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Microsoft Windows exec departs, modest start for Surface tablet

13 NOV 2012

The executive behind the overhaul of Microsoft’s Windows technology to encompass smartphones, tablets and PCs has left the company. Steven Sinofsky was behind the hybrid approach used for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. In related news, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told French newspaper Le Parisien that Microsoft’s Windows 8-powered Surface tablet had a modest start to sales due to limited availability.

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