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- NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.The "Be a Martian" website invites members of the public to help scientists perform such research tasks as imp... - NASA, Microsoft create 'Martian' Web site
PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- NASA and the Microsoft Corp. say they've created the Be a Martian Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. Officials said the Web site enables the ... - Microsoft co-founder Allen has lymphoma
SEATTLE, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Billionaire investor Paul Allen, a co-founder of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., is undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a company e-mail said. The e-mail was sent by Paul Allen's sister Jod... - Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court
BEIJING (AFP) -- A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating sy... - Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court
BEIJING (AFP) -- A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating sy... - Court rules against Microsoft in China font case
BEIJING (AFP) -- A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday.Beijing's No.1 Intermediate P... - Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court
BEIJING (AFP) -- A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, according to a court judgement.Beijing's No.1 Intermediate Pe... - Microsoft co-founder diagnosed with cancer
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, technology blogs have reported.Allen, 56, one of the wealthiest men in the world, has non-H... - Microsoft violated Chinese company's rights: court
BEIJING (AFP) -- A Chinese court has found Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, according to a court judgement.Beijing's No.1 Intermediate Pe... - Microsoft previews MSN site redesign
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Microsoft introduced a redesign of its MSN Web site Wednesday, the first since it was launched by the Seattle-based company. Bob Visse of MSN Product Management told The Seattle Times the new configur... - More Microsoft layoffs set
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft said it would lay off 800 workers on top of a previously announced cutback of 5,000 announced in January. In the ensuing 11 months from January until now, we realized ... - Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US computer software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to the 5,000 layoffs announced previously."Earlier this year, we announced that in order to reduce costs, increase ... - Microsoft net profit down 18 percent, beats expectations
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Microsoft reported Friday that net profit fell 18 percent in the first quarter of its fiscal year but the US software giant easily beat the expect... - Microsoft beats expectations to cap off big week
by Charlotte Raab NEW YORK (AFP) -- Microsoft on Friday capped off a week in which it released Windows 7 and snagged a deal with Twitter with quarterly earnings that easily beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts.The Redmond, W... - Microsoft net profit down 18%, beats expectations
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Microsoft reported Friday that net profit fell 18 percent to 3.57 billion dollars in the first quarter but the US software giant beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts.The Redmond, Washington-based company, ... - Microsoft launches Windows 7
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 operating system made its global debut on Thursday.By the time the day was a minute old, Microsoft workers were handing out Windows 7 software as gifts at a ... - Google wooing Microsoft business customers
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Google on Monday ramped up a campaign to convert businesses worldwide into users of email, calendar, document and other software programs it offers online as services on the Internet."Gone Google" advertising ... - Microsoft hopeful technology will spur growth
DUBAI (AFP) -- A top Microsoft official expressed hope Sunday that technology will spur economic growth around the world as the US software giant launches its latest operating system."There was an economic upset. It's had an impact ... - Microsoft search engine makes steady progress
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, is making steady if unspectacular progress in its bid to wrest a bigger share of the lucrative US search and advertising market away from Google.Bing increased its share of th... - EU moves towards Microsoft truce
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- A decade-long tussle pitting Microsoft against European Union competition watchdogs edged towards truce on Wednesday with signs a battle over Internet browsers was coming to an e... - Brussels closer to ending Microsoft browser battle
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Tweaks to an offer by Microsoft to plug rival web browsers alongside its own Internet Explorer on new computers sold in Europe saw Brussels edge closer on Wednesday to ending an epic competition probe."The (Europea... - Microsoft unveils holiday lineup
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. unveiled its holiday lineup Tuesday in New York, a mix of new software for work and home, the company said. Microsoft's head of entertainment and devices said the 2009 holiday season was a c... - Microsoft unveils line of Windows phones
PARIS (AFP) -- Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled his company's line of Windows smartphones in an offensive against Apple's iPhone and Google's Android system.Around 30 types... - Judge negates $388M Microsoft fine
PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island overturned a record patent infringement judgment, a $388 million fine Microsoft Corp. no longer has to pay. U.S. District Judge William Smith overturned the April j... - Microsoft agrees to invest in SKorea games industry
SEOUL (AFP) -- US software giant Microsoft has agreed to invest more than 19 million dollars to develop South Korea's online games industry, a government agency said Thursday.At least 25 local games developers will receive 23 billio... - Microsoft's Bing increases US search share
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest g... - Microsoft's Bing increases US search share
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore.Bing, which the Red... - Microsoft tries image links on Bing
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new search program Monday that relies on images to provide links for visitors to the World Wide Web. Microsoft's Bing search engine, a rival to Google,... - Court throws out $358M Microsoft penalty
SEATTLE, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court has thrown out a $358 million penalty assessed against Microsoft for patent infringement. The court upheld the jury's decision that the Seattle-area software giant infringed an Alcatel... - Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book deal
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance opposing the legal settlement which would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books in a move the Internet giant dismissed as "sour grapes." - Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book settlement
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined with non-profit groups and library associations on Wednesday in opposing the legal settlement which would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books.The... - Microsoft apologizes for racial makeover
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft said Wednesday it's sorry for superimposing the head of a white man on a black man in a photo on its Polish Web site. We apologize and are in the process of pulling d... - Microsoft apologizes for photo gaffe
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Microsoft has issued an apology after editing out a black man from an advertisement run in Poland.The ad featured on the US website of the US software giant featured a white woman, a black man and an Asian man si... - Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
SUNNYVALE, California (AFP) -- Yahoo! on Monday vowed to fight Microsoft on a new frontier, saying that having the softwa... - Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! to oppose Google book project
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Google's ambitious book scanning project, already facing anti-trust scrutiny, a court review and privacy concerns, has run into another hurdle.Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! are reportedly planning t... - Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book project
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! are planning to join a coalition of library associations and non-profit groups in opposing Google's ambitious book scanning project, US newspapers reported on Friday.The New York Time... - Microsoft fined $290M over patent abuse
TYLER, Texas, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Software giant Microsoft Corp. was fined $290 million in a Texas court for infringing on a Canadian company's XML programming patent rights. The conclusion of the seven-day trial in Tyler, Texas, saw J... - Publicis to buy Razorfish from Microsoft for $530m
PARIS (AFP) -- The French advertising group Publicis said Sunday it would buy the digital advertising agency Razorfish from Microsoft for 530 million dollars (380 million euros).Publicis, t... - Details of Microsoft, Yahoo! deal come out
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. intends to pay Yahoo! Inc. 88 percent of the revenue from searches on Yahoo! Web sites, a regulatory filing said. The Securities and Exchange Commission filing reve... - Microsoft to ship IE with Windows 7 in Europe
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches w... - Yahoo!, Microsoft in Web search, ad partnership
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Yahoo! and Microsoft, after months of negotiations, unveiled a 10-year Web search and advertising partnership on Wednesday that s... - Yahoo!, Microsoft in Web search partnership
by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Yahoo! and Microsoft unveiled a long-awaited Web search partnership on Wednesday that would unite the two companies against market leader Google.Under the no-cash deal, Yahoo! will use Microsoft's ... - Microsoft, Yahoo! reach advertising deal
SEATTLE, July 29 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. said Wednesday they had reached an advertising partnership deal that puts closure on chances of a Microsoft takeover. Microsoft bid $4.75 billion for Yahoo! last year, but a m... - Microsoft and Yahoo! announce Web search deal
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement Wednesday to forge a long-awaited Web search partnership that would unite the two companies against market giant Google.Under the deal, Yahoo! will use Microsoft's new Bi... - Yahoo!, Microsoft near search deal: WSJ
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Yahoo! and Microsoft are close to forging a partnership on Internet search, and an agreement could be reached as early as Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.The deal, which would unite the companies agai... - Microsoft moves to settle EU issues
BRUSSELS, July 25 (UPI) -- U.S. software maker Microsoft has offered to settle its long-standing anti-competitiveness issues with the European Union, company officials say. As part of a sweeping settlement proposal, Microsoft has off... - Microsoft to issue emergency IE patches
REDMOND, Wash., July 25 (UPI) -- U.S. computer giant Microsoft Corp. says it is preparing to issue a pair of emergency security patches for its Internet Explorer Web browser. Microsoft officials, in a blog posting late Friday, said ... - Microsoft down on weak fourth quarter
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Microsoft's share price shed more than eight percent on Wall Street on Friday after the US software giant's fourth-quarter earnings fell short of expectations.Microsoft closed at 23.45 dollars, down 8.26 percent fr... - Microsoft agrees to unbundle Explorer from Windows: EU
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Microsoft has agreed to open up Windows to different Internet browsers in order to fend off European Union litigation, the European Commission announced Friday."Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a ... - Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 code
REDMOND, Wash., July 23 (UPI) -- Microsoft Corp. has finalized the code for its Windows 7 operating system and will have it ready for purchase on schedule, the U.S. software maker says. The Redmond, Wash., company says a development...
