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Microsoft, which has been at odds with the Linux community over the years because of intellectual property issues, said on Monday it has released 20,000 lines of Linux code to the Linux kernel community.
Microsoft's profits and revenues are down like everyone else's in this whirlwind economy, but don't cry too much for Redmond just yet. With the new Windows 7 and Office 2010 applications on the horizon, there are three key moves the company can make to ring up more sales and revenue.
Microsoft's IE8 is doing very well, but at IE7's expense. Meanwhile, Firefox 3.5 has topped 30 million downloads and shows every intention of giving Microsoft a run for its money.
Microsoft announced Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 2 on Monday, providing additional speed and a new sharing tool.
Microsoft has released 20,000 lines of code to the Linux community, covering key device drivers that are designed to help Linux run as a virtualized environment within a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment.
Microsoft Corp is set to open stores in close proximity to the stores of Apple Inc in the fall, Microsoft's chief operating officer told Reuters. The new stores will be part of Microsoft's bid to reclaim their popularity among PC users and gadget lovers i.
Yahoo and Microsoft are still seriously talking about a search and partnership deal, never-ending discussions that might or might not come to fruition. But most investors will be focused on real results this week, as both tech giants report quarterly earnings.
Microsoft has filed a civil lawsuit in King County Superior Court in Seattle, alleging that Funmobile Ltd. has conducted a spamming campaign of malicious links and other content against Windows Live Messenger users.
The war between PC users and Mac users continues and Apple is throwing a fit. Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said members of Apple's legal team had contacted him asking them to stop running their Laptop Hunter ads.
Microsoft is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings Thursday and if last quarter is any indication, they wont be pretty. In April, when the company reported its first-ever year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue, CFO Chris Liddell said the weakness would persist through the next quarter.
Microsoft on Monday continued its recent thawing of relations with the open source community by submitting three Linux device drivers for inclusion in the Linux tree, a move aimed at making Linux virtual machines run well on Hyper-V.
Microsoft says a portable Xbox gaming system is in the works.
All eyes are on the Yahoo executives who are expected to announce the company's earnings after the market closes on Tuesday. Along with shareholders looming over what Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has to report, Microsoft executives will be keeping a watchful eye as new reports have emerged about an Internet search and online advertising deal between the two companies.
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 offers new document-sharing capabilities.
Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge Google Inc.
Microsoft's Macintosh division announced a new service pack for the Mac version of Microsoft Office. The update is designed to fix several old issues with the program as well as add new features like document sharing online. Although Microsoft and Apple are fierce rivals with contending operating systems, Microsoft produces Mac versions of many programs ...
Activist investor Carl Icahn spoke out in favor of a search deal between Yahoo and Microsoft, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum.
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Computerworld - Microsoft Corp.'s move to release three of its drivers to Linux, however technically modest it may be, could put pressure on other closed-source vendors to follow suit.
Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit has introduced its second service pack for Office for Mac 2008. The pack increases the productivity application's speed and provides additional sharing tools. New is the Document Connection for Mac, which allows users to browse documents using SharePoint and Office Live workspace.
Today, the 32nd annual ACM SIGIR (Special Interest Group for Information Retrieval) Conference kicked off in Boston. The five-day event is taking place in Boston. The Microsoft Research Group is showing off some "future-looking innovations" at the event, in the search and information retrieval field, naturally. "That should come as little surprise," says Microsoft Senior Writer Rob Knies. ...
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