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microsoft.com - 2/13/2009

Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice President of Retail Stores: Twenty-seven-year ...

— microsoft.com — Twenty-seven-year retail veteran will focus on transforming the PC and device-buying experience for retail consumers and developing... and rolling out new Microsoft-branded stores. REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 12, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that ... (more) Microsoft Appoints David Porter as Corporate Vice ...

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blogs.zdnet.com - 2/12/2009

A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes | All about Microsoft

— blogs.zdnet.com — February 6th, 2009 A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone chassis: Yes Posted by Mary Jo Foley... @ 5:31 am Categories: Code names , Corporate strategy , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Telecommunications , Windows Live , Windows Mobile , Xbox ... (more) A Microsoft smartphone: No. A Microsoft phone ...

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moconews.net - 2/19/2009

@ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is To Microsoft

— moconews.net — image At Microsoft’s press conference yesterday at Mobile World Congress, if you tied two threads together, you... learned a very interesting fact about HTC, one of the company’s closest handset makers—the Taiwanese company is responsible for 80 percent ... (more) @ MWC: We Learned Just How Great Of A Partner HTC Is ...

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Microsoft to open new retail stores like Apple
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:00 PM EST Microsoft has announced plans to dive into the challenging retail business with its own corporate-branded outlets to take on Apple's growing visibility among consumers. A report filed by Reuters said the company had no information on what products the stores would sell, how many it planned to open, or when and where those stores might open. Those details would be determined by David Porter, a former DreamWorks Animation executive heading up worldwide product distribution who earlier acted as a manager at Wal-Mart. Opening a new chain of stores ...

Microsoft (MSFT): A store, just like Apple's (AAPL)
BloggingStocks — ... According to Reuters "Microsoft Corp announced plans Thursday to open its own chain of branded stores as it looks to catch up with rival Apple Inc's successful move into retailing." ...

Zune Software Planned For Other Devices
Cult of Mac — ... The motivation for the new retail push was to make the Microsoft buying experience “clear, simple and straightforward for consumers everywhere, ” Kevin Turner, operations head for the software giant, told Reuters. ...