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Microsoft lost a staggering $900m on the Surface RT

It’s an expensive business, launching a tech product. Especially when no one buys it. Microsoft has admitted it’s written off a jaw-dropping $900m worth of Surface tablets, which it describes as “best selling” on its website. Brian Hall, Microsoft’s general manager of Surface marketing, and surely a man who feels the Sword of Damocles hanging over him right now, told …

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HMRC has worst customer service line in phone rage index

Calling a customer service line is so often a hassle — and a new ‘phone rage index’ reveals that phoning the taxman is the most taxing call of all. To continue to the next paragraph, please press 1. PleasePress1 compiles the menus of customer service lines so you can press ahead to quickly skip to the option you need. By …

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