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Microsoft to push up UK volume pricing by up to a third

...Microsoft is to increase its volume licensing prices for its UK licensing schemes from the beginning of July, the... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

UK customers to lose out in Microsoft licensing change

...Microsoft plans to make changes to its volume-licensing fees, meaning UK customers are likely to pay more as prices are... Read more

3 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government seeks savings through licence shuffle

...Microsoft, are just as loath to discuss the subject of public-sector licensing. However, the combination of fiscal pressures and new access to government IT... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

YouTube snaps up RightsFlow licensing firm

...helps songwriters, recording artists, labels, distributors and online music services set up licensing and royalties arrangements. "By combining RightsFlow's expertise and technology with YouTube... Read more

12 December, 2011 by Edward Moyer

Microsoft to cut school software licensing costs

...Microsoft is set to change the way it calculates licensing fees for schools, which could lead to cost reductions of up to... Read more

17 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

Microsoft licensing 'broken', says G-Cloud expert

...Microsoft licensing complexity for the UK government's G-Cloud is an issue which... Read more

2 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft kills System Center single-module licence

...Licensing changes to Microsoft's System Center 2012 could force customers to buy... Read more

18 January, 2012 by Jack Clark

Microsoft forges Android licensing deal with LG

The software giant has chalked up another licensing agreement with an Android phone manufacturer, this time striking a deal with... Read more

13 January, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Microsoft strikes Android licensing deal with Compal

...the world's original design manufacturers on board with its Android-Chrome licensing effort. Taiwan-based Compal Electronics will pay undisclosed royalties to the software... Read more

24 October, 2011 by Steven Musil
Microsoft: Schools are failing to teach IT skills

Microsoft: Schools are failing to teach IT skills

...in schools is highly pertinent in this environment. When will the new licensing come into effect?We can't transact this until 1 March, when... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Intel to pay Nvidia $1.5bn in cross-licensing deal

...Intel will pay Nvidia $1.5bn in licensing fees in return for the use of technology made by the graphical... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Commodore USA to revive PC64 with Atom processor

...when it transpired that company chief executive Barry Altman had negotiated a licensing agreement with a company — Commodore Gaming — that was itself a licensee of... Read more

27 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Microsoft signs deal to license ARM chip architecture

...Chip designer ARM has announced that Microsoft has signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecture that is widely used in mobile phones... Read more

23 July, 2010 by Jack Schofield

Microsoft aims to reduce 'complex' software licensing

...UK's managing director Gordon Frazer agreed that the company's software licensing is complicated, but said it is making an effort to reduce the... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

RIM and Motorola settle cross-licensing dispute

...RIM and Motorola have reached an agreement over cross-licensing, after being caught up in a patent lawsuit battle for several years... Read more

14 June, 2010 by Sam Diaz

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

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debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

9 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

9 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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