Analysts estimated sales of Windows 8

According to research by Net Applications, at the end of the first quarter 2013 sales of Windows 8 have increased from 2.79% to 3.31%.

Moreover, despite the fact that Windows 7 previously suffered losses, it grows again with a share changed from 44.55% to 44.73%. Market share of Windows Vista dropped to 5%, according to the portal thenextweb.com.

Analysts have seen a rapid growth in sales of Windows 8, which they had hoped. The share of Windows 7 in March increased, while last month it grew by only 0.07%, and in January - has fallen by 0.63%, the first failure in the market after the operating system on the market. The experts also noted a drop in sales of Windows Vista 5.17% to 4.99%.

Ericsson wants to buy Microsoft's IPTV software

According to the agency business to Bloomberg, the Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson is in talks with Microsoft regarding the purchase of its units for the production of solutions for Internet TV (IPTV).

Microsoft IPTV solutions are focused on large telecom operators offering customers mobile TV, TV on demand and classic webcasts.

Sources close to the companies say that while all aspects of the transaction likely Microsoft and Ericsson have not agreed, but on the achievement of a final agreement could be announced in the next couple of weeks. Officially, neither Microsoft nor Ericsson this information is not confirmed. Bloomberg says nothing about the possible price of the transaction.

Cooperation with Microsoft is not justified

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaking at the Goldman Sachs technology conference on the eve recognized that cooperation with Microsoft in Internet search, when Yahoo began using the search engine Bing, is not justified either commercially or from a strategic point of view.

According to her, the integration of Microsoft technology was quite expensive for Yahoo and until the money had not been worked out, besides switching to Bing has not had a positive impact on the market share of Yahoo.

Meyer says that the company is earning now have to rely on their own online services, which are not related to Bing. The current CEO Yahoo says that for her the situation is not a surprise, Meyer admitted that while working in Google she watched the agreement Microsoft and Yahoo, and even then for myself, she knew that Yahoo would be at best a zero result, and in the worst - bear market losses.

Microsoft profits fall 22% before the release Windows 8

The world's largest software maker Microsoft today announced the receipt of quarterly results below estimate amid falling sales of new computer equipment, as well as the expectations of the market due to the release of the new flagship product Windows and Office.

Net sales declined to 4.47 billion dollars, or 53 cents a share, from 5.74 billion dollars, or 68 cents per share for the period July-September 2011. The actual results of the company were below Wall Street expectations. The company's sales fell by almost 8% to 16.0 billion dollars, compared with expectations at $ 16.4 billion.

The basic unit of Microsoft, is busy working on the operating system Windows, faced with the negative impact of declining demand for new PCs and notebooks, as well as a custom shift in demand towards tablets and smartphones. On the eve of analyst firm Gartner has published quarterly results in the PC market, saying that sales are down by 8.3% to 87.5 million units.