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Microsoft cuts retail Vista prices Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to slash prices for retail copies of Windows Vista up to almost 50 percent for certain editions in poorer countries, in order to boost sales that one analyst said have failed to meet expectations. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's Vista price cut: Much about about...emerging markets Microsoft's Vista pricing strategy is about emerging markets, not established markets. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft eases hardware terms for Windows XP on low-cost PCs Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to documents seen by IDG News Service.While June 30 marked the last Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft can't refuse As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful en 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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Will Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year? Microsoft has dropped two strong hints in the past two days that the next version of its Windows operating system will arrive in 2009, shaving up to a year off previous expectations.It could also be a signal tha Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers free Vista-to-XP downgrade help Microsoft said Monday it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest attempt to convince users that moving to Vista is a good idea. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's offer to Yahoo's board In a letter to Yahoo's board, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered to acquire the company for a per-share price of $31 in cash or 0.9509 of a share of Microsoft common stock -- a 62 percent premium above the Jan. 31, closing price of Yahoo -- and cited the broad rang Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: Mum's the word on Windows 7 Microsoft broke silence Tuesday about the next edition of its flagship operating system, but essentially all it said is it would not talk publicly about Windows 7.In both an entry posted to its Windows Vista blo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft bid caps turbulent week Microsoft's offer Friday to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in cash and shares put a turbulent end to a heavy earnings week in which forecasts from Internet leaders worried IT investors.Internet leaders Google, Yah Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft beats forecasts for Q2 Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations for both revenue and EPS (earnings per share) for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, attributing its strong quarter to sales of core client products, such as Windows Vista and Office 2007, as well as Exchange and SharePoint server Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft seeks alternatives to low-cost laptops Microsoft is looking at alternatives to ultra-low-cost laptops in the drive to arm people in developing nations with a way to communicate and access the Internet, and the company is turning its sights on cheaper devices that can give people a start in computing, such Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's post-Gates management team Though Bill Gates leaves his full-time duties at Microsoft on Friday, he remains nonexecutive chairman and will participate in select projects at the direction of Microsoft's current executive management team. Below is a rundown of who they are and what some of their Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft submits Windows 7 for U.S. antitrust review Microsoft has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the committee that oversees its U.S. antitrust compliance to ensure the operating system is meeting the terms of the company's agreement with the government. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft sets hosted-services pricing, irks partners Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing for its forthcoming hosted business productivity services and unveiled its channel model for allowing partners to resell those services. However, while the company painted a rosy picture for the partner opportunity around its evol 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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Update: Jeff Raikes to retire from Microsoft this year Jeff Raikes, the president of Microsoft's Business Division, plans to retire in September, the company said on Thursday.A Microsoft employee since 1981, Raikes oversees a broad stretch of the company's product l Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to offer subscription-based PCs in Russia A Russian mobile-phone operator is the latest service provider to team with Microsoft to offer Windows-based PCs on a subscription basis through the company's Unlimited Potential program.A partnership with Mobil Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft touts Longhorn security Microsoft is pushing the improved security of its Windows Server 2008 software package as one of the primary reasons why business customers should upgrade to the long-awaited product refresh as quickly as possible. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Vista price cuts show how much trouble Microsoft is in Although Don Reisinger applauds the company for dropping the price of retail versions of Vista, he thinks it's nothing more than a ruse to hide the real issues with the OS. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |