The Microsoft mogul is behind a $630-million push to force polio into permanent retreat. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is donating $255 million to help eradicate polio.
An internal email written by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, detailing plans to cut 5,000 jobs in 18 months as well as other cost cuts was released Thursday morning.
U.S. stocks fell Thursday after being up and down yesterday on quarterly reports from Microsoft and jobless and housing data in the U.S. which signaled the recession is deepening.
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly profit missed analysts' expectations and it would cut more than 5,000 jobs to reduce costs in the next year and a half.
Soon after the first beta build was sent out, Redmond told testers that it was planning a release candidate build and a final build then a more concrete date will be chosen based on the feedback the company receives during the service pack beta testing process.
Microsoft Corp. is expected to cut jobs after several major technology firms have been doing it in a response to the economic downturn.
In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Internet Explorer to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules.
European Union regulators addressed Microsoft Co. on a private statement Thursday complaining that the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows harmed competition, undermined product innovation and reduced consumer choice, the Financial Times reported Friday.
After Yahoo Inc. announced Carol Bratz as its new Chief Executive Officer Tuesday, speculation emerged that a partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo could take place this time.
Microsoft is considering job cuts as early as next week, according to media reports.
Embattled search giant Yahoo named respected Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz to replace co-founder Jerry Yang as its CEO, but industry observers question her readiness to run an internet-based business.
Microsoft Corp. has begun handing out unlimited free license keys for the Windows 7 beta, after its license servers were unable to handle a huge surge in applications.
Microsoft's website struggled to stay online today as the masses swooned to its online properties to get their hands on a special pre-release version of its upcoming operating system.
Verizon Communications Inc. selected Microsoft Corp. as its partner to provide Internet services to customers concluding months of speculation.
Microsoft Corp., CEO Steve Ballmer announced Wednesday evening the company will release a test version of Windows 7 on Friday to consumers, a product which he called the best version of Windows ever at the 2009 International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.
Amid a swathe of negative publicity against its Playstation 3 device, Sony fired back late Wednesday, issuing a press-release blasting its competitors as lacking features and value.
The four-day Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the anticipated Macworld event that start tomorrow are expected to draw fewer visitors as the weak economy drains corporate travel and marketing budgets.
A malfunction of some Microsoft Corp Zune music players was caused by an error in the way the device accounts for leap years, Microsoft said.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has become the least-expensive of all current generation game consoles following price cuts announced in Australia early Wednesday.
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.
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn says he will seek to oust Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang if he successfully gains control of yahoo's board of directors, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Yahoo rejected a $40 per share offer from Microsoft in January 2007 and refused to negotiate in good faith, plaintiffs said in a shareholder lawsuit unsealed on Monday.
