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Nokia shareholders plan opposition to Microsoft deal

...letter to the company's other shareholders and institutional investors saying the Microsoft deal is a bad one for Nokia and chief executive Stephen Elop... Read more

16 February, 2011 by Sam Diaz

Nokia-Microsoft deal 'good' for developers and operators

...to a war of ecosystems. – Stephen Elop, Nokia Suggesting that the Nokia-Microsoft deal means the smartphone market is now a "three-horse race" — the... Read more

11 February, 2011 by David Meyer

Nokia filing lists Microsoft deal risks

Nokia has spelled out the risks of its partnership with Microsoft, in a filing lodged with the US Securities and... Read more

14 March, 2011

Symbian doomed by Nokia-Microsoft deal

Turns out I was right about Nokia adopting Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, and right about some of the... Read more

11 February, 2011

Google wins delay on US government's Microsoft deal

The web giant has won a temporary court order to stop the US Department of the Interior's plan to award a contract to Microsoft to provide an email system Read more

6 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft deal with NHS England ends

An enterprise agreement that gave NHS employees licences for desktop software has expired, with England the last of the UK to let the deal go Read more

8 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Apple and Microsoft: 10 moments of truce

Apple and Microsoft: 10 moments of truce

...brought in Microsoft chairman Bill Gates via video conference to announce the Microsoft deal, Jobs said: "We have to let go of the notion that... Read more

4 November, 2010 by Jason Hiner

Nokia prepares to negotiate over job cuts

...be phased out over the next two years. As part of the Microsoft deal, Nokia announced on 11 February it would be restructuring its organisation... Read more

23 March, 2011 by David Meyer

MS Tablet, the new tie-in for MS Products? Maybe.

Reading a recent blog post on zdnet regarding Microsoft had the line: "If you are referring to Netscape, Microsoft won... Read more

7 October, 2010

Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market

After its falling-out with Microsoft, UK mobile phone company Sendo withdrew from the Asian market - but it is set to try again Read more

18 November, 2003 by John Lui

Novell - Microsoft deal extended

Who would have thought the Novell-Microsoft deal would lsat this long? It originally seemed to be Novell inviting... Read more

20 August, 2008

Samba leader quits Novell over Microsoft deal

...an interview with the online magazine Data Manager. Mantel also defended the Microsoft deal: "I understand that many people don't like it as Novell... Read more

22 December, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Overture extends key Microsoft deal

...GoTo, allows advertisers to pay for placement in Internet search results. The Microsoft deal will allow the company to provide results for Microsoft's MSN... Read more

13 February, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Yahoo investor proposes new Microsoft deal

As Yahoo's stock reaches new lows, a private-equity fund that owns a percentage of the internet company's stock has suggested a deal to sell to Microsoft for $22 a share Read more

10 October, 2008 by Michelle Meyers

Microsoft deal produces branch-office appliance

Partnership with network optimisers Packeteer results in 'comprehensive' Windows-based package Read more

8 May, 2007 by David Meyer

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