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Verizon Won't Be Windows Phone 7 Official Carrier This Year

Verizon has said it will not be Microsoft's Windows Phone 7's official carrier which is due to be launched this year.

Does Alternative medicine really work?

Every time there is a pandemic anywhere, new theories start doing the rounds. One debate that has been going on from the time Dr Alexander Fleming invented Penicillin is whether introducing artificial chemicals into the body really cures the system or simply provides instant gratification. While modern medicines have made tremendous advances, there is still a significant proportion of the populat....

Media stocks beat market ahead of Apple launch

Media stocks gained more than the market in early trading on Wednesday ahead of details of a new online TV product announcement expected from Apple Inc later in the day.

Microsoft seeks China internet search partner: report

Software giant Microsoft Corp is looking for a partner in China to help the company play a major role in China's internet search market, Wall Street Journal said.

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Maria Fiorini Ramirez, Inc.'s President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maria Fiorini Ramirez speaks at the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit in New York, June 8, 2010.

Interview: Maria Fiorini Ramirez on unemployment and credit to small business

Maria Fiorini Ramirez speaks to IBTimes about inflation, unemployment, and credit conditions to small businesses.

Microsoft objects to Google-Yahoo Japan deal: report

Microsoft Corp met Wednesday with Japan's Fair Trade Commission officials to object to the planned tie-up between Yahoo Japan and Google Inc, the Nikkei business daily reported.

LinkedIn makes first acquisition

LinkedIn is making its first acquisition, a company that sifts through large amounts of data to try to determine relevant information, the business social networking site said on Wednesday,

Microsoft's Office for Apple computers due in October

Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it would release the updated version of its lucrative Office software package for Apple Inc computers in late October, with a starting price of $119.

Microsoft talks up tablets, shows off new phones

Microsoft Corp set out its ambitions to dominate the consumer electronics market on Thursday with Windows-powered tablet computers and smartphones designed to beat back advances by Apple Inc and Google Inc.

Microsoft shows off new Windows smartphones

Microsoft Corp showed off prototype phones featuring its new mobile software to Wall Street analysts on Thursday, but is yet to set a date for their rollout beyond availability this holiday shopping season.

Yahoo Japan to switch to Google's search engine

Yahoo Japan, Japan's largest Internet portal operator, will adopt Google's search engine, refusing to follow Yahoo Inc in choosing Microsoft as a partner.

ARM signs new deal with Microsoft, shares leap

ARM announced a new licensing agreement with Microsoft, lifting shares in the British chip designer on Friday.

Microsoft, Ford earnings lift stock futures

Stock index futures rose on Friday, as another batch of solid corporate results, including Microsoft and Ford, along with positive economic data in Europe eased fears about the strength of a recovery.

Microsoft, Ford earns, European data lift stock futures

Microsoft profit beats Street but stock unmoved

Microsoft Corp easily beat Wall Street forecasts with a 48 percent rise in quarterly profit, but its shares barely moved in the absence of powerful new signs of a rebound in global tech spending.

Instant view: Amazon misses and shares tank, Microsoft beats

Amazon.com Inc quarterly earnings fell far short of Wall Street estimates as operating expenses surged, sending its shares down 14 percent.

Microsoft profit up 48 percent on Windows

Microsoft Corp reported a 48 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, as strong sales of Windows 7 helped it beat Wall Street projections.

High hopes for Microsoft, but stock still adrift

Signs point to strong results for Microsoft Corp as companies get around to buying computers after a two-year drought, but its stock may find it tough to gain altitude amid worries about where growth will come from in coming years.

Microsoft to sell Kinect at $150, also sell bundles

Microsoft Corp will sell its new Kinect motion-sensing gaming system for about $150 and also offer it in a package with the Xbox 360 videogame console when sales of the hands-free device start in November, the company said on Tuesday.

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates want value for money in AIDS fight

Bill Clinton and Bill Gates urged AIDS activists on Monday to squeeze value out of every cent of funds to fight HIV, saying they could not expect donors to give more in hard times unless it was carefully spent.

Microsoft co-founder pledges fortune to philanthropy

Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, who has been treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said on Thursday he is committing most of his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to philanthropy after his death.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledges fortune to philanthropy

Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, who has been treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said on Thursday he is committing most of his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to philanthropy after his death.

Intel sales forecast tops estimates

Intel Corp delivered a better-than-expected sales forecast and results on strong corporate demand for personal computers and servers, despite concerns over a tech industry slowdown.

Dell, HP, Fujitsu rally behind Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform

Microsoft cloud computing platform Azure has found support among software giants like Dell, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard who are planning to embrace Azure for their data center products.

Microsoft CEO touts new Windows tablets vs iPad

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer touted new tablet-style devices running the Windows 7 operating system from about 20 manufacturers at a conference on Monday, underlining the giant software company's eagerness to counter the explosion of interest in Apple Inc's iPad.

Microsoft plans small job cuts: report

U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp is planning to cut a small number of jobs as early as this week, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar with the matter.