Web 2.0 Summit and picked apart his competitors, including Apple, Google, and Yahoo.
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Microsoft Considers Bidding for Yahoo

Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks about the upcoming release of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, in Toronto

Microsoft CEO Bonus Lags on Phone, Tablet Results

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer failed to clinch his maximum bonus for the second year running due to the company's slow progress in mobile phones and adapting to the tablet computer revolution.

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