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Week in review: Yahoo, Microhoo's biggest loser

May 9, 2008 Yahoo and Microsoft don't make a love connection, while Grand Theft Auto IV gets a lot of love. Also: Wild about WiMax. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, loser, Week in review, offer, merger, Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

May 9, 2008 What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants. But talks break down, and the software giant says a proxy battle isn't worth it. Tune in here for the latest. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, bid, margin, Digg, Internet search, Google Inc., font, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: On Microsoft's mind

May 2, 2008 Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley? TAGS: cash register, workforce, Microsoft Windows Vista, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, shareholder, glitch, Week in review, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML

May 1, 2008 Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format. TAGS: standards body, OpenDocument Format, decision-making, approval, consortium, specification, decision, XML, document, U.K., open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

April 21, 2008 Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK) TAGS: Alex Brown, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, XML, specification, Judge, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., blog, open source

Microsoft pulls Vista SP1 update

February 20, 2008 The company retracts a prerequisite update for downloading Vista Service Pack 1 after some customers complain of problems. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., blog, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, PC

Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'

April 11, 2008 By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager. TAGS: prompt, ISV, secure, myth, ecosystem, RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, manager, software company, Microsoft Corp., security, San Francisco, conference, Microsoft Windows

With Mesh, Microsoft rethinks its place in the world

April 23, 2008 Redmond unveils its new Live Mesh service--and acknowledges that computing no longer revolves around the PC. • Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh • Live Mesh platform takes on Google, Adobe TAGS: Ina Fried, Ray Ozzie, computing, Adobe Systems Inc., platform, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., PC

Week in review: A week for Web 2.0, a day for Earth

April 25, 2008 San Francisco hosts a Web app frenzy, and Earth Day provides the perfect opportunity to look at the very latest in green tech. (By CNET News.com's Leslie Katz) TAGS: Web 2.0, Steve Ballmer, shareholder, Week in review, earnings, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Computer, platform, San Francisco, conference, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft woos hobbyist developers

April 17, 2008 Company is trying to boost interest in noncommercial software development around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. TAGS: hobbyist, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, software development, hardware maker, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: aQuantive Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, shareholder, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Google Inc.

Silverlight to shine in NBC's Olympics coverage

April 25, 2008 NBC's digital media group is counting down the days to the start of the Games in Beijing--and Microsoft will play a key role in online coverage. TAGS: Microsoft Silverlight, Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, live streaming, digital media, broadcaster, coverage, agency, on-demand, project, video, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs

March 25, 2008 Software giant says it will give free support until March 18, 2009, to those experiencing difficulty installing Service Pack 1.(By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia) TAGS: service pack, spokesperson, Microsoft Windows Vista, agreement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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