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Wooing interns to Silicon Valley

July 3, 2007 Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. TAGS: computer science, SafeWeb, intern, student, Google Inc., talent, Silicon Valley, professor, founder, food, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: Go antitrust suit dismissed

June 30, 2006 The 2005 suit said Microsoft tried to thwart pen-computing company's bid to enter PC operating system market. TAGS: antitrust, suit, class action, claim, founder, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC

Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable'

May 19, 2006 Executive tells BBC it's mainly of interest to community projects, lacks benefits of commercial model. TAGS: documentary, open source, open-source software, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft

February 14, 2006 Daniel Robbins has resigned after less than a year, saying he couldn't work there at "my full level of technical ability." TAGS: Gentoo, Gentoo Linux, founder, open-source software, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Google to defend dual-class stock structure

April 13, 2006 Union pension fund wants one vote per share, but board says giving execs majority control protects from outside influence. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, structure, shareholder, pension fund, top executive, vote, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Google Inc., founder, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft buys photo management tool maker

June 27, 2006 Software maker acquires iView Multimedia, whose software helps manage digital photos, electronic art. TAGS: digital asset management, Web design, founder, multimedia, digital photograph, software company, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., photograph, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows

Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies

February 15, 2006 Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more. TAGS: Gentoo, Sleepycat Software Inc., Oracle Corp., open source, Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, blog, Linux, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

Manufacturers unwrap first ultramobile PCs

March 9, 2006 At CeBit, Samsung, Asus and Founder deliver minitablets, though early models seem to have poor battery life. Photos: Origami handheld devices TAGS: ultramobile PC, CeBit, Microsoft Origami, Hannover, founder, Germany, Intel Celeron, Intel, ASUS, Samsung Electronics, battery, PC, video, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: CRM, Gartner Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., consolidation, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., market leader, Oracle Corp., merger, software-as-a-service, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win

November 3, 2006 As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, SCO Group Inc., alliance, Linux, open-source software, open source, agreement, founder, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft buys fabled U.K. game studio

April 6, 2006 Acquires Lionhead Studios, whose founder, Peter Molyneux, is one of the best-known independent video game developers in the business. TAGS: Lionhead Studios, David Cole, studio, track record, acquisition, founder, video game, Microsoft Xbox, success, Microsoft Corp., U.K., conference, games, video, Microsoft Windows

Internet deals of the damned

October 10, 2006 More often than not, big Internet acquisitions turn out to be disappointments, or at least a bit ahead of their time. TAGS: Spyglass, Mirabilis, VA Software Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., acquisition, Netscape Communications Corp., IPO, founder, PayPal, America Online Inc., software company, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Google Inc., YouTube, TV

Techies ponder how to cut through info overload

March 8, 2006 At San Diego conference, tech execs discuss ways to hold customers' attention in age of too much information. TAGS: attention, Wiki, San Diego, conference, presentation, founder, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.

Newsmakers Archive

May 30, 2000 Delve behind the headlines to meet the leading citizens of high technology's unique global village. TAGS: CEO, CTO, founder, General Electric Co., researcher, chairman, Sun Microsystems Inc., president, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., security, Google Inc.

Grant funds open-source challenge to Google library

December 20, 2006 Internet Archive receives $1 million from charitable trust to help boost up its open-source alternative to book-scanning efforts. TAGS: Brewster Kahle, Google Book Search, Google Inc., open source, archiving, founder, brand name, library, collection, Adobe PDF, brand, database, Microsoft Corp.

How to marry a billionaire? Start with Forbes list

September 22, 2006 To even make the magazine's annual survey of richest Americans this year, you had to have at least $1 billion. TAGS: billionaire, Paul Allen, Porsche, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, founder, survey, Microsoft Corp.

New GPL draft due Wednesday

March 26, 2007 A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, Free Software Foundation, draft, Linus Torvalds, license, Novell Inc., open source, mailing list, Linux, project, founder, discussion, Java, Microsoft Corp.
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