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Microsoft sees Vista revival in 'Mojave'
News A new marketing push that captures on video Vista skeptics won over by the operating system may lend strength to the Windows platform.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Software, Operating systems, Web services, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Advertisement
Microsoft CFO: Yahoo a 'declining asset'
News Chris Liddell concedes the company's online business has not shown much tangible progress, but says Yahoo deal making less and less sense.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Stock, stock price, Redmond
RIM shares tank on lower profits for new BlackBerrys
News Company reveals during earnings conference call that upcoming BlackBerrys like the Bold are more costly to produce than its current lineup. Investors are not pleased.
Tags: BlackBerry, Earning reports/forecasts, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, phone, software, financial analyst, marketing
Mundie: The desktop of the future is a room
News While mobile devices will be important, the desktop isn't going away. Eventually your whole office will be a desktop PC, says Microsoft's top strategy officer Craig Mundie.
Tags: Business applications, Desktops, Microsoft Xbox 360, Hologram, Microsoft Xbox, computer, digital photograph, financial analyst, killer application, desktop
Analyst: Infineon chipset possible cause of iPhone 3G issues
News The reception issues experienced by some iPhone 3G users might be the fault of an "immature" Infineon chipset that has trouble with weaker signals.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Apple iPhone 3G, Infineon Technologies AG, Europe, phone, 3G, theory, financial analyst
Palm still waiting for new products to end losses
News Palm's fourth fiscal quarter was just like the last few: sales of the Centro are taking off, but Palm's making little if any money on the sale of each US$99 smartphone.
Tags: PalmOS compatibles, PalmOS, Earning reports/forecasts, Financial, Palm Inc., Mobile, Google Inc., Smart Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, software
Ballmer hints at 'Windows Cloud'
News In a speech in London, the Microsoft chief executive reportedly talks about a coming cloud-based OS, as well as plans to allow light Office document editing over the Web.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, software, Microsoft Windows
Tech M&A spending takes steep hit in third quarter
News Tech mergers and acquisitions fell by a third in the September quarter, fueled by credit tightening and havoc on Wall Street, according to a report by The 451 Group.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Quarter, Google Inc., M&A, technology company, financial, financial analyst, bank, valuation
Microsoft's data center chief headed to Cisco
News Debra Chrapaty, one of a relative handful of women in Microsoft's top technology ranks, is headed to Cisco, Microsoft confirmed.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cisco Systems Inc., chief technology officer, financial analyst, top executive, data center, leadership, collaboration, women
Microsoft online head: Search could be hugely profitable
News However, Qi Lu acknowledges that profits will come only if the company can gain share, even beyond what it will get in the Yahoo deal.
Tags: Search, Sales/revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, search engine company, financial analyst, brand, Search
Analyst sees Windows 7 done by summer
News Collins Stewart analyst says he sees Microsoft finalizing the operating system by June or July. He also predicts a search deal with Yahoo sooner rather than later.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, Microsoft Windows, financial analyst, Microsoft Office, industry, analyst
Microsoft: 'Pressures are broad and deep'
News In its earnings conference call, the software maker says it remains "more cautious than most" about the global economy.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Microsoft Corp., Quarter, CFO, EMC Corp., Sales, Emerging Market, financial analyst, licensing deal, hiring
Yahoo plans layoff after profit plunges
News Several hundred employees will lose jobs in coming weeks as the online pioneer tries to change course.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Layoffs, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, cost control, layoff, Advertisement, cost management, cost reduction, net income
Google hedges against foreign currency swings
News Search giant has started a program to protect its financial results from changes in exchange rates of foreign currencies compared with the U.S. dollar.
Tags: Search, Financial, Sales/revenue, Google Inc., CFO, foreign-exchange, insurance, financial analyst, U.K., News.com
Wall Street keeps cautious eye on Yahoo
News Despite Microsoft's public willingness to potentially negotiate a deal with a new Yahoo board, investors remain cautious, with analysts largely keeping a "hold" recommendation on its stock.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Carl Icahn
