Microsoft has been spending billions of dollars to get back its dominion over Internet search. Recent reports from comScore shows that 5.5 billion Microsoft ad views were displayed during the month of June. The main promotion being Windows Live Search, Live search cash back program and Live Search Club games. Though Microsoft has been promoting […]
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Eric Jackson replaces Carl Icahn in the Stage Show
The drama never seems to get over. After Carl Icahn’s stunt as a middle man between Microsoft and Yahoo, now Eric Jackson has formed the ‘Yahoo! Plan B’ investor community. Who doesn’t want to be in the limelight? Eric Jackson, who is the founder of a hedge fund company and also an activist investor, has […]
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Are Yahoo Shareholders So Dumb?
Any onlooker who reads for the first time what is going on with Icahn, Microsoft and Yahoo can easily figure out that Icahn is being fed three times a day by Microsoft. The software giant is just using him for its own gain. This is a well planned puzzle that Microsoft has hosted. But are […]
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Icahnsoft Files Proxy Statement on Yahoo Board
Carl Icahn will never give up! How will he when the software giant Microsoft is backing him and the entire shareholders speak his language? Billionaire investor and shareholder Carl Icahn filed a definitive proxy statement today nominating slate of nine directors to replace Yahoo’s current board members including its Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Yang. On […]
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Bill Gates Last Day at Microsoft
Yesterday Microsoft had is farewell for one of its valued employees. Well, the farewell was not for an employee who was a staff but an employee who changed the face of science and technology! Changed the lives of millions around the world! An employee called Bill Gates. The last day would have been a speech […]
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Microsoft’s Hyper-V Technology
Microsoft today released Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008, a hypervisor-based virtualization technology. Microsoft claims that it has distributed nearly 1.5 million copies of Hyper-V beta version which demonstrates customers interest in virtualization. Virtualization helps companies decrease hardware costs, power consumption costs and the complexity of managing the IT system. Virtualization also increases flexibility for the […]
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Microsoft to Acquire Mobicomp
Microsoft Corp. announced its intention to acquire Mobicomp a Portugal based mobile technology company. MobiComp built one of the first WAP-enabled ticketing systems for cinema-goers in early 2001 and is acclaimed for its innovative mobile data protection and sharing services. Corporate Vice President, Mobile Communications Business at Microsoft, Todd Peters explained that “People expect their […]
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The Birth of Microsoft
Is there any other name more familiar than Bill Gates? The founder of the world’s largest software company had in him the power and will to change the personal computing industry for ever. Born in October 28, 1955 William Henry Gates III was born to a rich family with a business, law and political history. […]
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UK’s Best IT Employeer 2008
The British Newspaper The Sunday Times had its annual survey to find out the best IT companies to work with in Britain. Ten companies were chosen out of the top 100 companies in UK. The eligibility criterion to participate in the survery was that the company should be at least 7 years old and have […]
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Ballmer to Decide on Yahoo Bid Withdrawal
Bill Gates, Chairman of the software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the key decisions regarding companies withdrawal of the $47.5 billion bid for the search engine company Yahoo! Inc would be made by Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. Microsoft made a bid of $44.6 billion for Yahoo Inc. late February with the plans of […]
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