Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

News Sections

Newser Specials

Microsoft

Started by S Goldstein; Last updated Feb 29, 08 1:39 AM CST by D Lim | View history

Rate it:

Print

E-mail

|

Digg

Seed this on Newsvine

Add this link to Del.icio.us

StumbleUpon

| Edit thread | Notify editors | + Start a new thread

Microsoft

Besieged on all fronts by Google, hacked at by other competitors

Stories

Stories 1 - 20 of 281

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 ... 15 Next >>

July 2008
- After Yahoo, Microsoft Amps Up Search Effort
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 24, 08 4:21 PM CDT
  
  CEO Steve Ballmer is spinning Microsoft’s failure to acquire Yahoo expertly, telling analysts today that, unburdened by the search giant, the company can be more frisky and adaptable in its fight with nemesis Google, the Wall Street Journal reports. Actions might speak louder than words, though: Microsoft announced yesterday it would give the leader of its online efforts the boot, and restructure. More »
- An Independent Yahoo Is Hard to Imagine
  
  newser | BusinessWeek | Jul 23, 08 12:09 PM CDT
  
  Yahoo’s earnings report yesterday didn’t portend an immediate turnaround, Catherine Holahan writes in BusinessWeek , meaning the company must do something to meet the “grandiose claims” it made in rejecting Microsoft’s bid. Some still see Yahoo ultimately taking that path, and expanding its deal with Google is another option that might justify Yahoo standing firm on its third-quarter and yearly forecasts. More »
- How Piracy Can Boost Business
  
  newser | Economist | Jul 19, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  Intellectual piracy is bad for business, yes, but also inevitable—and companies fare better when turning it to their advantage, the Economist reports. The large (and illegal) volume of music and video exchanged online, for example, can reveal who’s popular in which countries. And Microsoft, which officially battles piracy, also derives massive benefits from bootlegging of Windows. More »
- Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as the Internet and cell phones enjoy wider use in the developing world. More »
- Microsoft Meets With AOL to Explore Possible Deal
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 16, 08 3:11 PM CDT
  
  Microsoft will sit down today with executives from Time Warner's AOL to explore a joint venture between the two companies, reports the Wall Street Journal. The software giant is looking for alternatives to its failed Yahoo buyout. Microsoft and Time Warner have been considering a deal for months, though no specifics have been ironed out. Yahoo, meanwhile, is pursuing its own talks with AOL as it fights off a hostile takeover attempt led by Carl Icahn. More »
- Sparks Fly as Yahoo, Microsoft Take to Hill
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jul 16, 08 11:08 AM CDT
  
  Congressional hearings on Yahoo's proposed ad deal with Google got a little heated yesterday, with a Microsoft lawyer testifying that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang recently admitted, in a private meeting, that the pact would reduce competition, the Los Angeles Times reports. Yahoo’s general counsel said he recalled no such remarks at the meeting, and a spokesman later swatted the charge aside. More »
- Microsoft Aims to Broaden Xbox Appeal
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 15, 08 10:18 AM CDT
  
  Microsoft hopes to discard the image of its Xbox 360 as a distinctly young, overwhelmingly male form of entertainment and push more casual experiences toward a wider, mainstream audience, the New York Times reports. Microsoft debuted more accessible entertainment fare at the annual E3 convention yesterday, including features to share photos and stream Netflix movies, as well as family-friendly games. More »
- It's Google's Turn on the Hot Seat
  
  newser | Seattle Times | Jul 14, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  You have to forgive Microsoft if it indulges in some schadenfreude today, writes Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times. Archrival Google is facing a peril that’s all too familiar in Redmond. Steve Ballmer can sit back tomorrow as Google’s top execs go before the Senate subcommittee on antitrust, secure in the knowledge that he helped put them there. More »
- Xbox Price Cut to Clear Way for New Model
  
  newser | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Jul 14, 08 2:10 AM CDT
  
  Microsoft is slashing the price of its Xbox 360 video game system to clear shelf space for a new model with a larger hard drive, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The long-rumored price reduction knocks $50 off the $350 price of the 20-gigabyte model. The new pricetag places the Xbox 360 at $50 more than Nintendo’s wildly popular Wii system, and $100 below Sony’s Playstation 3 console. More »
- Yahoo Snubs Microsoft-Icahn Takeover Bid
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 13, 08 6:20 AM CDT
  
  Yahoo has rejected another takeover push, this time from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn, the Wall Street Journal reports. The bidders gave the Internet giant less than 24 hours to decide on an offer that would sell its search component to Microsoft and the rest of the company to Icahn in a move that would have required Yahoo to dump its current board. More »
- FTC Rejects Call for Internet Privacy Law
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 9, 08 5:23 PM CDT
  
  An federal official testifying at a Senate hearing today shot down calls for a federal law to regulate websites that track users' data for advertising purposes. The FTC doesn't think it's necessary to place a rule on the books—one that could quickly become obsolete—and instead encouraged "meaningful, enforceable self regulation," reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Yang Slams 'Destabilizing' Microsoft Plan
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
  
  Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang launched a fresh offensive in the Yahoo-Microsoft war of words yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal . Microsoft has said it would be interested in reopening merger talks if Yahoo's current board was replaced—but the Yahoo co-founder accuses the company of tactics to destabilize Yahoo without any real interest in cutting a deal. More »
- Oil Drops, but Rally Fades
  
  newser | MarketWatch | Jul 7, 08 3:38 PM CDT
  
  The markets saw modest losses today after a rally spurred by a drop in crude prices sputtered over capital concerns at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, MarketWatch reports. The Dow fell 56.58 to 11,231.96, the Nasdaq dropped 2.06 to 2,243.32, and the S&P 500 fell 10.59 to 1,252.31. More »
- Icahn: Microsoft Will Only Negotiate With Me
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 7, 08 10:04 AM CDT
  
  Carl Icahn says Microsoft is still in the hunt to acquire Yahoo, but only if the board is replaced, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer “made it abundantly clear” to him that he wouldn’t talk with Yahoo’s current board, which he fears will run the company into the ground before antitrust authorities agree to a merger. More »
- Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—will come with Microsoft’s OneCare security software. More »
- Microsoft Preps a New Run at Yahoo
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 2, 08 8:18 AM CDT
  
  Microsoft is back in pursuit of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports, with the company in talks with both News Corp. and Time Warner as potential partners for a restructured deal to buy the search giant . Yahoo has been in Microsoft’s sights for nearly six months, but initial efforts to buy the entire company collapsed, and Microsoft has since been looking instead to acquire the search business and spin off the rest. More »
- Coming Soon: Your Medical Info on the Net
  
  newser | MIT Technology Review | Jul 1, 08 8:05 PM CDT
  
  Both Google and Microsoft are working on programs that allow patients to store their medical information online, reports the MIT Technology Review . Google Health was released in May, 7 months after Microsoft's HealthVault. Both programs will eventually gather test results and info from hospitals and share them with doctors and other health care providers. More »
June 2008
- Microsoft Should Throw a Rock Through Its Windows
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 29, 08 9:50 AM CDT
  
  The window on Microsoft’s operating system agility has closed, and to fix it, Randall Stross argues in the New York Times , the tech giant needs to start from scratch. Windows “has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame,” Stross says, and it “seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.” More »
- Teary Farewell for Gates
  
  newser | Seattle Times | Jun 27, 08 4:18 PM CDT
  
  Microsoft celebrated Bill Gates’ last day as a full-time employee today, the Seattle Times reports. More than 800 employees, family members and friends shared memories at the company’s corporate conference center in Redmond, Wash. CEO Steve Ballmer bid a tearful farewell to his longtime friend: "We've been given a enormous opportunity, and Bill gave us that opportunity," he told the audience. More »
- Reflective Gates Waxes Nostalgic
  
  newser | Fortune Magazine | Jun 26, 08 9:00 PM CDT
  
  Pictures of Bill Gates the child in a football uniform and alongside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in their high school computer room are among 15 shots in an exclusive Fortune photo essay. Gates himself narrates the slideshow chronicling Microsoft’s roots, through its founding and 1986 IPO. Other shots show the first Microsoft business card and Gates signing autographs for Harley-Davidson fans in 1991. More »

Stories 1 - 20 of 281

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 ... 15 Next >>

Images (5)
Videos (2)

GERMANY-US-EU-IT-MICROSOFT-FILE (Getty Images (by Event))

US-CONGRESS-MICROSOFT-GATES (Getty Images (by Event))

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks in this Feb. 26, 2007 file photo in Seattle. Gates was taking part in "Launch Tour 2007" to tout the release of Microsoft Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office... (Associated Press)

Film director James Cameron is silhouetted on stage while watching a video on uses for the new Windows Media 9 software, in this Sept. 4, 2002 file photo, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The... (Associated Press)

This hand out file picture released Wednesday, June 22, 2005, by Microsoft Corporation shows packaging of Microsoft's new operating system _ Windows XP N, the "N" standing for "Not with Media Player."... (Associated Press)

« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow

Bill Gates: the last day at Microsoft (engadget (YouTube))

Video of Bill Gates last day at Microsoft - CES 2008 (SlashGear (YouTube))

« Prev « Prev | Next » Next »

Related Threads

Mr. Softy • Microsoft Wants Yahoo • Google vs. Microsoft • The Internet • Yahoo's Yang Years • Mergers & Acquisitions • Ga Ga for Google • PC vs. Mac • Vista Stinks • Gaming Revolution

Background

Bill Gates: a timeline
BBC

"As Bill Gates announces he will leave his day-to-day role at Microsoft by July 2008, it signals an end to his running of the firm which has lasted over 20 years."

» Read more about Bill Gates: a timeline at BBC

MS-DOS
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

[in full Microsoft Disk Operating System ] Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. Thereafter, most manufacturers of personal ...

» Read more about MS-DOS at Encyclopedia.com

Windows
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Family of software products developed by Microsoft Corp., mainly for personal computers and workstations, that began as a graphical user interface and developed into an operating system. Version 1.0 (1985) provided a graphical user interface, multitasking, and virtual memory management; it ran on ...

» Read more about Windows at Encyclopedia.com

Bill Gates
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bill Gates (William Henry Gates 3d), 1955-, American business executive, b. Seattle, Wash. At the age of 19, Gates founded (1974) the Microsoft Corp., a computer software firm, with Paul Allen. They began by purchasing the rights to convert an existing software package. In 1980 they agreed to ...

» Read more about Bill Gates at Encyclopedia.com

Microsoft Corp.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

U.S. computer firm, the leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Microsoft, headquartered in Redmond, Wash., also publishes books and multimedia titles and manufactures hardware. It was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen (b. 1954), who adapted BASIC ...

» Read more about Microsoft Corp. at Encyclopedia.com

More Recommend Reading

Links

Microsoft's Official Website
Microsoft

Loading...

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.