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Microsoft has committed to building a massive 1.2 million square-foot, $1.1 billion regional data center complex on 154 acres in central Iowa, a project officials pledged will create more than 80 jobs in the local area over a four- to five-year phase-in period.

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Microsofts $7.2 billion deal to acquire Nokias (NOK) mobile phone business is set to close Friday, April 25, sealing a month- long process that apparently ended with the companies winning the last-leg nod from Chinese regulators.

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Microsoft may have retired Internet Explorer 6 last week, but it's still keeping track of the ancient browser's user share on a death watch-like website that's been running for more than three years.

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This fall marks 20 years that Microsoft has been making keyboards (make that "computer hardware," as it was quaintly called back in 1994). Ironically, though, as the company approaches this milestone, it's now making accessories not just for PCs, but... Smart TVs?

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Microsoft is updating its Web-based Office Online suite, narrowing the features gap with the main Office 365 and Office 2013 suites installed on users' devices.

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There's no question that today's Microsoft is a whole new company. Many of the changes announced under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella were initiated under his predecessor, Steve Ballmer. But it's clear that it's a whole new Microsoft.