Tag: Microsoft

  • Microsoft CEO Surprised at Yahoo Deal Reception

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s chief executive tried to persuade skeptical investors on Thursday that its 10-year Web search partnership with Yahoo Inc is good for both companies. Shares of Yahoo slumped 12 percent after the long-expected deal was announced on Wednesday, and fell more than 3 percent on Thursday. Microsoft shares rose only slightly, puzzling… Read more

  • Microsoft, Yahoo Ink Ten-Year Search Deal

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc inked a 10-year Web search deal to better compete against market leader Google Inc but stopped short of combining their display advertising businesses. Shares of Yahoo, which had risen in recent weeks in anticipation of this deal, fell more than 7 percent in premarket trading, while shares of… Read more

  • Dissecting Microsoft’s First Bad Year

    Dissecting Microsoft’s First Bad Year

    Carolyn April

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    Dissecting Microsoft’s First Bad Year by Carolyn April No Title Despite a humbling the likes of which it’s never before seen, Microsoft and its channel partners have three reasons for optimism in 2010: The pending product releases, starting in October with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Office 2010. But first, read on as… Read more

  • Microsoft Misses Revenue Mark, Shares Fall

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp posted a steeper-than-expected 17 percent drop in quarterly revenue and said its business continued to be hurt by the weak global PC and server markets, sending its shares down 8 percent. The world’s largest software maker, whose operating systems power the vast majority of the world’s personal computers, reported fiscal fourth… Read more

  • Microsoft Blasts Windows 7 to Manufacturing

    Carolyn April

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    Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 7 operating system was released to manufacturing on Wednesday, a milestone that signals the formal completion of the engineering development phase. Partners and ISVs can work with the final version, with locked-in code and features, as they build out their own solutions heading toward the general availability launch of the products this… Read more

  • StartReady Targets Channel with UC Appliance

    Carolyn April

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    Not every unified communications player is, or needs to be, the size and scope of a Cisco or even an Avaya. A Dutch company called StartReady is looking to break into the U.S. market this year with a unified communications appliance that can be dropped into a customer’s environment for a fraction of the cost… Read more