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Brazil's love of Linux

August 28, 2008 The open-source software definitely gets a warm reception here, but its role can easily be overestimated, too. TAGS: Brazil, open-source software, federal government, Latin America, Del.icio.us, Digg, Linux, desk, idea, e-mail, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Bill Gates and other communists

February 15, 2005 Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the discussion about software patents. TAGS: software patent, Bill Gates, patent, protocol, GNU/Linux, Mr., copyright law, GPL, intellectual property, law, Microsoft Corp., idea

Microsoft's research labs offer freebies

March 7, 2007 Many projects at TechFest are simply research concepts that will never come to market, but some are being made publicly available.Images: From pets to panoramas at TechFestVideo: Next wave of tech ... TAGS: booth, cat, researcher, lab, project, image, Microsoft Corp., photograph, idea

The do-it-yourself Web emerges

July 31, 2006 New services from fledging start-ups enable people to build Web applications themselves, which pundits say will unleash creativity. TAGS: mashup, Wiki, application development, Web application, collaboration, spreadsheet, blog, start-up, Web browser, idea, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft looks beyond Gates for new ideas

June 19, 2006 The company is developing an internal technology that will let more of its employees have a say in the company's technical direction. TAGS: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie, worker, leadership, leader, idea, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes

February 3, 2005 The company is putting $30 million in marketing behind a new Microsoft-backed portable subscription service. TAGS: Napster Inc., music subscription service, marketing campaign, Napster To Go, subscriber, RealNetworks Inc., subscription, Apple iTunes, digital music, Apple Computer, music, song, MP3 player, MP3, Microsoft Corp., idea

With 'open innovation,' no idea is left behind

July 21, 2006 The "open innovation" approach to intellectual property could make sure good ideas don't go to waste. TAGS: innovation, product development, intellectual property, idea, Microsoft Corp.

Ideas on display at Microsoft's TechFest

March 2, 2006 Two-day science fair lets researchers pitch ideas for future technologies to the tech giant's product units. TAGS: researcher, worker, Bluetooth, Microsoft Corp., idea, cell phone, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft licenses Finjan security patents

July 20, 2005 Software giant invests in Finjan, picks up rights to ideas on how to combat previously unknown security threats. TAGS: Finjan Software Inc., Sears Roebuck & Co., patent, licensing agreement, security, Microsoft Corp., agreement, idea

Gates still finding his voice

October 19, 2007 Following launch of corporate telephony software, Microsoft's chairman discusses how speech recognition has made inroads and where it has yet to go.Video: Gates' crystal ball Video: Phones should c... TAGS: voice network, Bill Gates, data network, speech recognition, PBX, voice, dream, telephony, possibility, chairman, touch screen, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, idea, video

Gates and the code-jockey elite

January 14, 2005 Five years after becoming Microsoft's chief software architect, he can finally be judged on a record, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says. TAGS: Bill Gates, chief software architect, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Service Pack 2, idea, security, Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Gates on Google: What, me worry?

September 14, 2005 Growing clout of Web-based development is much in evidence as Microsoft courts developers. But is Bill Gates losing sleep? Nah. TAGS: honeymoon, Bill Gates, API, Google Inc., developer, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, server, idea, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows

How the 'Milan' table PC was born

May 30, 2007 Microsoft is taking the wraps off this week, but the notion of a table-like computer has generated interest at the company since at least 2001.Photos: On the road to Microsoft's Milan TAGS: Milan, prototype, Home Depot Inc., researcher, Microsoft Corp., idea, PC

Ballmer calls Google's growth plans 'insane'

March 15, 2007 Speaking at Stanford's business school, Microsoft CEO characterizes Google as a one-trick pony, calls activities beyond search "cute." Video: Ballmer on Google TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Stanford, robotics, Eric Schmidt, Google Inc., CEO, Microsoft Corp., idea, video

Students dream up tech for health care

June 28, 2006 Vibrating wristbands for the blind is among the finalist projects in Microsoft's Imagine Cup invention contest. TAGS: Bill Gates, project, health care, student, health, GPS, Microsoft Corp., idea

Microsoft pitches pay-as-you-go PCs

May 22, 2006 Trial program for emerging markets charges people for home computer use. Once they've coughed up enough, it's theirs. Photos: Paying off the PC by the hour TAGS: emerging market, financing, Brazil, reality, income, goal, India, PC, Microsoft Corp., cell phone, idea, AMD, photograph, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft opens research lab for licensing

April 11, 2005 Software maker says commercializing its own research is still job one, but it sees some opportunity in sharing tech with start-ups. TAGS: Inrix, lab, intellectual property, traffic, start-up, Microsoft Corp., idea, Microsoft Windows

Will Ajax help Google clean up?

March 17, 2005 Google's popular map and e-mail sites reignite interest in older Web tech, raising potential threat to Microsoft, Flash and Java. TAGS: Laszlo Systems Inc., AJAX, DHTML, JavaScript, Macromedia Inc., web-based application, scripting language, Google Maps, dot-com, Web application, Google Inc., Java, Gmail, developer, blog, Yahoo! Inc.

New life for the old 'Star Trek' project

June 6, 2005 An early '90s plan by Apple to port the Mac OS to Intel processors drew this response from Bill Gates: It's "like putting lipstick on a chicken." TAGS: Star Trek, Novell Inc., Apple Computer, Bill Gates, Intel, project, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, CEO, idea, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

Open-source politics are 'American as apple pie'

June 2, 2006 Eben Moglen calls open source a fundamentally American concept, contrary to view promoted by Microsoft and others. TAGS: politics, GPL, open source, Nashville, root, America, conference, IBM Corp., idea, Microsoft Corp.
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