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Microsoft to Name New Software Windows 8.1, and It’s Free

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 14 at 11:45 am PT

Microsoft announced Tuesday the updated version of its Windows 8 operating system — which had been code-named Windows Blue — will be called Windows 8.1, and it will be available for free to encourage as many people as possible to take up the new software.

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Icahn, Southeastern Propose Alternative to Dell Buyout

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on May 10 at 12:25 am PT

Two of Dell Inc.’s largest stockholders, investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc., proposed an alternative offer to a $24.4 billion deal to buy out the company’s public stockholders.

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Blackstone Ends Pursuit of Dell

Sharon Terlep, David Benoit and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on April 18 at 9:35 pm PT

Blackstone Group has ended its pursuit of Dell Inc., less than a month after the private-equity firm said it would try to top a leveraged buyout by the computer maker’s founder and a rival investment firm.

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Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled Watch Device

Lorraine Luk and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on April 14 at 7:58 pm PT

Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products.

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Microsoft Plans Seven-Inch Tablet

Lorraine Luk, Shira Ovide and Eva Dou, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 10 at 10:27 pm PT

The personal computer business is at a crossroads, and Microsoft isn’t sitting still.

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Blackstone Solicits Partners for Dell Bid

Sharon Terlep and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 10 at 5:30 am PT

Blackstone Group LP is talking to several technology companies about potentially joining its bid to take computer maker Dell Inc. private, people familiar with the matter said.

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From Dell Insider to Suitor

Ian Sherr and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 26 at 5:30 am PT

Blackstone Group LP’s letter laying out a potential bid for Dell Inc. was co-signed by someone very familiar to the computer maker: David Johnson.

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Michael Dell Could Lose CEO Job in Rival Buyout Bid

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on March 24 at 3:02 pm PT

Michael Dell kicked off the process to take Dell Inc. private. Now as other potential bidders crowd into the picture, Mr. Dell may end up losing control of his company.

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Dell Walks Fine Line in Pitch for Buyout

Shira Ovide and Sharon Terlep, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 21 at 4:45 am PT

Chief executives typically like to boast about their companies, but as a Friday deadline for rival bids to buy his firm approaches, Michael Dell finds himself in the opposite position.

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U.S. Probes Microsoft, Partners Over Bribery Claims

Christopher M. Matthews, Joe Palazzolo and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 19 at 10:27 am PT

Federal regulators are investigating Microsoft Corp.’s relationship with business partners that allegedly bribed foreign government officials in return for software contracts, according to people familiar with the matter.