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Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal
Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc.
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results
(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Microsoft says Vista buyers to get free Windows 7
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that people who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in October ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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China to stick to controversial software rule
China will not back away from a new rule requiring that Internet filtering software be shipped with all computers sold in the country despite heavy criticism of the plan, state media has said.
Jun 23, 2009 |
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US relays concern to China over web filtering software
The United States has expressed concern over a new rule that all computers sold in China be rigged with Internet filtering software, a US official said here Monday, amid fears for online freedom.
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Windows 7 confirmed for holiday season PCs
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7, the next version of its computer operating software, will go on sale Oct. 22.
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Microsoft to raise $3.75B in first debt offering
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. priced a $3.75 billion debt offering on Monday, a first for the world's largest software maker.
May 12, 2009 |
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Microsoft: Windows 7 on track for holiday sales
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says the next version of Windows will go on sale in time for the holiday shopping season.
May 11, 2009 |
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Microsoft moves forward on plan to lay off 5,000
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced in January.
May 05, 2009 |
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As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widens
(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Microsoft feels more recession fallout, sales drop
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, and its profit fell more sharply than Wall Street was ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Mixed feelings about Sun setting in Silicon Valley
(AP) -- If IBM Corp. had managed to buy longtime rival Sun Microsystems Inc., it might have been as incongruous as waking up to a big blue sun.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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