chris liddell articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Server boss Bob Muglia to leave Microsoft

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has announced in an internal email that Bob Mulgia, head of the Server and Tools business unit... Read more

10 January, 2011

Microsoft CFO Liddell steps down; Klein takes reins

Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell is leaving the company at the end of the year, the... Read more

25 November, 2009 by Tom Krazit

Microsoft earnings hit by weak PC, server markets

...negatively impacted by weakness in the global PC and server markets," said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer at Microsoft. "In light of that environment, it... Read more

24 July, 2009 by Ina Fried

Microsoft revenue takes a tumble

...with the swift implementation of cost-savings initiatives," Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell said in a statement. The company noted that software sales to... Read more

24 April, 2009 by Ina Fried

Microsoft to shed 5,000 jobs

...will focus on outperforming our competitors and addressing our cost structure," said Chris Liddell, Microsoft's chief financial officer Read more

22 January, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins

Microsoft pledges more funds for online services

...a fourth-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell said the company would pour hundreds of millions of additional dollars... Read more

18 July, 2008 by Ina Fried

Ballmer says Yahoo bid makes sense as is

...slide has pushed down the deal's value. Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell said nothing has changed in the impasse between the two companies... Read more

4 March, 2008 by Reuters

Microsoft wants Yahoo for its users, say analysts

...but its members. The online-advertising business relies on scale, pointed out Chris Liddell, chief financial officer for Microsoft, on a conference call on Friday... Read more

1 February, 2008 by Peter Judge

Analysts expect Yahoo to accept Microsoft's offer

...break even or better in the second financial year," said Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell Read more

1 February, 2008

Microsoft boasts strong fourth quarter and year

...quarter cap off an extremely strong fiscal year for the company," said Chris Liddell, chief financial officer at Microsoft, in a statement. "We have healthy... Read more

20 July, 2007 by Martin LaMonica

Microsoft earnings unscathed by Vista delays

...above our high-end guidance for all divisions," Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell said in a statement. "Healthy PC and server markets, as well... Read more

26 January, 2007 by Ina Fried

Microsoft search business losing out to Google

...side you are correct we lost market share," Microsoft chief financial officer, Chris Liddell, said in response to an analyst's question on the company... Read more

26 January, 2007 by Ina Fried

Microsoft beats earnings forecast

...quarter were at the top end of our expectations," chief financial officer Chris Liddell said in a statement. For the current quarter, Microsoft said to... Read more

30 October, 2006 by Ina Fried

Where on the horizon is Vista?

...an impact of around $200 (million) to $400 million," chief financial officer Chris Liddell said during a conference call with analysts. "So obviously, (it's... Read more

27 July, 2006 by Ina Fried

Microsoft earnings slip below targets

Microsoft said the weaker earnings came as it invests money in its services push and also as it tries to ramp up production of the Xbox 360 games console Read more

28 April, 2006 by Ina Fried

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

11 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

19 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

20 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

1 day ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

1 day ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

1 day ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

2 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround