International Business News - microsoft http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87990-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-expands-its-response-hosted-software.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-expands-its-response-hosted-software.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:40:44 EDT Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87626-microsoft-yahoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-backs-icahns-bid-oust-yahoo-board.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/microsoft-backs-icahns-bid-oust-yahoo-board.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:20:42 EDT Yahoo! Statement in Response to Carl Icahn's Latest Open Letter http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/yahoo-responds-text.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:57:47 EDT Microsoft Corp. is open to a "major transaction" with Yahoo Inc to either purchase a part or all of the company if a new board of directors is elected, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn wrote in a letter to shareholders on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87295-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/microsoft-open-yahoo-deal-board-elected.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/microsoft-open-yahoo-deal-board-elected.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:55:45 EDT On July 7th Carl Icahn issues a letter to the board of Yahoo. The following is the letter in full. <hr> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/icahn-urges-yahoo-reconsider-microsoft-remove-yang-text.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:09:00 EDT Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/icahn-urges-yahoo-shareholders-to-elect-new-board.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:26:53 EDT Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/84683-microsoft-yahoo-report.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/report-microsoft-seeks-help-for-another-yahoo-bid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/report-microsoft-seeks-help-for-another-yahoo-bid.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:23 EDT Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/microsoft-to-sell-office-onecare-for-70-a-year.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:26:01 EDT Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/84625-microsoft-yahoo-report.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/microsoft-and-yahoo-rise-on-deal-talks-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/microsoft-and-yahoo-rise-on-deal-talks-report.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:36:55 EDT Microsoft's Xbox 360 has become the least-expensive of all current generation game consoles following price cuts announced in Australia early Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/83858-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/xbox-undercuts-nintendo-wii-for-first-time.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/xbox-undercuts-nintendo-wii-for-first-time.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:12:50 EDT Microsoft Corp. plans to build a data center in the Des Moines area. Iowa Department of Economic Development spokeswoman Stephanie Bjornson says the company confirmed Tuesday its intentions to locate the center in the Des Moines area. She says they are looking at a final list of sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/microsoft-to-build-data-center-in-des-moines-area.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:48 EDT Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/82453-microsoft-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/microsoft-to-stop-selling-windows-xp-on-monday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/microsoft-to-stop-selling-windows-xp-on-monday.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:47:28 EDT 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81455-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/bill-gates-bids-teary-farewell-microsoft-windows-xbox-zune.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/bill-gates-bids-teary-farewell-microsoft-windows-xbox-zune.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:11:06 EDT It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader. But as Gates bones up on epidemiology at his charitable foundation, the software company he built with a mix of visionary manifestos and extreme hands-on management must still wake up Monday to face hard problems even he could not solve. Among them: beating Google Inc. on the Web while fending off its attacks on desktop computing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80655-microsoft-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/gates-moves-on-but-microsoft-keeps-quests-alive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/gates-moves-on-but-microsoft-keeps-quests-alive.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:39:25 EDT Some key dates in the history of Microsoft Corp.: 1975--Paul Allen and Bill Gates, friends who had co-written a programming language for the Altair hobby-kit personal computer, license it to the makers of the Altair. This programming language is the first Microsoft product. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/important-dates-in-microsofts-history.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:23:53 EDT It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79899-microsoft-gates.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/bill-gates-moves-but-microsoft-keeps-his-quests-alive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/bill-gates-moves-but-microsoft-keeps-his-quests-alive.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:57:28 EDT Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/yahoo-confirms-google-commitment-pans-microsoft.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:24:44 EDT A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay Alcatel-Lucent $511.6 million in damages and interest, letting stand a jury's decision that the software maker infringed on two patents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/microsoft-to-pay-alcatel-lucent-500m-for-patents.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:55:24 EDT One of Yahoo Inc.'s disgruntled shareholders is urging Microsoft Corp. to make a more compelling case for its bid to buy the Internet pioneer's search operations--a proposal that was trumped by an advertising deal Yahoo reached with Google Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/unhappy-yahoo-shareholder-reaches-out-to-microsoft.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:39:35 EDT China's anti-piracy bureau on Thursday denied reports it is investigating possible monopoly behavior of large software companies including Microsoft Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74910-us-china.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/china-denies-microsoft-monopoly-reports.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/china-denies-microsoft-monopoly-reports.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:21:33 EDT