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Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 6:02 pm ETMicrosoft says its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year.
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UPDATE: Microsoft foils Mac fans' attempt to hijack Saks window
Seattle Times - Wed Nov 25, 1:30 pm ETUpdate 12:09 p.m.: Microsoft says they foiled attempts by Mac fans to hijack their Twitter feed in the Saks Fifth Avenue window display in New York. The Huffington Post earlier reported that Mac fans were using the #holidaywindows hashtag Microsoft had set up for holiday wishes to instead promote Apple products.
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Ahead of the Bell: Microsoft CFO shift
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Nov 25, 8:56 am ETAnalysts cautioned Wednesday not to read too much into the coming departure of Microsoft Corp. finance chief Chris Liddell, which was announced Tuesday. Liddell joined Microsoft in 2005, and this year led an effort to cut $3 billion from the company's costs... Microsoft - Chris Liddell - Chief financial officer - Finance - Corporation
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Microsoft names new financial chief
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 5:27 pm ETMicrosoft Corp said on Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of the year, as he looks to "expand his career beyond being a CFO".
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Microsoft to release Indian languages software
INDOlink - Wed Nov 25, 9:50 pm ETHyderabad, Nov 25 (PTI) Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) is all set to release the Indian languages transliteration software that will allow users to type Indian language words using the regular keyboard.
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Microsoft 'worked with Apple' for Silverlight on iPhone, says Goldfarb
BetaNews - Wed Nov 25, 4:53 pm ETIt was an impressive demonstration, once they got it working: H.264 video streaming wirelessly (and slowly, at least during the caching sequence) using Microsoft's Silverlight video streaming, to an Apple iPhone.
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Softweb Solutions Earns Microsoft SOA Certification
ebizQ.net - Wed Nov 25, 12:06 pm ETSoftweb Solutions announced that it has earned Microsoft SOA and Business Process Competency. ebizQ received the following: Being a Microsoft Gold Certified Company, Softweb ...
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Microsoft delays open-sourcing of Windows 7 tool
Computerworld - Wed Nov 25, 11:40 am ETComputerworld - Microsoft has delayed re-releasing a Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted included open-source code, saying that it's still testing the revamped utility.
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Microsoft Announces CFO Changeover
WebProNews - Wed Nov 25, 10:00 am ETChris Liddell, who's served as Microsoft's chief financial officer for four and a half years, intends to leave the company rather soon. Microsoft announced that Peter Klein will be transitioning in over the next month, and then Liddell will depart at the end of the 2009. It should comfort Microsoft fans and/or shareholders to know that Liddell isn't leaving in any sort of disgrace; CEO Steve ...
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Microsoft's Ray Ozzie: 'Nobody's going to be 100% open'
BetaNews - Wed Nov 25, 3:08 pm ETOver the last five years, Microsoft has undergone a gradual, but significant, shift in its public image, a shift toward interoperability and a willingness to play more fairly in competitive markets.
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News: Microsoft CFO Stepping Down at End of 2009
The Mac Observer - Wed Nov 25, 2:51 pm ETMicrosoft announced on Wednesday that its current Chief Financial Officer, Chris Liddell, will be leaving the company at the end of 2009. Peter Klein, the company's current Business Division CFO, will be taking over Mr. Liddell's position.
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Microsoft CFO to leave at end of year
Macworld - Wed Nov 25, 9:39 am ETMicrosoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year after managing the software giant's finances for nearly five years.
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Microsoft's Holiday Window Taken Over By Mac Lovers (PHOTOS)
The Huffington Post - Wed Nov 25, 1:39 pm ETIn an effort to promote its new software, Microsoft teamed up with New York's Saks Fifth Avenue store to help build Windows 7-powered holiday windows and to create a PC-themed lounge for shoppers.
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Microsoft patents in-game guidance system
Network World - Wed Nov 25, 1:09 pm ETPatent papers filed by Microsoft Director of Games Platform Strategy Andre Vrignaud suggest the corporation has been developing an in-game help system for the XBox 360 console.
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Race on between hackers, Microsoft over IE zero-day
Network World - Wed Nov 25, 1:11 pm ETHackers are racing to build reliable exploits to use against a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), putting pressure on Microsoft to push out a patch before attacks go public, researchers said today.
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Microsoft combines search and display in mobile marketplaces
DMNews - Wed Nov 25, 3:42 pm ETMicrosoft is beefing up its mobile advertising offering with a destination called "Microsoft Mobile Marketplaces." Rolled out a month ago, the site was announced on a Microsoft blog this week. It aims to combine search and display ads to increase their performance.
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Microsoft Finance Chief Liddell to Leave at Year-End (Update3)
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 9:21 pm ETNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. , the world’s largest software maker, said Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is departing and will be replaced by Peter Klein , finance chief of the company’s business software division.
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Microsoft's Saks window displays hijacked by Apple fans?
seattlepi.com - Wed Nov 25, 2:27 pm ETUpdated 2:12 p.m.: Microsoft is adamant that off-message tweets did not pop up on the Saks displays.
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News: Saks Teams with Microsoft for Holiday Display
The Mac Observer - Wed Nov 25, 10:21 am ETMicrosoft teamed up with Saks Fifth Avenue for the upscale New York retailer's annual holiday display. Windows 7 is being used to drive displays showing off the annual Saks children's Christmas book, and holiday tweets, too.
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Microsoft’s Saks window Tweets backfire as Mac fans invade stream
Geek.com - Wed Nov 25, 9:13 am ETMicrosoft thought it had a good idea this year when it teamed up with department store Saks in New York. The window displays proudly carry the Windows 7 logo as powering what you see and Microsoft has also added a display showing a Twitter stream. The idea behind the stream was to allow people to convey [...]
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