Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition

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	Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company's device business, but the discussions have broken down, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Read More WHITE PAPER: Kony Solutions Mobile Application Management and Today's Enterprise From discovery to distribution, development to deployment, mobile application management (MAM) is a must-have. But what does it take to manage your company's mobile applications successfully? Read this brand new Forrester report to find out. Learn more. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Should Microsoft buy Nokia? No way! Richi Jennings: Microsoft is/isn't buying Nokia. Does anyone Care? The Microsoft break-up that never happened Papers please! 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Preston Gralla: Should Microsoft buy Nokia? No way! The on-again off-again talks for Microsoft to buy Nokia appear to be off, and that's a good thing for Microsoft. With a brightening future for Windows Phone, there's no longer a need for Microsoft to buy the company, unless it can get it at cut-rate prices. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft is/isn't buying Nokia. Does anyone Care? Merger talks irrevocably fail. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) isn't buying Nokia (HEL:NOK1V)(NYSE:NOK), after all, we're told. But Huawei might be. Seems like, despite earlier appearances, Ballmer and Elop don't get along. Good news for Samsung, Google and Apple; but bad news for mobile-platform diversity. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the future shape of the smartphone market. Read More The Microsoft break-up that never happened Thomas P. Jackson, the former federal judge who in 2000 ruled that Microsoft should be split into two companies, died Saturday. What if his ruling, overturned before it could be implemented, had gone into effect? Read More Papers please! Microsoft creates second-class citizens with Office iPhone app Microsoft erred when it decided that the new Office Mobile for iPhone would be available to Office 365 customers but not to those who purchased a traditional "perpetual" license to Office 2013, an analyst argued Read More Microsoft launches security bounty programs for Windows 8.1 and IE 11 Preview Microsoft will pay security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the preview version of IE11, for finding novel techniques to bypass exploit mitigations present in Windows 8.1 or later versions and for coming up with new ideas to fend off exploits. Read More WHITE PAPER: ClickSoftware How to Become an Operations Superstar This eBook for operations and customer service managers will walk you through the challenges faced by field organizations, how a workforce management solution can increase operational efficiency as well as productivity. Learn More. Preston Gralla: Will Windows 8.1 kick Windows 8 'Modern' developers to the curb? Microsoft will release a test version of Windows 8.1 at its BUILD developers conference next week, but there's a chance that Windows update could go a long way towards hurting those developers, and slowing app growth in the Windows Store. Is there anything Microsoft can do to combat that? Read More Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service. Read More Preston Gralla: With 4 million unsold Surface tablets, Microsoft slashes prices for schools The RT-based Surface tablet has been a bust, with an estimated 4 million unsold units, so Microsoft has a way to possibly unload some: Sell them at steep discounts to schools. But even at more than half-off, will schools buy? Read More Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60% for schools Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. Read More Microsoft tacks up first wanted poster, debuts temp bounty for IE11 bugs Microsoft on Wednesday backpedaled from a long-standing refusal to pay bug bounties when it announced a temporary program for the beta of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). Read More Microsoft, Samsung, HP join to stop Windows piracy Hewlett-Packard and Samsung Electronics will now ensure that their PCs in China are installed with licensed Windows and Office software as part of new agreements signed with Microsoft meant to fight piracy. Read More
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