Microsoft releases new Windows Phone 8.1 videos

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Microsoft has released two new videos that cover some of the basics of Windows Phone, along with some of the new features of WP 8.1. The videos coincide with the release of the Nokia Lumia 630.

Microsofts money pit: Surface has lost $1.2B

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Microsoft has lost more than $1.2 billion so far on its Surface tablet business, an expensive experiment that makes tomorrow's revelations of new hardware an important milestone for the "devices" side of its corporate-refashioning strategy.

Surface do-or-die moment? Not so fast

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Microsoft's scheduled unveiling of new Surface tablets next week is not a last-chance moment for the company's hardware dreams, analysts said, countering a theme popular on the Web.

Microsoft to Launch Cheaper Xbox One with No Kinect

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Bowing to pressure from the Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft today announced that it would sell a less expensive version of its Xbox One console that matches the PS4 price by dropping the Kinect motion sensor. This new Xbox One will become available in June and will cost $400.