Software giant Microsoft will lay off about 55 employees in India, which is one per cent of its Indian staff, the chairman of Microsoft India said on Monday.
Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer said he sees opportunities to work with Yahoo Inc to create a better search product but would not comment on discussions that the two may be engaged in.
As Microsoft continues to prepare for the upcoming release of its Windows 7 operating system, the software giant announced Tuesday it will eliminate up to 5,000 jobs by June next year.
Microsoft Inc, which just releases its Windows 7 software, sees more cut job and layoff, according to the CNET report.
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it is laying off more workers, almost completing its plan to cut 5,000 jobs by June 2010, and left the door open for yet more job cuts.
U.S. software company Microsoft still sees value in a potential partnership with Yahoo even though it is no longer wants to buy it, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday.
Microsoft is not interested in buying any hardware companies, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in Cairo on Wednesday.
Microsoft Corp. announced plans to invest about 10 billion rubles ($300 million) in Russia over the next three years, the company’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, said at a press conference on Monday.
Microsoft's chief executive said on Monday he was 'very surprised' by Oracle Corp's plans to buy Sun Microsystems Inc.
The two companies are talking again, with less contention
News Corp said on Tuesday that it has formed a new unit to share journalism across all its properties, including The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Fox News and The Times of London.
The chief executives of Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc met last week to discuss potential partnerships between the companies' Internet search and advertising operations, the technology blog All Things Digital reported on Friday.
Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are in talks over a deal where the companies would sell advertising for each other, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on its Web site, citing sources close to the matter.
Microsoft Corporation formally released a new server product from its Windows 2008 family with the addition of Windows Server 2008 Foundation, targeting the small business/SOHO segment of 15 users or less.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared to have added more fire to the an already flaming rivalry between the difference of Mac and a PC.
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the only discussion he's had with Yahoo Inc's top executive was a single phone call, but is holding out hopes for further talks.
Microsoft Corp outlined plans to offset revenue declines as the PC market shifts to low-cost netbooks, but it failed to announce more cost cuts, sending its shares to an 11-year low.
have been shipped with Windows XP. While most netbooks currently run on a stripped-down version of Windows XP, Windows 7 was designed to work fully on the inexpensive laptops, he said.
Buyers of netbooks with the low-end version of Windows 7 will have the option of upgrading to the more powerful versions, Ballmer said.
Analysts expect Windows 7, which will replace the unpopular Windows Vista, t...
have been shipped with Windows XP. While most netbooks currently run on a stripped-down version of Windows XP, Windows 7 was designed to work fully on the inexpensive laptops, he said.
Buyers of netbooks with the low-end version of Windows 7 will have the option of upgrading to the more powerful versions, Ballmer said.
Analysts expect Windows 7, which will replace the unpopular Windows Vista, t...
Yahoo introduced several tools on Tuesday that it says will help marketers target their ads more efficiently at a time when many of them are cutting advertising spending drastically.
One of the new products lets marketers target people with tailored display ads based on the terms they used in Yahoo's search engine.
Another tool customizes display ads based on the websites people have visited an...
Mobile industry executives at the sector's biggest annual fair are under no illusion as to how tough this year will be, with even the world's largest operator, China Mobile, feeling the impact.
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.
