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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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Update: Microsoft and Novell extend Linux partnership Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase up to $100 million in coupons for Suse Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments. 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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Top 10: Microsoft grows hostile, Yahoo says nyah nyah We've been waiting all week for the other shoe on Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt to drop on Yahoo, which isn't waiting for that to happen and has forged an advertising agreement with Google as a way to hedge against the ongoing acquisition dispute. In other ne Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to offer Web-streamed Office Worried by the small but growing number of small businesses and consumers switching from Microsoft Office to cheaper or free online alternatives such as Google Apps, Microsoft plans to arm a key cohort of its formidable legion of partners to help fight the threat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said it would open up and share many more of its technical secrets with the rest of the software industry and competitors. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets Seeking to satisfy European antitrust officials, Microsoft said it would open up and share many more of its technical secrets with the rest of the software industry and competitors. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Yahoo: Microsoft deal would put Yahoo out of search business Yahoo's management on Monday filed a presentation to shareholders aiming to cast doubt on Microsoft's sincerity in negotiating to buy the company, while defending its own actions.Yahoo's board of directors face Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft and Yahoo: Now what? Microsoft's three-month courtship of Yahoo has ended, but it changed both companies forever and neither can expect to return to the way they were.Microsoft and Yahoo will need to deliver on promises, address que Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's Ozzie talks open source, mesh Microsoft has "dramatically" changed because of open-source software, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion during the annual Most Valuable Professional summit in Seattle. He also talked about Microsoft's m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to host partner software Microsoft will soon detail ways that partner companies will be able to deliver their services based on Microsoft's hosted services, the software company said on Tuesday.When Microsoft earlier this year announce 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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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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Silverlight's link to Microsoft developer skills touted Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-browser plug-in technology for rich multimedia experiences, is making the rounds as an alternative to Adobe Systems's rival Flash platform. Early observers and users of Silverlight at the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas last week emphasize 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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Report: Microsoft to launch Yahoo proxy fight Microsoft plans to intensify its pursuit of Yahoo this week when it authorizes a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's board, meaning the 19-day old acquisition attempt will soon turn a darker shade of ugly, according to The New York Times. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft unwraps search engine reward program Microsoft launched a comparative shopping feature in its Live Search engine on Wednesday. The service offers consumers a rebate on purchases made through the site, a scheme that could lure shoppers from Google and Yahoo. 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 merger rumor prompts Yahoo trading Yahoo's stock is trading more heavily than usual on speculation that the company is again holding acquisition talks with Microsoft.Citing anonymous sources within both companies, technology blog TechCrunch repor Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Moto split, Mac hack, Microsoft secrets Conferences this week put the spotlight on security news with a MacBook Air being hacked in two minutes during a competition and research finding that Microsoft patches holes faster than Apple. Otherwise, H-1B visas were back in the news, word seeped out that Microsof Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |