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<item><title>Microsoft Lands Guild, Web Gaming Comedy Series</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:13:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has an exclusive lock on the long-awaited second season of the Internet cult hit, which will be the first to be distributed worldwide simultaneously across Microsoft's triple platform of Xbox 360's Live Marketplace, MSN and Zune.   -  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Microsoft will be filled to the gills with  quot;The Guild. quot;
The software giant has an exclusive lock on the long-awaited second
season of the Internet cult hit, which will be the first to be
distributed worldwide simultaneously across Microsoft's triple pl...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft's New Windows Live Aims to be Hub for Web</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:03:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft aims to position Windows Live with its widely-used e-mail and messaging services as the hub for a growing number of Internet applications and incorporate new features similar to those found on popular social networks.   -  SEATTLE (Reuters)
- Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday its next release of Windows Live
online services will integrate e-mail, instant messaging, photos and
Web applications from other companies into a single platform.
Microsoft aims to position Windows Live with its widely-used e-mail
and messag...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Says Next Office Suite Will Go on the Web</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:23:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, has seen a wave of competitors from Web start-ups to Google offering word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software over the Internet for free with advertising or a monthly subscription.   -  LOS ANGELES
(Reuters) - The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft
Corp will include a version that edits word processing documents and
spreadsheets inside a Web browser, the software maker said on Tuesday.
The online version of Office, which includes the Word and Excel
program...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft's Windows 7 Aims to Simplify</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:25:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 is set to be introduced in a test version early next year with features including touch screen technology and the ability to more easily personalize the system. The usefulness of a traditional Windows desktop operating system, the world's largest software maker's most profitable product, is being challenged as more software applications move online, highlighting the central role of Internet browsers in a world centered on the Web.   -  LOS ANGELES
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is betting its next Windows operating system
will be faster and easier to use and avoid the missteps from the
introduction of Windows Vista, which alienated many users of the
software that powers 90 percent of the world's PCs.
Windows 7, which was previewe...]]></description>
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<item><title>The Future of Windows</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:19:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[How will Microsoft adjust its operating system software strategies with Windows 7, cloud computing, software as a service and beyond? Baseline digs in to the Windows operating system now and in the future. Will Microsoft continue to dominate the market or will a shakeup of traditional enterprise software practices force Microsoft out of its dominant position?   -  Almost two years after Microsoft released Windows Vista to the corporate world, it has become quite clear that Microsoft is dealing with serious perception problems surrounding its longest-standing product. During the past few months the company has spent millions on a marketing campaign battling po...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Anti-Piracy Move Irks Chinese Official</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The anti-piracy move from Microsoft prompted lawsuit threats and howls of indignation in China, where the vast majority of computer users are believed to be using pirated versions, unwittingly or not.   -  BEIJING (Reuters)
- A top Chinese copyright official chided Microsoft for launching an
anti-piracy tool that nags users of counterfeit software with a black
computer screen and said the company's prices were too high.
The U.S. software giant launched  quot;Windows Genuine Advantage quot; in
Chi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Looks to Rent Web Cloud Computing Space</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:53:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, said it will start previewing &quot;Windows Azure,&quot; a platform that allows third-party Web developers to host, manage, calculate and store data for applications running on the Internet.   -  LOS ANGELES
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp took the wraps off a new computing service
that allows companies to use its data centers to run their Web
applications in a bid to become a player in the so-called  quot;cloud
computing quot; trend.
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, said on ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Still Sees Chance of Yahoo Search Deal</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:44:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares of Yahoo jumped 12 percent on the news that Microsoft is still interested in some kind of Yahoo deal, as investors hoped Ballmer's comments could lead to the two sides returning to the negotiating table. The share gains were pared back to about 10 percent after Microsoft issued a statement saying it had no interest in buying Yahoo.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters)
- Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said a Web search
advertising deal with Yahoo Inc makes economic sense and may still be
possible, though the two sides are not in any discussions.
Shares of Yahoo jumped 12 percent on the news, as investors hoped
Ballmer's commen...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ballmer Says Microsoft Not Immune from Global Crisis</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:11:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Given the current state of the credit markets and the financial services companies, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer does think there will be an effect on most companies in the consumer and business spending sectors. Wall Street analysts, on average, expect Microsoft to generate an 8 percent rise in revenue to just under $15 billion in its first-quarter ending in September.   -  OSLO (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday the global financial
crisis will sap consumer and business spending, affecting all
companies, including his own.
 quot;Financial issues are going to affect both business spendi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Ups Dividend, Boosts Share Buyback</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:22:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is making a huge stock reinvestment in itself and upping its quarterly dividend while also allowing for debt financing for general corporate purposes.   -  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
plans to buy back up to $40 billion of its own stock, lift its dividend
and issue commercial paper for the first time in the company's history,
the software maker said on Monday.
Microsoft was joined by top PC make...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Releases Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:15:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft released the Internet Explorer 8 browser (beta 2) which is a work in progress. Microsoft said the latest version of Internet Explorer (IE 8), which has a market share of about 75 percent, comes with new features to enhance privacy, ease-of-use, and security.   -  SEATTLE (Reuters)
- Microsoft Corp released on Wednesday a second test version of
Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete upgrade to the
world's most widely used Web browser.
The world's largest software maker said the latest version -- beta 2
-- of Internet Explorer, which has a mar...]]></description>
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<item><title>Bill Gates Bids a Teary Farewell to Microsoft</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:45:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At an employee event at Microsoft's scenic headquarters campus here, Bill Gates joined Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on stage to deliver a short speech and field questions from employees.   -  REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Bill Gates
said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he
built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the
ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.
He leaves Microsoft, which he co-founded w...]]></description>
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<item><title>Gates Leaves Microsoft to Focus on Philanthropy</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:20:41 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates, whose boyish looks seem at odds with his graying hair, will leave behind a life's work developing software to devote energy to finding new vaccines or to micro-finance projects in the developing world.   -  SEATTLE (Reuters)
- Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates
dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and
pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.
Three decades later, Gates is set to step down on Friday from what
is now the ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft Rules Out Slew of Internet Buys</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:23:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's Ballmer reminds everyone that they want an advertising network to stay competitive.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)
CEO said the company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet
acquisitions in the wake of its failed bid for Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the Financial Times reported on Friday....]]></description>
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<item><title>Four Nations Fight Microsoft Document-Format Standard</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:03:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's OOXML has a few more hurdles to jump before becoming an international standard.   -  BERLIN (Reuters) - Four developing countries have appealed against the adoption of Microsoft's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research)
Office Open XML document format as an international standard, the
International Organisation for Standardisation said on Monday.
ISO said in a statement the national s...]]></description>
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