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Microsoft stories: 452 news summaries

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Gates and Jobs Banter in Rare Face-to-Face

Tech gods praise each other, discuss the PC guy from the Mac ads

May 31, 07 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Steve Jobs quipped and reminisced their way through their first joint public appearance in two decades at last night's D: All Things Digital conference in San Diego. The two tech kings ditched their traditional rivalry for a cozy, back-and-forth love fest. We've been "secretly... More »

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technology • Steve Jobs • Microsoft • Bill Gates • Apple

Feds Nab Top Spammer, Predict Junk Mail Drop

One of world's "top 10" spammers jailed; used "zombie" computers to send out millions of junk emails

May 31, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feds arrested one of the world's worst spammers yesterday—a guy so prolific they claimed net-users worldwide would notice a drop in junkmail as a result of his detention. Robert Alan Soloway used infected "zombie" computers to send out millions of messages, and continued to do so even... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • fraud • email • spam • Robert Alan Soloway • identity theft • money laundering

Microsoft Surface Plays Hard to Get

The company's new table begs to be touched, but price won't allow it

May 30, 07 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bottom line on Surface, Microsoft's touch-sensitive table being unveiled today? The possibilities are exciting, says PC World's Harry McCracken, but the roll-out is annoying.  Surface—which skips a mouse in favor of an index finger—can interact with multiple users, and even objects. But, too expensive to be... More »

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In Challenge to MySpace, Facebook Opens Up

Networking site sets its sights on platform model

May 25, 07 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure: Partners don't have to pay... More »

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social networking • Microsoft • MySpace • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • Amazon.com

Microsoft Buys Ad Firm for $6B

Deal shores up Microsoft's flailing online advertising presence

May 18, 07 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft will plunk down $6 billion for aQuantive, a leading digital marketing agency. The $66.50 per share offer—nearly double aQuantive's closing price yesterday—comes on the heels of WPP's 24/7 Real Media purchase. It's Microsoft's biggest acquisition ever, reflecting its growing desperation to regain its status as a... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • online advertising • marketing • aQuantive • DoubleClick • acquisition

Tech Guru Takes Mass Approach

WSJ's Walt Mossberg is the Everyman of high-tech—and the public is listening

May 8, 07 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New Yorker profiles columnist and technology prophet Walt Mossberg, whose word has decided the fate of many a digital revolution. Mossberg's mantra is that technology should be easy and elegant, and he tells Ken Auletta that companies like Mac and Microsoft still have a ways to go in satisfying... More »

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(Newser) - Could a Microsoft-Yahoo! merger be in the works? The New York Post reports that Microsoft has quietly approached the Internet giant about opening merger negotiations, after informal talks fell apart several months ago. Insiders say Microsoft is looking to fight back against Google after the search-engine leader bested it in... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Microsoft • merger • business

(Newser) - Yahoo's new online advertising system failed to break the company's earnings slump, with the search-engine pioneer reporting an 11% drop in first-quarter profits. Yahoo faces increased competition for graphic display advertising that represents a third of revenue, and the company is no longer doing ad brokering for Microsoft, which bolstered... More »

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Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • advertising • business • stocks • Project Panama

Google Dials 411

Apr 12, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has unleashed an 800-pound-gorilla in the the $8 billion market for U.S. directory assistance: a free 411 service. 1-800-GOOG-411 launched last week as part of an initiative to bring Google's power to voice searches. And unlike traditional 411, customers can call in with search terms ("pizza Upper... More »

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technology • Google • Microsoft • Tellme • voice search • communication • voice service

Big Guns Battle Video Sharing With Free TV Shows

Copyright-protected content will be available for free online in new NBC-News Corp. partnernship

Mar 23, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - TV biggies NBC Universal and News Corp. are teaming up to hit YouTube with the full force of their their combined TV content, offered online for free. Starting this summer, AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp. subsidiary MySpace will hope to win over internet users (and the advertising that... More »

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television • Yahoo • Google • Internet • YouTube • AOL • Microsoft • MSN • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • Heroes • 24 • NBC • advertising • intellectual property • consumer • copyright • file sharing • Internet advertising • News Corp

Google's Worst Nightmare

Can Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales take on Google in search and win?

Mar 18, 07 8:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fast Company’s Alan Deutschman profiles Wikipedia founder Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales’ effort to take on Google in search. With 1000 initial volunteers, $4 million, and a commitment to mass collaboration Wales’ new for profit company, Wikia, mostly has idealism on its side as it takes on Google. More »

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Google • Wikipedia • Microsoft • Jimmy Wales • spam • Wikia

Billionaire's
Club Welcomes New Members

The Forbes rich list is bigger—and even wealthier—than ever

Mar 9, 07 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The rich are getting richer, younger, and more geographically diverse, Forbes reports, with the number of billionaires up a whopping 19 percent, and their total worth up 35 percent to $3.5 trillion. Not only have billionaires been galloping away from the pack, they've been doing it earlier, bringing the... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • Starbucks • wealth • Forbes 400 • list • money • billionaire

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