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NewsGoodbye, mouse, and good riddance
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) previewed Windows 8 last week, giving reviewers a chance to check out the upcoming operating system's touch-screen, tiled user interface. Touch-screen is a bold departure Read more...
Ballmer offers insights on Microsoft's place in the cloud
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has quickly become a big proponent of cloud computing, as pressures mount from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other sellers of web-based applications. The Redmond, Wash., software Read more...
Dishing dirt on Gates, Jobs
Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz used his personal blog this week to reveal some industry dirt and explain his side of the story about the end of Sun. It's an insider's view of what Read more...
Microsoft hands pink slips to 3,000
No one is immune to this recession; not even a giant like Microsoft. The company laid off 3,000 workers this week, the second wave of a reduction the company announced in January. Does this make Read more...
Microsoft cuts contractor pay by 10 percent
Microsoft is definitely in a cost-cutting mood. In its latest effort, the company announced that it is cutting current contractor pay by 10 percent and future contractor pay by 15 percent, reports Read more...
Microsoft lays off H-1B workers
Microsoft Corp. is laying off 5,000 workers over the next 18 months, including a "significant number" of foreign workers. Although Microsoft hasn't detailed how many foreign workers would lose their Read more...
A Google-enabled government
President-elect Barack Obama has promised change, and one area where that may happen is in the use of technology in government. One key concept Obama has talked about is creating a Google-enabled Read more...
Microsoft reviews its hiring plans
The shaky economy may even be affecting Microsoft, which is now reviewing its hiring plans for the coming year. The world's largest software company, however, denied reports it had instituted a Read more...
Microsoft will deal with new Yahoo board
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it would be interested in resuming talks with Yahoo to either buy its search business, or the entire company, on the assumption that there is a new board of Read more...
Microsoft and Yahoo: What now?It sure feels like the Microsoft-Yahoo negotiations have been going on forever but judging by the looks of it, it seems like there Read more... | Press ReleasesMicrosoft Officially Welcomes SkypeMicrosoft and Skype will empower people and businesses to connect in new ways.REDMOND, Wash. and LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has closed its acquisition of Read more >> Michael Dell Opens Inaugural Dell WorldDell provides progress update on strategy designed to help customers navigate IT needs spanning from the desktop to the data center to the cloudCustomer feedback from global IT decision-makers Read more >> Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Launches WorldwideModern, "powerfully simple" enterprise resource planning solution delivers true business value to customers.REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: "MSFT") today Read more >> Dave Mendlen Joins DevExpress as Chief Marketing OfficerGLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DevExpress, a leading global software development brand, announced today that Dave Mendlen, a veteran technology executive who was most recently Senior Read more >> Virtual Launch Event for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012Join the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 webcast with keynote speeches from Steve Ballmer and Kirill Tatarinov on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 9 a.m. PDT.REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The global Read more >> |
