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Head of Microsoft’s Online Efforts Departs Kevin Johnson’s exit comes as Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, is shaking up top-level staff in a bid to improve Microsoft’s Internet search and ad business. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Head of Microsoft’s Online Efforts Departs Kevin Johnson’s exit comes as Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, is shaking up top-level staff in a bid to improve Microsoft’s Internet search and ad business. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Yahoo bid could backfire lest Microsoft changes ways Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is a dramatic statement from a company that delayed acknowledging the importance of emerging Web business models for so long, it faced becoming an also-ran in the Web 2.0 economy. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, Kaiser pilot integration of e-health systems Microsoft and health care insurance provider Kaiser Permanente will share data between their e-health systems as part of Microsoft's efforts to provide a central online repository for patient records aimed at streamlining the complex flow of information in the health Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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OOXML projects bolster Microsoft's interoperability efforts Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats, including the design of a new translator for exchanging OOXML (Office Open XML) and HTML documents. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft surprise reorganization aimed at online woes Microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast with competitive products that eventually become dominant once those markets begin to pay out. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to Yahoo's board of di Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft cited for open efforts, eyes Eclipse Microsoft received plaudits and criticism for its openness efforts at the MIX08 event Thursday with a Microsoft official also citing an overture toward the Eclipse Foundation for open-source tooling.During a pan Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, HP do search deal for PCs Ramping up its efforts to build search market share, Microsoft signed a deal to embed a Live Search toolbar on all Hewlett-Packard consumer PCs in North America starting next year.In addition, Live Search will b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft acquisitions head Bruce Jaffe to leave Microsoft has announced the resignation of its head of acquisitions, Bruce Jaffe, two days after the company bid $1.2 billion for enterprise search expert Fast Search & Transfer. Jaffe will retire on Feb. 29, the company said. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we hav Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Despite Yahoo drama, Microsoft forges ahead with search Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.On Wednesday, Fast Search and Transfer ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Citigroup: Microsoft likely to raise bid for Yahoo Microsoft will most likely increase its initial $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, according to a Citigroup Investment Research analyst."We believe that a Yahoo sale to Microsoft -- at a price higher than the initial Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Microsoft in talks for a deal with AOL Microsoft is meeting with AOL executives Wednesday to talk about the two companies combining AOL and Microsoft's online division, according to a news report.Microsoft, spurned in its recent efforts to buy all or Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Live Mesh may emerge as Microsoft 'cloud' platform Originally positioned as a Web-based service for synchronizing files and data folders across different devices, Microsoft's Live Mesh is poised to emerge as a cloud-based development environment at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft makes boldest move yet embracing open source In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised "greater transparency" in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft hints at Yahoo hostile takeover Microsoft said its $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is "fair" and hinted that it may pursue a hostile takeover of the Internet company, according to a statement Microsoft made Monday in response to Yahoo's formal rejection of its buyout offer. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft makes Mundie responsible for Unlimited Potential Microsoft has moved its Unlimited Potential Group (UPG) to Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie's organization and confirmed leadership changes to the group, which oversees Microsoft's efforts to provide technology and education in developing countries. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's 'Googlephobia' Breeds Panic Buying News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Microsoft's Supreme Search Screw-up AOL's Blast From the Past Selling Off the Pennsylvania Turnpike: A Good Idea? Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Three weeks before it embarked Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Microsoft's 'Googlephobia' Breeds Panic Buying News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Microsoft's Supreme Search Screw-up AOL's Blast From the Past Selling Off the Pennsylvania Turnpike: A Good Idea? Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Three weeks before it embarked Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |