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@chrisbrogan but then again $MSFT spent $100MM on their Bing marketing campaign.
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One of my best ads by far $GOOG simple and to the point like their homepage, no bing confusion here $MSFT
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RT @roysolomon RT @alleyinsider: Yelp Walked Away From $700 Million Microsoft Offer $GOOG $MSFT by @jwyarow http://bit.ly/9OH09V
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RT @alleyinsider: Yelp Walked Away From $700 Million Microsoft Offer $GOOG $MSFT by @jwyarow http://bit.ly/9OH09V
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Rt @alleyinsider Yelp Walked Away From $700 Million Microsoft Offer $GOOG $MSFT by @jwyarow http://bit.ly/9OH09V #in
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RT @alleyinsider: Yelp Walked Away From $700 Million Microsoft Offer $GOOG $MSFT by @jwyarow http://bit.ly/9OH09V
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RT @alleyinsider: Yelp Walked Away From $700 Million Microsoft Offer $GOOG $MSFT by @jwyarow http://bit.ly/9OH09V
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Should we be serious about the idea of driver's licenses for the Internet users as Craig Mundie from $msft suggests? http://unhub.com/0JVI
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$SPY $SAP CEO on the MOVE - OUT...... $MSFT $CRM $ORCL $IBM $ACN $JDAS
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RT @Nasdaq: After Hours Most Active: $URBN, $MSFT, $INTC, $CSCO, $INSP http://ow.ly/14ptx #nasdaq
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Fairly Up. Microsoft Focused on Azure, Zune Smartphone Rumors This Week: http://bit.ly/cJb8er
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Fairly Up. N-iX Has Confirmed Its Microsoft Gold Certified Partnership: http://bit.ly/cKV7vw
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@furrier taking multitasking OUT (if true) is pretty much all you need to know about $MSFT
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RT @alleyinsider: Ex-Microsoft Executive: A "Dysfunctional Corporate Culture" Stops Microsoft From Innovating $MSFT by @jwyarow ht
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Microsoft to pull the plug on #Xbox Live for the original Xbox console and Xbox games - http://bit.ly/b4IAqA $MSFT
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http://bit.ly/9MqUoI $MSFT Microsoft exceeds goal of 5,000 layoffs
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Fairly Up. Free Office 2010 Upgrade Released by Accident: http://bit.ly/aIQMFW
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Fairly Up. Microsoft TechNet to receive facelift: http://bit.ly/9O87DK
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rt @forbestech Farmville herd moo-ves to MSN http://cptlst.com/4gte [Staff] $MSFT
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backward to go forward? Don't think so $MSFT - Windows Phone 7 to drop multitasking? http://bit.ly/9oWFPh
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RT @Nasdaq: After Hours Most Active: $URBN, $MSFT, $INTC, $CSCO, $INSP http://ow.ly/14ptx #nasdaq
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Had the same thought.. RT @akumar: the $goog superbowl commercial would be the best confirmation that they're (finally) afraid of $msft.
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Agreed... RT @akumar: the $goog superbowl commercial would be the best confirmation that they're (finally) afraid of $msft.
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David Tepper got the balls $Appaloosa $C $BAC $HIG $COF $MSFT http://bit.ly/dc2EcG Wonder what he do lately
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the $goog superbowl commercial would be the best confirmation that they're (finally) afraid of $msft.
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. @hedgieguy only thing is, I think that 1.7B is a small enough mkt cap for $PALM to be bought by mobilefails like $MSFT maybe even $NOK
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RT @alleyinsider: Innovators Use Bing $GOOG $MSFT $YHOO http://bit.ly/a7FLsG
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T-Mobile HTC HD2 with WinMob 6.5? Really? Expect $MSFT to fight w/7.0. http://post.ly/MWhG
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ecpmblog.wordpr...: Microsoft gets more search from Facebook $MSFT - http://bit.ly/aKapHk
Microsoft Corporation - MSFT Insiders
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Microsoft Corporation - MSFT information
Microsoft Corporation provides software products for computing devices worldwide. Its Client segment offers Windows product family that comprises Windows Vista; Windows XP Professional and Home; Media Center Edition; Tablet PC Edition; and other Windows operating systems. The company’s Server and Tools segment provides integrated server infrastructure and middleware software that support software applications and tools built on the Windows Server operating system. This segment offers Windows Server operating system; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Enterprise Services; product support services; Visual Studio; System Center products; Forefront Security products; Biz Talk Server; and MSDN. Its ......
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MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT:NASDAQ)
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CCH Selects the Windows Azure Platform from Microsoft
01/27/2010
CCH sees promise in the use of the Microsoft Windows Azure platform to migrate its tax and accounting solutions to the cloud. After considering hosting solutions from several vendors, CCH selected the Windows Azure platform from Microsoft for evaluation. The Windows Azure platform is an Internet-scale cloud services platform that is hosted in Microsoft data centers and provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. For CCH customers, adding a Windows Azure-based solution to its existing repertoire offers minimal start-up costs and hardware investments, with flexible scalability.
MSFT Competitors
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| Apple Inc | $199.29 USD | -8.59 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | $22.52 USD | -0.63 |
| Colt Telecom Group SA | 122.00 GBp | -3.00 |
| Google Inc | $534.29 USD | -7.81 |
| International Business Machines Corp | $123.75 USD | -2.58 |
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Microsoft Corporation - MSFT news
DOJ criticizes Google's revised books deal
2010-02-05 03:04:15
Keywords: Industries|Tech, GOOG, Google Inc, MSFT, Microsoft Corporation, AMZN, Amazon.com Inc, YHOO, Yahoo! Inc
Quote: In response, Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp./quotes/comstock/15*!msft/quotes/nls/msft(MSFT27.84,-0.79,-2.76%) and Amazon.com Inc./quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn(AMZN115.94,-3.16,-2.65%), have lined up in opposition to Google's efforts to settle its case with authors and publishers.The Open Book Alliance, which includes Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo Inc./quotes/comstock/15*!yhoo/quotes/nls/yhoo(YHOO15.01,-0.45,-2.91%) and the National Writers Union, has opposed Google's second attem...Read article
Microsoft's Innovation Versus Dick Brass
2010-02-05 03:04:15
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: More than a decade ago, Dick Brass, then a Microsoft vice president, worked with a stealth team on a visionary project. The team’s goal was to build a computer that looked less like a computing device and more like a pad of paper — a tablet PC to be precise.Apple’s iPad might change the computing world in a way that the earlier iterations never did. Mr. Brass isn’t annoyed with Apple, but with his former employer, Microsoft.
Op-Ed piece on Thursday in The New York Times,...Read article
DOJ still troubled by Google's digital book deal
2010-02-05 03:04:14
Quote: Some of the most strident opponents have been Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Yahoo Inc.The agreement also has prominent supporters, including college libraries, publishing groups and Sony Corp., which wants to tap into Google's digital book index to feed its own electronic reader, which is competing against Amazon.com's Kindle.Tweaks made to the settlement in November were supposed to end the bickering.Among other things, the revisions provide more flexibility to o...Read article
UPDATE - US Justice Dept says Google books deal troubled
2010-02-05 03:04:14
Keywords: Washington / US Government News,Legislation,Regulation and enforcement,Media (industry),Living and lifestyle,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,United States of America,
Quote: These critics of the deal have been a varied group that
includes Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), Amazon Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Inc
(MSFT.O), the National Writers Union and Consumer Watchdog. In mid-December, three library associations stopped short
of seeking to halt to Google's digital books plan, but asked
for Justice Department oversight to prevent an excessively high
price for institutional subscriptions. The case is The Authors Guild et al v. Google, Inc, U.S.
District Court, Southern District of New ...Read article
Bar Codes Ride Again—on Mobile Phones
2010-02-05 03:04:12
Keywords: bar code technology, Google, Yahoo, Hearts, Weather Channel, Microsoft, Scanbuy, JagTag, Universal Pictures, Occipital, smartphones
Quote: Bar code tech "makes the world [around us] clickable," says Marja Koopman, a marketing leader at Microsoft. Lately, bar code scanning is being more widely used in part due to the broader adoption of Web-enabled smartphones and prevalence of cameras, now in about 90% of cell phones. Special Software or Just the CameraWeather Channel's mobile apps. Since the TV promotion began, downloads have increased about 15% to 20% a day, says Cameron Clayton, a vice-president at the Weather Channel....Read article
Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal
2010-02-05 03:04:11
Quote: Some of the most strident opponents have been Google rivals, including Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Yahoo Inc.The agreement also has prominent supporters, including college libraries, publishing groups and Sony Corp., which wants to tap into Google's digital book index to feed its own electronic reader, which is competing against Amazon.com's Kindle.Tweaks made to the settlement in November were supposed to end the bickering.Among other things, the revisions provide more flexibility to o...Read article
Forbes: Paid online content can't replace ad revs
2010-02-03 02:56:35
Keywords: Industries|Media, MSFT, Microsoft Corporation, GOOG, Google Inc
Quote: "But I think if even some of them do work, still the bulk of the revenue will come from marketing and advertising."Forbes also said the entrance of Microsoft's/quotes/comstock/15*!msft/quotes/nls/msft(MSFT28.46,+0.05,+0.18%) Bing into the online arena could give media outlets more leverage in charging for content that was previously free."Bing from Microsoft, if they aggressively went out and tried to sign contracts with information providers that you could only get it on Bing, and that you, the...Read article
Bing Will Be Profitable, Microsoft Exec Says
2010-02-03 02:56:34
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, TheStreet Staff ,Internet
Quote: REDMOND, Wash (TheStreet) -- Microsoft's(MSFT Quote) Bing search engine can be a viable runner-up to Google(GOOG Quote) and will make money eventually, a company executive tells Reuters.Microsoft has lost $5 billion building the online business over the past four years and hopes to reverse the trend following a search advertising partnership with Yahoo!YHOO Quote)Reuters reports.Reuters."Really now, the goal is about share gain. If we grow share, we will grow our way into profitability, and we h...Read article
Oracle Hacker Gets The Last Word
2010-02-03 02:56:34
Keywords: Hacker, David Litchfield, Larry Ellison, Security, Software
Quote: After a distinguished career of tormenting Oracle's security team, as well as making himself a nuisance to other firms like IBMIBMnewspeople), SybaseSYnewspeople) and MicrosoftMSFTnewspeople), Litchfield plans to retire from NGSSoftware, the firm he helped found in 2001. In his talk, the Scottish hacker looked back at his nine years of "bashing heads" with Oracle and assessed whether the database giant's security practices have improved over the last decade. His verdict: Yes, but not nearly enou...Read article
Gates Foundation to give $10M to Atlanta schools
2010-02-02 01:12:45
Quote: The foundation is the charitable foundation of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates.The ETEC program started 10 years ago in elementary schools and was later implemented in the system’s middle and high schools. APS said the reform efforts have helped improve student standardized test scores.The program has developed a teacher evaluation system based on student achievement, and the system is working to improve the abilities of principals to monitor teacher effectiv...Read article
Yahoo keeps AP in its content corner with new deal
2010-02-02 01:12:41
Quote: and Microsoft Corp. Google stopped posting fresh AP content on its Web site in late December.Stung by the AP's first downturn in revenue in years, AP's management has said the cooperative needs to make more money from the online rights to its stories, photographs and video as more people flock to the Web for information and entertainment.It's unclear whether the AP achieved its financial objectives in the Yahoo deal.Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., described the AP as an important part of its ...Read article
Google To Open Business Software Store
2010-02-02 01:12:39
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Joseph Woelfel ,Software
Quote: The new store is Google's latest attempt to get customers to switch to its online offerings and away from programs by MicrosoftMSFT Quote), the newspaper notes.But many large companies have been reluctant to move from Microsoft for reasons such as concerns about storing data online to complaints of missing features.Journal reports. -- Written by Joseph Woelfel in New York. Follow TheStreet.com on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.......Read article
Tech Giants' New Way to Thwart Patent Suits
2010-02-02 01:12:38
Keywords: Microsoft, Ballmer, patents, litigation
Quote: Tech Giants' New Way to Thwart Patent SuitsFrustrated by litigation costs, Microsoft, Sony, and Nokia are paying third-party patent acquirers such as RPX to fend off patent lawsuits
By
Rachael King
Steve BallmerMSFT) has been sued at least 49 times in the past six years for patent infringement by small shops that buy up patents from inventors and bankrupt companies, according to researcher PatentFreedom. Lawsuits from "patent trolls," says the software giant, are a costly blight on th...Read article
This Weekend's Barron's: Best Mutual Fund Families; Roundtable – Part 3; Hedge Funds Will Have to Work Hader; How Brokers Stack Up
2010-02-01 03:00:14
Quote: stocks to tax-exempt bonds.Barron's examines how they did it and finds out what they're thinking now.
Tricky Sailing for Hedge Funds.
Hedge funds will have to work harder for gains this year, now that the lower-hanging fruit has been picked.Still, some managers are optimistic about distressed debt and emerging markets, Barron's reports.
Loosen Up, Tightwads.
Many big companies with the financial wherewithal to pay dividends are being stingy about payouts, and for no good reason.By hoarding cash,...Read article
[$$] Windows 7 Fails to Boost Profits of PC Makers
2010-02-01 03:00:12
Quote: BY JUSTIN SCHECKMicrosoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system has fattened the company's earnings and boosted personal-computer sales at retailers like Best Buy Co. But it hasn't increased the profits of PC giants Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and others. While consumers purchased more than 90 million new PCs during the holiday quarter, when Microsoft released Windows 7, up 22% from a year earlier, PC revenue grew at just a single-digit rate, analysts say. That's largely because laptop pr...Read article
Selling on good news means trouble is brewing.
2010-02-01 03:00:12
Quote: That's nowhere near the 89.5 it peaked at in October 2008 but was still above its historical average of 18-20.In the past week, this so-called fear index fell to 24.6 but there still were signs all was not well.On Thursday, Microsoft Corp. reported profits jumped 60 percent last quarter. Instead of cheers, it got boos. Investors wanted to see higher sales to business customers from the software giant, and so they dumped shares.Overreaction? Let's hope so.Investors consider Microsoft a sort of le...Read article
European Stocks to Start Month on a Weak Note
2010-02-01 03:00:11
Quote: On Wall Street Friday, stocks tumbled, capping their worst month since February 2009, as even a stronger-than-expected report on fourth-quarter economic growth and better-than-expected earnings from Microsoft failed to halt the recent slump.
Overall, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 10,067.33, its lowest close since Nov. 6. For the month of January, the index tumbled 3.5%, snapping a string of six-straight monthly gains and marking the second losing month in the past 11 months. The...Read article
Drama, No Dilemma, Over iPad Name
2010-01-29 01:51:05
Quote: PC" ads, which mock Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software by showing a nerdy PC guy trumped by his cool Mac counterpart.
Marketing strategists say Apple didn't have many options, because it was vital that the name remain in the "i" family. That is the most efficient way to market the product, since Apple has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on that concept. In the buildup to the iPad announcement, pundits were predicting that Apple would name the new product the iSlate.
Sergio Zyman, ...Read article
'Fast Money' Recap: Tech Shaky
2010-01-29 01:51:04
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, David Tong ,Fast Money Recap
Quote: The Nasdaq also fell 42.41, or 1.91%, to 2,179.CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show that Amazon.comAMZN Quote) was moving higher in after-hours trading on an impressive earnings report including a strong outlook, which he called the catalyst that was driving the stock up.For a breakout of some stocks from a recent "Fast Money" TV show,check out Dan Fitzpatrick's "3 Stocks I Saw on TV."Joe Terranova said he did not know whether Amazon's beat along with that of Microsoft's will turn the tech trade or even ...Read article
[video] Amazon's Stellar Quarter
2010-01-29 01:51:03
Keywords: market, stocks, stock, trading, after hours, late trading, dow, nasdaq, nyse, s&p, kym mcnicholas, forbes
Quote: Makes Peace With MicrosoftAdobe's Q4 LossBest Buy's Margin CrunchStocks Down Ahead Of FedCitigroup Plans TARP RepaymentObama's Main Street PlanSmartphone Race IntensifiesPay Czar Trims Top SalariesChina Exports Spark World RallyNo Cash Bonus For Goldman EliteBritain, France To Tax BonusesBofA Repays TARPDebt Fears Hit MarketsFinancials Take A DipStocks Soften On BernankeCoffee Battle BrewsSolar Stocks RechargedSix Banks Are Shut DownCap And Trade FocusGoldman Sachs Moves DigsU.S. Unemployment Fa...Read article