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Microsoft raises dividend 25% , boosting yield to 3%
USA Today
The change announced Tuesday will boost Microsoft's dividend to 20 cents per share from 16 cents. That topped a 23%, or 3 cents per share, increase in the dividend a year ago. It's the sixth time Microsoft (MSFT) has raised its dividend since it ...
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Microsoft: Mango arrives in two weeks
Register
Microsoft will begin rolling out the Mango upgrade to its Phone 7 platform within the next couple of weeks, according to a senior staffer. Brandon Watson, director for Windows Phone 7, used his Twitter account to broadcast the news that the upgrade ...
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Microsoft's Nuisance Suit Strategy
PC Magazine
By John C. Dvorak Microsoft's new cash stream is distressing to read about. It sues anyone who uses or sells Linux, a trend the Linux community has been unable to stop. While nobody has actually fought Microsoft's claims that it owns the IP rights to ...
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Google Learned from Microsoft's Antitrust Mistakes: Schmidt
eWeek
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt staunchly defended Google's business practices during the Senate's antitrust hearing against the company, invoking Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as the company that helped it steer clear from ...
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Microsoft's Paying Out, and Google's Under a Microscope
Motley Fool
By Chris Hill | More Articles Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) raised its quarterly dividend by 25%. Instead of paying out all that cash, would the software giant be better served making a strategic acquisition? Hear why one analyst thinks Netflix (Nasdaq: ...
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Microsoft isn't (necessarily) going to take 30% of Windows Store 8 sales
BetaNews
By Larry Seltzer Microsoft contacted me about yesterday's story on Metro-style apps only being available at the Windows store. One of the prominent facts in the story, which I got from Microsoft presentations, was that they would be taking a 30 percent ...
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Gates still richest but Zuckerberg climbs quickly
CNET
Gates, 55, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, topped the list once again with an estimated wealth valuation of $59 billion, up from last fall's $54 billion. Second on the list once again was Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Gates pal Warren Buffett, ...
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CNET
Microsoft's Plan To Stop Bing's $1 Billion Bleeding
Huffington Post
Bing, Microsoft's two-year old search engine, is losing nearly a $1 billion a quarter, with no sign of letting up. Sponsored links attract about 80% more attention on Bing than they do on Google, a new eye-tracking study from consulting firm User ...
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Spanish Competition Regulator Investigates Microsoft
PCWorld
By Peter Sayer, IDG News Spain's National Competition Commission is investigating whether Microsoft has unjustifiably prevented or limited resale of software licenses, in breach of Spanish and European Union competition laws, the Commission announced ...
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Microsoft's inflexibility has failed MMO's on Xbox - What can be done?
Computerandvideogames.com
In Windows, Microsoft has the leading platform for massively multiplayer online RPGs, a breeding ground so fertile even global conqueror World Of Warcraft can't put the sleeper on dozens of rivals, from Runescape to Eve Online and on to Aion: Tower Of ...
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Microsoft: Botched upgrade caused by DNS problem led to Windows Live outage
Ars Technica
8 was caused by a failed upgrade to a tool that balances network traffic, Microsoft has explained. The update went awry because of a corrupted file in Microsoft's DNS service. "A tool that helps balance network traffic was being updated and the update ...
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Microsoft Renews Adchemy Partnership, Takes Minority Stake
Mediapost.com
by Gavin O'Malley, 6 hours ago Adchemy has raised $61 million in Series E funding from Microsoft, August Capital and the Mayfield Fund, the online marketing service and pay-per-click authority said Wednesday. As part of this latest round -- which ...
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Microsoft dumps Gold partner accused of scamming customers
Register
By Paul Kunert • Get more from this author Microsoft has removed Gold partner status from India-based support firm Comantra amid claims that the firm had been defrauding Redmond's UK customers. The firm is alleged to have masqueraded as Microsoft when ...
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Comcast, BT, Dr. Pepper, Microsoft: Intellectual Property
BusinessWeek
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, is seeking to register "charm" as a trademark, according to the database of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The application, filed Sept. 12, is for use of the trademark with computer programs, ...
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RHT: Microsoft's Ship Has Sailed In 'Cloud Computing'
Barron's (blog)
I also asked Whitehurst about Microsoft's (MSFT) discussion last week of its own cloud tools and services at its BUILD conference. Some of the analysts who attended that event came away impressed with Microsoft's efforts to link together Windows 8 on ...
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Swedish Enters Agreement With Microsoft Corp.
Sacramento Bee
Together, Microsoft and its industry partners are working to deliver health solutions for the way people aspire to work and live. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people ...
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Daily Dividend Report: MSFT, MMC, CRR, FITB, NLY
Forbes
Last night, Microsoft (MSFT) declared its quarterly dividend of 20 cents per share, an increase of 25% over its prior dividend. Based on the current stock price, investors can expect a yield of about 3% going forward. Last night, Microsoft declared its ...
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Microsoft accused of silencing female exec with 1 million GBP payoff
The Tech Herald
by Steven Mostyn - Sep 21 2011, 14:06 Microsoft is currently wading through unsightly media custard in light of accusations that it silenced a disgruntled female employee by throwing a huge sum of money in her direction. Specifically, the Redmond-based ...
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The Tech Herald
Microsoft, Epic Games Team Up For Release Of Limited 'Gears Of War 3' Xbox Bundle
BallerStatus.com
To coincide with the launch of military science fiction third-person shooter gaming title, "Gears of War 3," Microsoft has teamed up with the game's developer Epic Game to release a limited edition Xbox 360 bundle, featuring artwork from the game. ...
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BallerStatus.com
University Village Microsoft Store to open with The Black Keys
TechFlash
The Ohio garage rock band will help open the University Village Microsoft Store, which will finally open its doors on Oct. 20 after nearly a year of construction. We reported the location of the store in January, when plans were filed with the city for ...
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Bill Buxton of Microsoft Research calls Steve Jobs' patents a lesson for CEOs
Apple Insider
Writing for Fortune, Bill Buxton, a pioneer in human–computer interaction and former researcher at Xerox PARC who is now a principle researcher at Microsoft Research, observed that Steve Jobs is listed an inventor on 313 patents, and the lead inventor ...
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Brier Dudley's Blog
The Seattle Times (blog)
One of India's largest tech companies is setting up a major facility next to Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, where it plans to hire hundreds of engineers over the next two years. HCL Technologies is investing $4 million in its Redmond "Global ...
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XConnect Ranks Fifth on Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100
Sacramento Bee
21, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, has been ranked fifth on the annual Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 published Sept. 18. The list ranks Britain's 100 ...
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2012 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office to Draw Record Breaking Numbers ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Certiport (www.certiport.com), the official test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, today announced the launch of the 2012 Certiport Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office. This popular technology skills event ...
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PROS Selected for New Software Architecture Initiative in the Chemical Industry
MarketWatch (press release)
The ChemRA Initiative is led by Microsoft and its industry partners and customers to develop a unified information technology (IT) architecture that will help address some of the business and technical challenges facing chemical and oil refining ...
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Microsoft Partners with Former President Clinton to Bring Internet Access to ...
DailyTech
Microsoft announced that it will help one million students from low-income families obtain broadband Internet access through a three-year commitment with the Clinton Global Initiative, which is a philanthropic organization operated by former President ...
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DailyTech
Microsoft WebMatrix 2 beta available -- get it now!
BetaNews
By Mike Williams Microsoft has released the first beta of WebMatrix 2, a powerful development tool that makes it easier than ever to build web applications; and as with the previous version, the program packs a raft of essential features into a simple ...
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UK authorities investigating Microsoft's 99.9 percent cloud claim
ZDNet (blog)
By Zack Whittaker | September 21, 2011, 9:08am PDT Summary: Microsoft is being investigated over its 99.9 percent uptime claims for its Office 365 service, after a series of outages left users without email and communications. ...
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Microsoft Dividend Reflects Cash Quandary
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Microsoft's 25% boost to its dividend payment, announced Tuesday, reflects the relative paucity of investment choices for CFOs faced with growing cash piles. Even if some companies, including Microsoft, are still investing in their businesses, ...
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Blogs14 new results for microsoft | msft
 
Microsoft and Casio enter cross licensing agreement, world wonders ...
By Dante Cesa
More information about Microsoft's licensing programs is available at http://www.microsoft.com/iplicensing. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and ...
Engadget
Spain launches antitrust investigation into Microsoft | Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee
It seems like it wasn't too long ago that Microsoft was under the microscope for alleged antitrust practices with their [...]
Ubergizmo
Black Keys to perform at University Village Microsoft Store opening ...
By Nick Eaton
Black Keys to perform at University Village Microsoft Store opening. ... Microsoft news and other technology news, photos, charts and data from seattlepi.com. « Microsoft raises stock dividend 25 percent | Main | .... $MSFT: Daily Trend ...
The Microsoft Blog
Microsoft: WP7′s Mango update coming in 'next week or two ...
By Alex Wilhelm
Users will have the update far before the holiday season, creating a potential word of mouth situation: If Mango is poorly received by the average consumer, Microsoft might have stymied its chances at a solid end of the year sales cycle. ...
The Next Web
Microsoft must clarify the Windows 8 boot spec and how it impacts ...
By Alex Wilhelm
Matthew Garrett, a mobile Linux developer at RedHat (purveyors of a popular Linux distribution), blogged this morning that the 'secure boot' component of Windows 8, which Microsoft has touted as security-enhancing, might make it impossible ...
The Next Web
Google's Schmidt to Congress: We've Learned the Microsoft Lesson
By Scott M. Fulton, III
The message from Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, appearing before the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, will be familiar to anyone who's heard Schmidt speak before. But it began this ...
ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft dumps Gold status partner Comantra over tech support ...
By Lee Mathews
Sep. 21, 2011 - Earlier this summer Microsoft warned consumers about a widespread phone scam targetting Windows users. Phone calls originated in India, while victims were.
Geek.com
Microsoft files FTC complaint against Google - Microsoft
By Alex Wilhelm
According to the complaint, Google raised the prices that Microsoft was paying for ads alongside queries such as 'hotmail' by 50 fold. A click went from costing 10 cents, to some $5. If Google changed that price in an anti-competitive way, the ...
The Next Web
Microsoft dumps partner over telephone scam claims | Naked Security
By Graham Cluley
One of Microsoft's Gold Partners has had its relationship with the software giant unceremoniously terminated, after being revealed to be orchestrating a telephone support scam.
Naked Security - Sophos
Google's Eric Schmidt: We're Not Microsoft
By Matt Rosoff
>>>"Google's Eric Schmidt: We're Not Microsoft" Never heard of any executives from Microsoft had the reputation of involving into crimes like murder the innocent people; never heard of any MSFT executives would threaten a victim with a real ...
Business Insider
Microsoft updates, explains Mango app rules | TG Daily
By Raven Lovecraft
Microsoft is gearing up for the release of its new version of Windows Phone, popularly known as Mango. In preparation, the company explained in a blog post what developers need to do so they don't lose any traction when the update goes ...
TG Daily
Microsoft terminates partner "Gold status" over Internet phone scam ...
By Tom Warren
Microsoft has terminated the Gold partner status of one of the members of the Microsoft Partner Network following allegations that the firm was part of a Internet phone scam. India-based support firm Comantra saw its Gold status revoked ...
WinRumors
Female ex-Microsoft exec gets $1.5 million settlement
By Todd Haselton
Does Microsoft favor men when it considers promotions? According to one former UK executive and several additional sources speaking to Telegraph.uk, that.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Microsoft needs a new business model for Windows 8 tablets – SplatF
By Dan Frommer
Microsoft's Windows division is still a monster: Over the past year, it has generated $12 billion of operating income on $19 billion of revenue. A big part of that is because of Microsoft's continued dominance of the PC operating system market, ...
SplatF

Web7 new results for microsoft | msft
 
Microsoft Reimagines Windows, Presents Windows 8 Developer ...
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full ...
www.microsoft.com/.../09-13FutureofComputingPR.mspx
Where's Mango? An update on timing
If I were Microsoft, or the guy who is the one pushing the "UPDATE NOW" button, ... It seems like Microsoft has not learned anything since the last update and the ...
windowsteamblog.com/.../where-s-mango-an-update-on-timin...
Office Web Apps
Microsoft Office Office Blogs .... With the existing Office product, Microsoft has designed the architecture so that it can be extended by third party (COM) addins. ...
blogs.office.com/b/officewebapps/archive/.../10157173.aspx
Casio Paying Microsoft To Use Linux - Slashdot
The agreement, which calls for Microsoft to receive payments of an undisclosed ... And someone pointed out that if MSFT were to name the patents could then be ...
linux.slashdot.org/.../Casio-Paying-Microsoft-To-Use-Linux
Software microsoft
Software microsoft She remained in Microsoft Windows In 2001, she had retired to the country, to pass motorists to software old automobile batteries, tires and ...
sonicretro.org/wp-content/avatars/software-microsoft.php
Windows Live SkyDrive - Online document storage and file sharing
Learn how to use Windows Live SkyDrive to store, access, and share files, photos, and Microsoft Office docs for free online.
explore.live.com/skydrive
Email Solutions : Microsoft Exchange : 1&1 Internet Inc.
Web hosting services, domain names, and email solutions for websites. Use 1&1 Internet Inc. for all your Microsoft Exchange and email domain hosting ...
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