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http://bit.ly/dgnaJ8 $MSFT $GOOG $2454 Microsoft, Google Team With MediaTek in Smartphone Push
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RT @SteffWatson: RT @UCVUG: RT @jessicascarpati: Gurdeep Singh Pall, $MSFT @ucteam says #ucoms will "undo the Industrial Revolution.&qu
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@PhilippBohn Debate is always good :-) I wasn't endorsing $MSFT view
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RT @UCVUG: RT @jessicascarpati: Gurdeep Singh Pall, $MSFT @ucteam says #ucoms will "undo the Industrial Revolution." http://bit.ly
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http://bit.ly/cHUAeU $MSFT Facebook, Microsoft End Advertising Deal
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Well it's official: I had an epic #nerdgasm over my new HP laptop. Windows 7 holy crap, $MSFT actually got one right??
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digitaldaily.al...: Reminder: Microsoft's WinMo on 18 Percent of US smartphones $MSFT - http://bit.ly/aqF5vX
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Sold $MSFT @28.06 for $1200ish gain. Didnt make anything off $BAC yesterday but still holding on for later on in the day.
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Out $MSFT Feb 30 calls, .05 - 92% loss, earnings play I should've cleared on the day. 1/4 pos.
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Users dispute Microsoft's explanation of Windows 7 battery problems. $MSFT #tech http://bit.ly/a2wvNG
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Microsoft Press: Microsoft’s Atlas and Interpublic Group Ink Agreement on North American .. http://bit.ly/90x4ii $MSFT
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$MSFT Microsoft's Atlas and Interpublic Group Ink Agreement on North American Ad-Serving Platform http://goo.gl/pKuu
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Not Moving. Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Apple, Applied Materials,: http://bit.ly/coPHBB
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gizmodo: Microsoft Blames Your Laptop—Not Windows 7—For Battery Issues [Microsoft $MSFT - http://bit.ly/cVeiCU
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Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Not Moving. CDW-G Partners with TKCIS to Provide Microsoft Enterprise So: http://bit.ly/d8q1f3
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http://bit.ly/9VxAQn $MSFT Users dispute Microsoft's explanation of Windows 7 battery problems
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Users scoff at Windows 7 battery problem denials http://su.pr/2ZcYQk Complaints louder than ever @Computerworld $MSFT
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Digital video game sales reshaping industry. $ATVI $ERTS $MSFT $NWS $SNE #finance #gaming http://bit.ly/9O7Kxz
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gadgetreview: Xbox Dead: MicroSoft Abandoning Xbox Live For Original Xbox $MSFT - http://bit.ly/bUzJR7
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slashgear: Microsoft claims Windows 7 guilt-free, laptop at fault in battery issue $MSFT - http://bit.ly/cVeiCU
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http://bit.ly/9CLuu0 $MSFT Delayed Visual Studio 2010 RC due this week
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RT @BryantAvey: Option players bet on limited volatility in Microsoft (NASDAQ: $MSFT) http://ow.ly/15e5p
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http://bit.ly/cNTW5Z $MSFT Microsoft Says Windows 7 Battery Issues Are Batteries' Fault
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http://bit.ly/9zohEC $MSFT Safer Internet Day targets 5-7 year olds and Microsoft's web browser
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dear $MSFT, thx for all the new IE8 #css fuckups to guard against like overflow & expanding box bugs http://goo.gl/RrMV
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Monday February 8 2010 Most Actives $QQQQ $SPY $AAPL $IWM $CSCO $BAC $MSFT $EEM $GOOG $FAS #business
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http://bit.ly/9zyQ7A $AAPL $MSFT YouGov: Microsoft outpaces Apple in customer satisfaction
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LMAO as $AMZN goes SDK after $AAPL outs its snoring iPad and $MSFT shows Slates galore at CES show - 'ello fight night! http://bit.ly/ay5jIc
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New blog post: Project Natal - Revolutionary Technology for an Industry in Distress? http://bit.ly/8XvrCC $MSFT $ERTS $ATVI $TTWO
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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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Key developments for MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT)
Microsoft Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend Payable on June 10, 2010
03/9/2010
Microsoft Corp. announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share. The dividend is payable June 10, 2010 to shareholders of record on May 20, 2010. The ex-dividend date will be May 18, 2010.
Microsoft Corporation Opens Regional School Technology Innovation Centre in Singapore
03/9/2010
Microsoft Corporation launched Asia's first regional School Technology Innovation Centre (STIC) - in Singapore. The launch was in conjunction with the Microsoft Asia-Pacific Regional Innovative Educators Forum. Located at the National Institute of Education campus, STIC will focus on researching and developing new educational approaches, classroom solutions and products to improve educational outcomes in the region. STIC expects to train 6,000 student teachers, teachers and students from Singapore and the region over three years. Besides housing STIC, NIE will lead the teaching framework for the project and host local and international visitors at the centre. Microsoft will provide technology and training for NIE staff and students. Resources created as part of STIC will be hosted virtually on the 'Partners In Learning' website - a global initiative by Microsoft to increase access to technology and improve its use in learning. Besides NIE, the Media Development Authority is also a partner of this project, which has a $1.35 million commitment over three years.
Howard Technology Solutions, Inc. to Resell Microsoft's Windows Multipoint Server 2010
03/8/2010
Howard Technology Solutions, Inc. announced that it will recommend and sell low-cost desktop computing solutions based on the new Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 (WMS) operating system and NComputing virtual desktops. Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 is targeted at educational institutions for use in classrooms, labs, and libraries. The MultiPoint platform enables schools to furnish and maintain the necessary, up-to-date technology, while reducing costs associated with equipment acquisition, as well as ongoing operational expenses. NComputing has a long history in the classroom, with 15 million students using their technology every day. They are market leaders in providing low-cost desktop computing access by sharing the power of today's PCs. NComputing offers broad support for Microsoft Windows Server operating systems, and recently announced full-line support for WMS.
MSFT Competitors
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| Apple Inc | $224.84 USD | +1.82 |
| Cisco Systems Inc | $25.87 USD | -0.258 |
| Google Inc | $576.45 USD | +16.26 |
| Intel Corp | $21.19 USD | +0.25 |
| International Business Machines Corp | $125.62 USD | +0.07 |
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Microsoft Corporation - MSFT news
Yahoo may continue to lose its edge, analyst says
2010-03-10 04:38:20
Keywords: Industries|Tech, YHOO, Yahoo! Inc, MSFT, Microsoft Corporation, GOOG, Google Inc, COMP, Nasdaq Composite Index
Quote: But the rush to manufacture products hides the fact that there is little content to showcase, the Digits panel reports.In addition, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company "threw in the towel" in the online search market recently, when it agreed to outsource the technology behind its search service to Microsoft Corp./quotes/comstock/15*!msft/quotes/nls/msft(MSFT28.80,+0.17,+0.59%) under a 10-year partnership, the analyst wrote. Wall Street has been anticipating significant cost savings for Yahoo tha...Read article
Yahoo Search: Look Out Below, As Bing Gains Again (and Google Remains as Scary as Ever)
2010-03-10 04:38:18
Keywords: boomtown, google, internet, kara swisher, microsoft, yahoo, advertising, digital, innovation, search, analyst, bing, comscore, consumer, deal, decline, distribution, gain, market, outsourcing, revenue, share, toolbar
Quote: Say this about the toolbar and distribution deals, which Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz keeps saying were too pricey for the Internet portal: They have certainly given Microsoft’s search offering, Bing, a very nice boost.
In all likelihood, it is that and more causing Bing to make solid gains on Yahoo (YHOO), whose market share declined yet again this month, according to comScore’s monthly report of search market share in the United States.
According to comScore (SCOR), Microsoft (MSFT) saw i...Read article
What We're Reading: Barbie, Steve Jobs and Carly Fiorina
2010-03-10 04:38:18
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: Adobe Reader Claims Most Hacked Code Crown — F-Secure Blog
Ashlee Vance says: Take that, Microsoft Word.
Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle — webmonkey.com
Vindu Goel says: If the Kindle browser improves, what will that do to Amazon’s wireless costs?
Forecast points to steady climb for U.S. online retail sales — techflash.com
Damon Darlin says: Slow growth for online retail sales: 8 percent of all U.S. retail sales in 2014, up from 6 percent last year.
Heat...Read article
Google Opens App Store For Business Software
2010-03-10 04:38:17
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: Google on Tuesday unveiled an online store for business applications in an effort to further push its own suite of productivity software into companies and compete with Microsoft.
The store, whose unveiling has been expected for several weeks, is called Google Apps Marketplace and will initially have offerings from 50 companies, including Intuit, Concur, Jobvite, eFax and others. The applications in the marketplace will be tightly coupled with Google Apps, the company’s collection of onli...Read article
AIG, McDonald's, IMAX, Yahoo are big movers
2010-03-09 04:08:58
Quote: Ltd., down 73 cents at $12.15The solar cell maker said it slid to a loss driven by one-time charges, but predicted module shipments to nearly double this year.NASDAQ:Yahoo Inc., up 46 cents at $16.52A JMP Securities analyst upgraded the Internet company, citing a potential a boost from its search deal with Microsoft Corp.Research In Motion Ltd., up $3.89 at $73.39An analyst upgraded the handset maker and boosted his estimates and price target, while rival Palm Inc. received a separate downgrade....Read article
What We're Reading: Conan's Twitter Buddy and New York in Pixels
2010-03-09 04:08:56
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: He was right.
The Future of Windows — technologizer.com
Vindu Goel says: A blog asks 28 techies what Microsoft can do to keep Windows relevant.
A Lament for the Bookshelf — The Globe and Mail
Damon Darlin says: A writer laments the loss of bookshelves — long before technology has even made them obsolete.
Time to Start Taking the Internet Seriously — edge.org
Damon Darlin says: Deep thinking about the Internet by David Gelernter that is impossible to synopsize in 140 ...Read article
[$$] One Firm's List of Takeover Targets
2010-03-08 02:20:05
Quote: perhaps it is not developing it and gaining acceptance for it as quickly as it deserves." He touts Microsoft (MSFT) as a possible acquirer. Founder and CEO Mike Lynch still owns a chunk of the Cambridge, England, company, so he would have a big say in any deal. Autonomy's shares have risen almost 50% in the past year and closed Friday at 1,679 pence.
Puma is widely considered to be a takeover target for French retailer and luxury-goods company PPR (PP.France), which already owns about 70% of its...Read article
Four in five believe Web access a fundamental right
2010-03-08 02:20:02
Keywords: Internet software and services (industry),
Quote: Other international groups such as Microsoft (MSFT.O) and
local players including China's search leader Baidu (BIDU.O)
must also comply with those laws. "Despite worries about privacy and fraud, people around the
world see access to the Internet as their fundamental right,"
said Doug Miller, the chairman of GlobeScan which conducted the
survey. "They think the Web is a force for good, and most don't
want governments to regulate it." Over 70 percent of respondents in Japan, Mexico and Russia
sai...Read article
Microsoft Showcases Assistive Technology for Seniors
2010-03-08 02:20:01
Keywords: Assistive technology, aging in place, Microsoft, New York City, assisted living, Queens
Quote: Microsoft Showcases Assistive Technology for SeniorsNew York and other cities are working with Microsoft to bring computers, Webcams, and other high-tech gear to the homebound elderly
By
Suzanne Robitaille
Not even the vibrancy of the city that never sleeps could get lifelong New Yorker Milton Greidinger to leave his home. Chronic illness kept Greidinger, 86, from participating in outside activities. Loneliness set in. "I was just waiting for my time to finish," Greidinger says. MSFT)...Read article
UPDATE - Marvell Q4 revenue rises; shares fall
2010-03-05 03:58:15
Keywords: Semiconductors,Semiconductor equipment and products,United States of America,Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment,Technology,Technology equipment,Corporate Results,Hot stocks,Equities,Business activities,Computer hardware,Data processing services,Co
Quote: Additionally, company executives said response to new
products, such as Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Windows 7 system
were spurring demand past typically seasonal levels. Marvell derives roughly a quarter of revenue from handset
makers. Its main customers include hard-drive maker Western
Digital Corp (WDC.N) and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion
Ltd (RIM.TO).Gabriel MadwayIan Sherr, editing by Matthew
Lewis and Carol Bishopric)......Read article
Game Changer
2010-03-05 03:58:15
Keywords: Software, Marketing, Sports Equipment, Fair Trade
Quote: del.icio.usDigg It!yahooFacebookTwitterRedditrssSo he made a dramatic career switch, breaking free of Microsoft's(MSFT -news-people) golden handcuffs in 2003 and three years later starting a company called Fair Trade Sports, which makes balls for soccer, basketball, football and rugby using rubber cultivated in pesticide-free, sustainable plantations in India and Sri Lanka. The balls are hand-stitched by unionized Pakistani workers who earn a living wage, certified by a watchdog group called the...Read article
CORRECTED - CORRECTED-(March 3)-UPDATE - Novell shares surge on hopes of hig
2010-03-05 03:58:14
Keywords: Software,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,
Quote: Novell has a maturing core product line, currently
accounting for about a quarter of its revenue, and has been
losing market share to Microsoft's (MSFT.O) platform for many
years now. The company is trying to carve a niche in open source
operating systems and security and systems management. Last month Novell and virtualization-software maker Citrix
Systems Inc (CTXS.O) joined hands to offer interoperability
between each other's products and provide joint technical
support to customers. Top play...Read article
What We're Reading: Inside the Minds of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg
2010-03-05 03:58:13
Keywords: Technology, Start-Ups, Internet, Enterprise, Gadgets
Quote: Thursday’s roundup of interesting tidbits from around the Web, selected by technology reporters and editors at The New York Times:
Berkeley Repertory Theatre — berkeleyrep.org
Damon Darlin says: The famed theater is producing a one-man show, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”
Working With Zuck — Facebook Engineering’s Notes
Claire Cain Miller says: A Facebook engineer describes working with Mark Zuckerberg — he’s unsentimental and demandi...Read article
Microsoft's Dual Track Strategy for Mobile May Include Sidekick Refresh In 2010
2010-03-05 03:58:13
Quote: But now, there's evidence that the software giant has something else up its sleeve.Reuters reportsGizmodo reportedPALMNews) Pre; is not based on Windows Phone 7; and is likely running on software that Microsoft acquired when it bought Danger, the maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick.Why Microsoft would choose a two-pronged mobile approach is not clear at this time, but perhaps it feels two platforms is necessary in order to satisfy the various different user bases in the market. Unfortunately, unless ...Read article
Microsoft to stay its China course despite Google spat
2010-03-05 03:58:12
Keywords: Media (industry),
Quote: Microsoft to stay its China course despite Google spat BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) said on
Friday it will stick to its development strategy for the China
Internet search market regardless of the outcome of Google's
(GOOG.O) high-profile spat with Beijing. Microsoft has kept a relatively low profile in China since
Google announced its decision to potentially withdraw from the
market over censorship issues and following an attack on its
systems that it believes originated in Ch...Read article
CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery
2010-03-04 01:25:26
Keywords: Data processing services,
Quote: CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Microsoft COO sees gradual recovery
(Company corrects to say it expects 300 million PCs to be
sold this year, not that it expects to sell 300 million copies
of Windows 7) * COO says customers conservative, recovery gradual * Expects 300 million PC sales this year * Cautious about investing in China(Adds comments on Google, China; shares)Georgina Prodhan LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) is still
seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software
launche...Read article
Take Two Surges on Earnings Beat
2010-03-04 01:25:24
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, James Rogers ,Technology
Quote: Take Two's shares rose 51 cents, or 5.65%, to $9.54 after market close.The video game specialist, which competes with ActivisionATVI Quote), Electronic ArtsERTS Quote) and MicrosoftM SFT Quote), has been on a mission to streamline itself and announced the sale of its Jack of All Games distribution business to SYNNEX last week.Take Two is also undergoing a major restructuring effort which involves a 15% reduction in headcount and other cost savings. This is expected to result in $8 million in sav...Read article
How to Watch Video, Wirelessly, on Your TV Set
2010-03-04 01:25:23
Keywords: apple, internet, macintosh, microsoft, pc, personal technology, walt mossberg, windows, computer, digital, hardware, media, reviews, software, television, video, 2010 core, adapter, amazon, best buy, beta, cable, cbs.com, chips, dell, e205, espn.com, free
Quote: It beams video to your TV through popular game consoles such as Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360, Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. Both of these products only work on Windows computers.
In my tests, both systems mostly worked as advertised, but each had some downsides. The Intel system works with any video from any site you can play on the computer, but the video disappears from the TV if you are playing it in full-screen mode and get the impulse to use the computer fo...Read article
I-O Data Signs Linux Software Patent Agreement With Microsoft
2010-03-04 01:25:23
Quote: and KANAZAWA, Japan, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and I-O Data Device Inc. have entered into an agreement that will provide I-O Data's customers with patent coverage for their use of I-O Data's products running Linux and other related open source software.(Logo: Â http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)Specifically, the patent covenants apply to I-O Data's network-attached storage devices and its routers, which run Linux. Although the details of the agreemen...Read article
Facebook CEO in no rush for IPO-WSJ
2010-03-04 01:25:22
Keywords: IT services and consulting,Internet software and services (industry),Initial Public Offerings,Equities,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,United States of America,
Quote: Facebook counts around 400 million users and has had large
investments from the Microsoft Corp (MSFT.ORitsuko AndoLincoln Feast)......Read article