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Microsoft Earnings Beat Estimates on Office, Xbox Sales
4:55PM 10/28/2010
Microsoft's fiscal first-quarter earnings jumped 51% as the world's largest software maker boosted sales of its Office 2010 product and grabbed share in the videogame-console market. Microsoft shares jumped on the news.
Microsoft's Windows 7: Fastest-Selling Operating System Ever?
7:00PM 10/21/2010
Microsoft says its Windows 7 operating system is the fastest-growing in history after the company sells more than 240 million licenses in the past year. According to Net Applications data, 93% of new personal computers are equipped with Windows 7.
Microsoft After Ray Ozzie May Be a Little Less Magical
11:10AM 10/20/2010
The chief software architect was the perfect visionary foil to strategy-obsessed CEO Ballmer. His entrepreneurial mind pushed the stodgy software giant to innovate in cloud computing and more. That's a role Microsoft will sorely miss.
To Compete, Microsoft May Need to Drop Windows 7 Smartphone Prices
6:47PM 10/13/2010
Microsoft may need to drop the price of its Windows 7-based smartphones or develop a cheaper version of the handset in order to gain market share in the rapidly growing Android-platform market.
Taking on the iPad: Microsoft Tablets Coming Soon
8:00PM 10/05/2010
Microsoft says the first tablets equipped with Windows 7 will hit stores this year. The so-called "slate" computing devices, launched in partnership with hardware companies such as Hewlett-Packard, will go on sale during this year's holiday season. Can they take market share away from Apple's iPad?
Microsoft Starts Beta Testing Internet Explorer 9 Web Browser
4:03PM 9/15/2010
Microsoft Corp. today said it will start letting people test its new Windows Internet Explorer 9 Web browser, as the company looks to augment to popularity of its Windows 7 operating system it unveiled last year.
Microsoft CEO Ballmer Shows Off New Windows 7 Tablet Prototypes
12:18PM 7/12/2010
Company News, Technology, Dell, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Biz Brief
On Monday, the Microsoft CEO offered a sneak peek at new tablets based on Windows 7 during the software giant's Worldwide Partner Conference. He says computer makers will have a plethora of models available by year-end.
"Hello, I'm a Mac."
"And I'm a PC."
So goes the familiar start to Apple's long-running Get a Mac ad campaign, which featured Justin Long as "Mac" and John Hodgman as "PC". The odd couple, which spent the past four years sparing over the benefits of Apple's OSX and various Windows operating...
Microsoft Earnings Jump 35%, Topping Estimates
5:00PM 4/22/2010
Buoyed by the most recent release of its Windows operating system, Microsoft turned in first-quarter earnings that exceeded estimates by 3 cents per share. That wasn't enough for investors, though, and the shares tumbled aftermarket.
The world's-largest software company posted a 60% jump in earnings on record revenue, powered by strong sales of its latest operating system. The results are further evidence of a recovery in consumer tech spending that began during the holiday season.
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