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Microsoft has new UK head of government
News Harrop will be focused on, "how Microsoft can help government customers get more from their investment in our technologies", the company stated. Microsoft has merged two parts of its business focused on the public sector and appointed a director of...
[March 12, 2007, 12:13]
Microsoft may delay Xbox online service
News But in a confidential document distributed to games developers at a Japanese briefing this week, Microsoft says it will focus its investment on attracting core 18 to 30-year-old games players before it ramps up online services.
[March 29, 2001, 12:02]
Microsoft: It's all a conspiracy against us
News Further, Warden emphasised Microsoft's heavy investment in research and development as further proof that the company is not acting like a monopolist. Microsoft on Tuesday systematically denied every accusation levelled against it by the Department...
[September 22, 1999, 9:30]
Microsoft offers peek at Longhorn
News Longhorn is our big investment," Gates said, calling up colleagues to show, among other things, the improved searching and printing capabilities that will come with the next version of Windows. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave computer makers a...
[April 26, 2005, 9:30]
Microsoft may introduce game console in autumn
News The Playstation 2 is the focus of a multibillion-dollar investment by Sony and could become potent competition for consumer PCs that use Microsoft software and also digital boxes on top of TV sets, such as Microsoft's WebTV system.
[October 26, 1999, 16:27]
Microsoft's nemesis joins merchant bank
News Monti, who left his EC post last year, has now accepted an offer to become international adviser to investment bank Goldman Sachs. Mario Monti, the ex-EC competition commissioner who played an instrumental role in the landmark antitrust judgement...
[December 14, 2005, 15:40]
Microsoft tunes P2P for Windows
News Peer-to-peer application developer Groove Networks, which received a $51m investment from Microsoft in 2001, said the low-level additions to Windows XP have the potential to make it easier for developers to build decentralized applications.
[February 27, 2003, 7:39]
Microsoft search business losing out to Google
News However, Microsoft continues to take a long-term approach to this market, and plans to keep the investment dollars flowing into its ad business. Microsoft is continuing to lose market share in the search business to industry rival Google, something...
[January 26, 2007, 7:46]
A Year Ago: Microsoft removing Java from its sites
News Sources told PC Week that after months of debates, Chairman and CEO Bill Gates told some of his key strategists in a closed-door meeting to remember that Microsoft has a huge investment in Windows - effectively shutting off a small group of Java...
[September 14, 1998, 6:28]
Microsoft puts Exchange, SharePoint online
News We just couldn't justify the up-front investment," Mozack said. For perhaps the first time in its history, Microsoft made the case on Monday that businesses shouldn't run its software. Instead, the software maker argued that corporations should let...
[November 18, 2008, 8:45]
Microsoft casts its shadow over Macworld
News Referring to the investment Microsoft made in Apple at the time of the five-year deal, Smith said: "What does $150m buy you? Microsoft on Monday launched the first of several pre-emptive strikes against Apple Computer's Macworld trade show by...
[July 16, 2002, 10:00]
Chinese MSN: Microsoft admits to censoring 'list of words'
News Microsoft partnered with a state-owned company, the Shanghai Alliance Investment, last month to create the Chinese arm of MSN. Microsoft has hinted it is censoring certain words on its MSN website in China.
[June 16, 2005, 15:10]
Microsoft beats estimates but still disappoints
News The lower earnings figure is largely due to decreased investment income as Microsoft proceeds with its cash disbursement plans. We've been in an investment mode, where we sell consoles at a loss," he said.
[July 23, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft opens Xbox secrets
News Blodget addded that Microsoft's enthusiasm and massive investment in Xbox is likely to make the gaming system a "key driver" of the company's stock over the next few months. Microsoft on Wednesday put a price tag on its much anticipated Xbox...
[May 16, 2001, 15:48]
Microsoft antitrust judgement: Winners and losers
News Besides, MS is now an official investment partner, having taken a hunk of AT&T during the course of the telco's $58 billion acquisition of cable TV provider Media One. Contemplating a market where the old rules may not apply, rivals and partners of...
[November 9, 1999, 8:07]
Microsoft's 'freedom and democracy' row in China
News Microsoft partnered with a state-owned company, the Shanghai Alliance Investment, last month to create the Chinese arm of MSN. Microsoft may have banned the words 'democracy' and 'freedom' from the Chinese version of its MSN website.
[June 13, 2005, 17:30]
Microsoft revenue takes a tumble
News Its per-share earnings were 33 cents per share, although that included severance and investment impairment charges that reduced earnings by six cents per share. Microsoft on Thursday reported the company's first ever year-over-year sales decline...
[April 24, 2009, 8:30]
Microsoft to emulate open-source updates
News Analysts praised the new approach as smart business on Microsoft's part and as beneficial to customers, who would see the value of their Windows Server investment increase as new features become available.
[March 26, 2003, 12:57]
Microsoft tight-lipped about Xbox delay
News Last month, Microsoft denied a report from investment banking firm Thomas Weisel Partners that flaws in the Xbox's motherboard could delay production of finished units. Microsoft is keeping mum about its decision on Friday to delay the release of...
[September 24, 2001, 9:18]
Microsoft marks out search target
News Speaking at the company's annual online advertising conference, Yusuf Medhi, MSN's corporate vice president of information and merchant services, spoke about the company's "big investment" in search. Microsoft plans to introduce a news-aggregation...
[March 29, 2004, 9:15]
