The video-streaming site Netflix closes trading for the day 13% higher, less than 7 days after it dismayed Wall Street after not performing well for the year’s 3rd quarter.  Exact details on what caused the trading surge are unknown, but Forbes states that an ungrounded hearsay was behind it.
As said by Forbes, it was greatly rumored around Wall Street that Microsoft was in talks to buy Netflix, with one e-mail from a Wall Street bank showing a rumor that is going around, saying Microsoft …

Microsoft has specified just how much Windows RT and its components is taking up in terms of storage space.
According to the software giant, Windows RT, its built-in apps and recovery tools take up half (that’s 16GB) of the 32GB storage space of the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT.
Furthermore, the 64GB version of the Microsoft Surface has even more space eaten up by Windows RT.
Microsoft says:
“Here’s how much hard disk space you have available out of the box:

The 32 GB version has …

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has hinted in an interview that Microsoft is working to develop the Windows 8 personal computer operating system and the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system into a single platform.
“We’re certainly sharing between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 – sharing the user interface, sharing some of those development tools – and over time we’ll just get to do more and more of that,” the Microsoft chairman said in a video published by Microsoft …

 
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has confirmed that Microsoft will make more hardware after Microsoft Surface, a report notes.
Asked if the company plans on releasing more hardware, Ballmer told the BBC that the company will “obviously” do so.
“Is it fair to say we’re going to do more hardware? Obviously we are… Where we see important opportunities to set a new standard, yeah we’ll dive in,” the CEO is quoted by the publication as saying.
The …

Today is the beginning of what Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dubbed as a “new era” for Microsoft as the software giant releases its latest operating system: Windows 8.
 
Available from stores and for download tomorrow October 26, Windows 8 is make or break for Microsoft as the world transitions to being more mobile as adoption of mobile devices like tablets and smartphones increase.
 
The importance of mobile is evidenced by the two versions of Windows 8, Windows 8 and Windows RT. …

The Microsoft Surface TV ad dubbed The Surface Movement has been declared the most effective tablet ad for this year, a new survey reveals.
According to Ace Metrix, the Microsoft Surface ad managed to score a 674 in the research company’s Ace Score.
The new Microsoft Surface ad scored “particularly high in the ‘change’, ‘desire’ and ‘attention’ areas of the Ace Score,” Neowin reports.
The publication also quotes the research firm’s CEO as saying that the new ad has …

Research and analysis company Forrester Research reveals that a meager 33% of companies who responded to their new survey have plans to shift to Windows 8, Microsoft’s new Operating System, despite promises of the new OS having a fresher-looking Metro interface.
10% of the respondents have no intention at all to upgrade, and the remaining 40% of the survey respondents stated that they have no plans of upgrading to Windows 8

Microsoft posted on Thursday modest results marred by a slow PC market for its first quarter for the financial year 2013.
The software giant revealed that had a profit of $4.47 billion for the three-month period ending in September 30 on revenues of $16 billion.
Those figures are lower 8 percent than Microsoft’s $17.4 billion revenue and $5.7 billion profit for the same quarter last financial year 2012.
However, the software behemoth says that when you account for $1.356 billion of revenue …

Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s Windows division chief, wants to prove to you that the Microsoft Surface tablet isn’t flimsy.
In fact, it’s strong enough to carry him à la skateboard.
Sinofsky tweeted a photo of him riding the Microsoft Surface like a skateboard and then another photo showing the tablet made it.
“Couldn’t resist taking it out for a spin… #surface,” Sinofsky said in one tweet.
“detail view #surface,” he said in another.
Couldn’t resist taking it out …

The base model of the Microsoft Surface with Windows RT has been sold out, the software giant’s preorder page for the device reveals.
After less than 24 hours of being up for preorder, the 32 GB model without a Black Touch Cover of the Microsoft Surface for Windows RT shows “Order for shipment within three weeks.”
The development comes after Microsoft was criticized for pricing the base model of its new tablet powered by Windows 8 for ARM-based platforms at $499, a price some said was too …