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Microsoft completes FrontBridge acquisition
August 31, 2005
E-mail services firm FrontBridge Technologies will continue to provide support for Microsoft Exchange as well as rival e-mail servers.
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Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo
February 1, 2008
Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday.
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Microsoft to acquire search start-up Medstory
February 26, 2007
Acquisition of company specializing in health-related searches will become part of Microsoft's nascent Health Solutions Group.
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Microsoft harpoons Whale for security
July 26, 2006
Acquisition of remote-access provider is part of plan for better security arsenal.
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EMC acquires Internosis
January 9, 2006
Storage giant buys privately held company that provides IT services for corporations that use Microsoft applications.
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PalmSource posts loss before acquisition
September 22, 2005
Loss is the result of a drop in the number of Palm OS licenses and increased competition from Microsoft.
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Commentary: Pros and cons of a Microsoft-Yahoo mashup
May 4, 2007
Reports of a potential merger are intriguing, says Forrester's Charlene Li, but could the giants really get along as one?
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Microsoft completes Sybari buy
June 21, 2005
Acquisition bolsters Microsoft's defensive products for the network by adding scanner for virus and spam.
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Google buys ad firm DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
April 14, 2007
Deal boosts the search giant's banner advertising business, which lagged rival Yahoo's.
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Microsoft eyes acquisitions to build security
August 2, 2006
Software giant plans to bolster its business security capabilities through acquisitions, U.K. executive says.
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Adobe under construction
August 29, 2005
newsmaker CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash.
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Ex-Groove exec loses initial bid to nix Microsoft deal
April 1, 2005
Judge refuses to grant request for temporary restraining order. All other major investors have approved the deal.
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Microsoft picks up business analytics tool
March 14, 2005
The technology, called Analysis Cubes for Excel, will be one of several extension modules for Great Plains 8.0.
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Microsoft and Adobe to square off?
June 20, 2005
In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise.
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Week in review: Microsoft seeks for search gains
May 23, 2008
Company gets creative in quest for larger search market slice, while Facebook tries to make nice with Google. Also: Soft cell market.
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Microsoft, Google square off in Washington
September 27, 2007
Thursday will mark the opening round in the heavyweight fight over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.
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AT&T Corp.
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Microsoft buy comes with strings attached
December 17, 2004
A Florida company claims co-ownership of anti-spyware software scooped up by Microsoft this week in an acquisition.
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Microsoft to buy Groove Networks
March 10, 2005
Plans include adding Groove's "virtual office" software to Office lineup. Groove founder Ray Ozzie to become Microsoft CTO.
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Microsoft launches anti-spyware beta
January 6, 2005
Company unveils first version of a spyware-killing application based on technology from recently acquired Giant Software. Images: Microsoft's anti-spyware beta
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Microsoft acquires Net-calling start-up
November 3, 2005
Purchase of Swiss firm should bolster Microsoft's corporate instant messaging push.
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