Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.?
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones
U.S. stock futures wavered early Tuesday as recent optimism about the economy was offset by record high crude prices.
Microsoft thought that by proposing loudly in public it could get Yahoo to agree to a marriage offer it had spurned in private.
Yahoo Inc. shares fell as much as 20% early Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion offer to purchase the tarnished Internet portal.
Microsoft showed its hand with the Yahoo bid and then folded. Now the software giant has to prove that in its gambit against Google there are some other cards to play.
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang is convinced that the company he started in a Silicon Valley trailer 14 years ago is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. had offered for the Internet pioneer.
The following is the text of a letter posted on Microsoft's website May 3, announcing it is withdrawing its bid for Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc., according to a published report
Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.?
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones
U.S. stock futures wavered early Tuesday as recent optimism about the economy was offset by record high crude prices.
Microsoft thought that by proposing loudly in public it could get Yahoo to agree to a marriage offer it had spurned in private.
Yahoo Inc. shares fell as much as 20% early Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion offer to purchase the tarnished Internet portal.
Microsoft showed its hand with the Yahoo bid and then folded. Now the software giant has to prove that in its gambit against Google there are some other cards to play.
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang is convinced that the company he started in a Silicon Valley trailer 14 years ago is worth more than the $47.5 billion that Microsoft Corp. had offered for the Internet pioneer.
The following is the text of a letter posted on Microsoft's website May 3, announcing it is withdrawing its bid for Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc., according to a published report
Microsoft will report on its $44.6 billion attempt to take over Yahoo "in a very short order," CEO Steve Ballmer said during a scheduled town hall meeting with employees Thursday, according to a transcript obtained by a financial blog.
One thing Microsoft isn't good at creating is buzz - that's Apple expertise. But if there's anything that set the crowd talking this week at Web 2.0 Expo, one of the year's largest gatherings, it was the software giant's upcoming Live Mesh service.
Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced its fiscal third-quarter earnings Thursday, posting a quarterly profit that beat expectations thanks to strong sales of server software and Xbox 360 game consoles.
Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo
Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme subsidiary has launched an application for the BlackBerry that lets people speak commands into their smart phones to search for businesses and make other queries.
Yahoo Inc. delivered first-quarter results that eclipsed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance did little to support the Internet pioneer's demands for software maker Microsoft Corp. to raise its takeover bid above $45 billion
Internet search giant Yahoo Inc. announced first-quarter sales and profits Tuesday that topped analysts' estimates but it remains unclear if that will be enough to force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid.
Microsoft Corp. has yet to convince Yahoo Inc. to agree to a friendly takeover, but the software company is already hiring lobbyists to help it convince regulators to let the deal go through
Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system.
It's a Google world, and all the other players - Microsoft and Yahoo in particular - are just looking for way to stand tall in it.
Bill Miller could use a reality check.
Yahoo continued to reject Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited bid for the company Monday.
Markets were pointing higher as investors weigh reports of several major corporate deals in the works and awaited the start of earnings season.
Stock futures fluctuated early Friday after a key report on the U.S. labor market showed a bigger-than-expected job loss in March.
Yahoo is sending an audacious message to Microsoft: Show me more money.
When Jerry Yang answered the phone on a rainy Silicon Valley Thursday night in January and heard the hoarse voice of Microsoft's Steve Ballmer on the other end, it was simply the last in a string of disappointments the Yahoo co-founder has confronted over the past two years.
The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion for charging rivals too much for software information
Microsoft is at a critical moment in its history and is taking brilliant steps to remake itself. Thursday's announcement that it would open itself up to far greater interoperability with other types of software, including open source, is the latest big move. But the bigger step is its $44 billion bid for Yahoo.
Microsoft Corp. fired back at Yahoo on Monday, signaling that it wasn't backing down in its takeover attempt and calling Yahoo's decision to reject its $45 billion unsolicited bid "unfortunate."
Stocks rallied Monday, with tech, retail and commodity shares sparking a broader advance as investors set aside worries about AIG's financials and Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's proposed takeover.
Stocks were mixed at the start of trading Monday as investors responded to Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's takeover bid.
Yahoo Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate
Stocks slumped Monday, following last week's big rally, as investors mulled analyst downgrades of the financial sector and the continued threat of a recession.
A Microsoft-Yahoo ticket would significantly increase the Redmond, Wash.-based company's share of the online advertising you see on your PC. But it could also ramp up its presence on the smaller screen.
Stocks pulled back early Monday after last week's big rally, amid analyst downgrades of the financial sector and ongoing concerns about the strength of the economy.
U.S. stock futures were little changed Monday after the previous session's rally as investors waited to see how Microsoft efforts to buy Yahoo develop and looked ahead to a batch of economic reports due out this week.
News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with skepticism by many CNN.com users on Friday.
Microsoft Corp. made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo on Friday, setting the stage for a deal that would shake up the competitive and lucrative market for online advertising.
Get ready for merger mania 2008!
What exactly is Microsoft trying to buy today? Well, last I checked, Yahoo operates a Web search engine and related Internet properties used by almost half a billion people around the world.
Stocks turned lower Friday morning, giving up early gains as concerns about the economy dampened enthusiasm over Microsoft's bid for Yahoo.
Stocks opened just a little higher Friday as investors tried to make sense of three major news stories: a drop in employment, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo and Exxon Mobil's record profit.
U.S. stock futures pared earlier gains Friday after the government announced a surprise decline in employment and payrolls.
Stocks tanked Friday, as investors abandoned ship after a two-session rally that followed a tough start to the new year.
Wall Street rose Friday morning, extending a two-day advance as investors welcomed Microsoft's earnings and outlook and continued to pick up stocks that were battered in the recent selloff.
U.S. stocks looked set for a third session of gains early Friday as bullish guidance from Microsoft helped allay fears about a weakening U.S. economy that had been hanging over markets.
I'm heading to Vegas for the 41st Annual International Consumer Electronics Show and I'm really excited, as it will be my first time covering the event. The geek in me can hardly wait, and I AM ECSTATIC! I board my flight, which is full, and realize I'm surrounded by many others who are just as ecstatic -- maybe even more so -- because by the time I find my seat, I'm surrounded by passengers who are talking (loudly), laughing (obnoxiously), joking (inappropriately) and drinking (period). I should also mention that it's 7 in the a.m. Yes, that's 7 A.M. -- not to be confused with the other 7 o'clock -- you know --the one that takes place during the time of day in which a rowdy plane full of revelers headed to Vegas seems a little more tolerable. I slap on an eye-mask and my Bose Noise-Cancellation headphones, and sit back for a LONG flight. Seven-and-a-half hours later (delayed on the runway for three) we FINALLY land in Vegas. Arriving at the hotel I have just enough
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it will offer to buy Norwegian enterprise search firm Fast Search & Transfer.
Software giant Microsoft unveiled some of its future technology at its fourth annual Innovation Day in Brussels on December 4.
The Internet will never be fast enough. While under ideal conditions a packet of data travels over the network at the speed of light, it turns out that's too slow to deal with the complexities of modern software.
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said Tuesday it fired Stuart Scott, its chief information officer.
On January 30th, Microsoft will drop a revamped Word that makes Kirstie Alley losing 70 pounds look like John Madden changing his tie. I have been testing this radically new Word for the last month or so. My verdict? Business users, get ready for #&!? frustration.
MICROSOFT'S WIRELESS LASER DESKTOP 6000 features an ergonomic curved layout, which took some getting used to but did eventually make typing easier. The bundled mouse boasts an addictive InstantViewer function that let me see all the open windows on my desktop at once by clicking the scroll wheel. MSRP: $104.95
Big blue-chip companies like General Electric and Microsoft do many things well, but showing up on lists of the hottest brands is typically not one of them. Yet these two lumbering giants both made their way onto brand consultancy Landor Associates' annual Breakaway Brands ranking - a comprehensive survey that measures consumer sizzle over a three-year period.
Technology led a broader stock advance Friday, as Microsoft's upbeat earnings and Countrywide's optimistic outlook overshadowed any potential worries about a plunging dollar and surging oil and gold prices.
Stocks rallied Friday in a broad-based surge, as Microsoft's upbeat earnings and Countrywide's optimistic outlook trumped worries about a plunging dollar and surging oil and gold prices.
Stocks rallied Friday afternoon, bouncing back after two down days, after Microsoft's upbeat earnings and guidance and Countrywide's sanguine profit outlook helped distract investors from a plunging dollar and record oil prices.
Microsoft's upbeat earnings and guidance sparked a broad stock market rally Friday morning, following a two-session selloff sparked by worries about record oil prices.
The Nasdaq composite index soared more than 2 percent at Friday's open after Microsoft's earnings report, while Countrywide's rosy outlook helped lift the broader market.
Microsoft Corp. reported quarterly earnings Thursday that beat analysts estimates, citing robust demand for its Vista operating system as well as its top-selling new video game "Halo 3."
Software dinosaur Microsoft paid millions for a tiny piece of trendy internet property Facebook. But the company needs something to make it hot again
Stocks struggled midday Thursday as a string of lackluster earnings reports and downbeat news in the manufacturing sector dampened any bounce from a housing report that some said could have been much worse.
Stocks opened lower Thursday, as a deal involving Microsoft and Facebook couldn't offset some downbeat economic news and generally lackluster earnings.
U.S. stocks were flat at the start of trading Thursday as investors were cautious ahead of the new home sales report and, after the close, Microsoft's earnings.
With its $240 million equity investment announced Wednesday, along with a commitment to expand its pre-existing relationship as exclusive third-party representative for advertising on Facebook, Microsoft has cemented its connection to the company Silicon Valley is obsessed with.
U.S. stocks futures were slightly higher early Thursday as continued concerns about the economy and a continued run-up in oil prices were balanced by details of a much-anticipated deal between Microsoft and Facebook.
Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that it is investing $240 million for a minority 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, a price that values the social networking site at $15 billion.
Microsoft's is stepping up its quixotic, seven-year quest to become as ubiquitous on mobile phones as it is on desktops.
In designing its new Sidewinder Gaming Mouse, we imagine Microsoft's product designers going over the features of the Logitech G5 and the Razer DeathAdder and asking "what else can we cram in there?" For a suggested price of $80, the Sidewinder delivers all of the complexity hardcore gamers demand in their mice, plus it goes a few steps farther.
Competition in the online office software market is heating up as Google and Microsoft go head to head and a host of startups seek space on the virtual desktop.
In an era where the Web is king, Microsoft is no longer regarded as a growth stock. But if the company's bets on new businesses pan out, it could become one again.
Microsoft is unveiling a Web component for its desktop-based Office programs that lets computer users store, share and comment on documents, but the software maker did not go so far as to let people create new files from scratch online.
Microsoft Corp., the No. 3 Web search provider in the U.S., is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap between it and market leader Google Inc.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spotted Tuesday in Seattle, headed for meetings with executives at Microsoft. That lends credence to the unattributed reports in various papers this week that Microsoft was contemplating a major investment in the fast-growing social network.
Microsoft Corp. said it will release three versions of its Office 2008 for Mac suite in January, with the most expensive of the bunch aimed at creative professionals overwhelmed by the task of organizing their digital media files.
A U.S. official's criticism of a European Union court ruling dismissing Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly abuse appeal was "totally unacceptable," EU antitrust chief Neelie Kroes said Wednesday.
The European Union's second highest court dismisses the software giant's appeal against an anti-trust order
The verdict is in: Europe's tough antitrust authorities have the power they were looking for to crack down on U.S. companies they believe are illegally limiting competition and harming consumers.
A European court dealt Microsoft Corp. a harsh blow Monday as it rejected the company's appeal of a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling, and upheld a $605 million fine against the world's largest software maker.
U.S. stocks were slightly lower at the start of trading Monday amid concerns about the economy, interest rates and Microsoft.
An epic battle between Microsoft and the European Union takes an important turn Monday, when a court is set to rule on whether the software giant is a dangerous monopolist or the victim of overzealous regulators.
Microsoft Corp. released four software patches Tuesday to fix security flaws, including one flaw that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company's instant-messaging programs.
A group of states led by California asked a federal judge Tuesday to extend court oversight of Microsoft's business practices for five more years.
Technology and financial services firms won a key patent reform victory Friday when the House approved legislation the industries have pushed for years by a vote of 220-175.
Microsoft Corp. has failed in a first step to win enough support to make the data format behind its flagship Office software a global standard, the International Standards Organization said Tuesday.
Ending court oversight of Microsoft's business practices in November would not allow enough time to consider the antitrust implications of the new Windows Vista operating system, a group of states led by California said in a filing Thursday.
Leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Wednesday it would bring Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Live suite of Web services, like e-mail and instant messaging, to many of its cell phones.
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it formed a new business group to work with advertisers and publishers and gain a foothold in an online advertising market expected to grow to $80 billion by 2010.
Mobile-phone giant Nokia will start to use Microsoft's copy protection software to boost the use of wireless entertainment, like music and videos, the two companies said on Monday.
Microsoft Corp. will delay the release of Office 2008 for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers until the middle of January 2008, in order to fix lingering bugs in the software
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has acquired AdECN, a self-described stock market for buyers and sellers of Web advertising, marking Microsoft's latest push into a sector led by rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Chinese police have busted up two criminal organizations and seized pirated software worth half a billion dollars, the culmination of two years of work with the FBI
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to be the exclusive provider of display and contextual advertising on Digg.com, a popular Web site that lets readers recommend online articles to others.
Microsoft Corp. said Sunday the software maker was taking new steps to protect consumer privacy in the areas of Web search and online advertising and called on the Internet industry to support it.
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Microsoft reported quarterly earnings Thursday in-line with estimates and revenue slightly higher than expected, as strong sales of its Vista operating system offset charges related to the Xbox game console.
Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies
The executive who had been overseeing the Xbox video game division for Microsoft Corp. is defecting to Electronic Arts Inc., where he will oversee EA's lucrative sports division
Nearly six months after it launched, gripes over what doesn't work with Vista continue, eclipsing positive buzz over the program's improved desktop search, graphics and security
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday the head of its gaming business, Peter Moore, would leave the company to join Electronic Arts Inc., the world's biggest video game publisher.
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