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Europe leads Microsoft push to mobilise business apps
News The programme is is a joint investment, said Wissinger: "We have put in big money, which has been matched by the partners. Microsoft launched its Mobile Workplace programme in Europe at its IT Forum conference for IT managers in Copenhagen on...
[November 22, 2002, 11:08]
NETWatch NETWORK Edition
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[December 29, 2006, 7:00]
Pace forges ahead with Microsoft deal
News See techTrader for more technology investment news, plus quotes and research. Pace Micro Technology (quote: PIC) is continuing efforts to establish itself as a premier name in digital television set-top box technology through an agreement with...
[May 9, 2000, 15:52]
Decoding Microsoft's open source argument
News Furthermore, technology is advanced guaranteeing economic growth and a cycle of future collaboration, investment and innovation. The last 500 years of scientific discovery and publication are the real foundation of economic growth and the cycle of...
[May 22, 2001, 12:11]
Ballmer details MSN spending plans
News Ballmer, acknowledging that Microsoft's stock has plunged over the uncertainty created by Microsoft's investment plans, said the MSN unit plans to spend $1.1bn (£600m) next fiscal year on research and development, up from $700m in planned spending...
[May 5, 2006, 9:05]
Vulcan gets a grip on mini-PCs
News The investment company, set up and funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is showing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a design for a shrunken notebook PC that would weigh about half a kilo and rest comfortably in two hands.
[January 9, 2003, 11:34]
MSNBC plugs into Europe
News Microsoft is currently hiring staff and making a huge domestic investment, according to MSN UK director, Judy Gibbons. A European version of Microsoft and NBC joint-venture MSNBC is gearing up for showtime by the end of this year.
[September 6, 1996, 12:01]
News Corp seeks investor in satellite operation
News News Corp is talking to several companies, including Yahoo and Microsoft, about a minority investment stake in its satellite operations, according to a source close to the discussions. Analysts said a strategic alliance between News Corp and Yahoo...
[March 1, 2000, 13:36]
Ballmer forecasts $6bn profit jump
News Ballmer said he focuses on operating income -- a measure that excludes investment income. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the company has the potential to grow its profits quite a bit in the next four years -- possibly by $6bn (£3.3bn).
[July 30, 2004, 8:55]
Windows 2000 RC3 in final phase
News The report claimed adopters would fail to recognise true returns on investment. The next few days are a critical period for Microsoft as it puts the finishing touches to its long awaited Windows 2000 operating system.
[October 8, 1999, 15:11]
Analysts split over Vista launch date
News Microsoft is on track to ship Windows Vista to businesses in November and to consumers in January, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs analyst Rick Sherlund circulated a note to clients on Wednesday saying that the final Beta...
[October 6, 2006, 12:35]
European sales drag Xbox off target
News Microsoft is unlikely to meet current sales targets for its Xbox video game console, owing to weak sales in Japan and Europe, according to a report released Wednesday by investment bank SoundView Technology Group.
[March 28, 2002, 8:43]
Europe gets Voice Command
News Microsoft is upping the stakes in the battle for control of the mobile operating system market, with new software for PDAs and investment in research and development. Microsoft has also opened its first ever mobile research and development lab in...
[March 7, 2005, 16:15]
IE7 will be 'high-priority' update
News Security was the No.investment for the update, Microsoft has said. Microsoft plans to automatically push Internet Explorer 7 to Windows XP users when the browser update is ready later this year. IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a...
[July 27, 2006, 9:15]
Google tipped to buy AOL stake
News AOL was in talks with Microsoft this year about forming a strategic partnership, with negotiations at one point touching on a potential buyout or a Microsoft investment in AOL, a person familiar with the negotiations, who asked not to be...
[December 19, 2005, 9:20]
Google answers analyst questions
News Following complaints from the investment community that Google doesn't offer enough insight into the company's business and strategy, Google executives on Wednesday held a live question-and-answer Webcast with analysts.
[June 1, 2006, 9:10]
MSN splits into two
News Mehdi will also spearhead Microsoft's attempts to create an online music store and its investment in ramping up its Web search technology. Microsoft said on Wednesday that its MSN business will split into two units, an effort to streamline the long...
[October 30, 2003, 9:35]
Romania's IT industry built on 'piracy'
News The president added that 10 years ago, the country's IT industry "was an investment in Romania's friendship with Microsoft and with Bill Gates". Unlicensed software went a long way towards helping Romania build a thriving IT economy, according to...
[February 5, 2007, 14:11]
Ballmer confident, but admits failings
News A question on location-based services saw Ballmer plug Microsoft's "heavy investment" in mapping. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confessed the software giant's .NET interoperability efforts with IBM and Sun have slowed, says he's accepted SQL...
[June 28, 2005, 9:40]
Akamai, Chartered Semi IPOs take off
News Cisco has a $50m (£31m) stake, and Microsoft has a $15m investment in the company with a mathematical algorithm that makes the Web faster. See techTrader for more technology investment news, plus quotes and research.
[November 1, 1999, 11:41]
