Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 192 of 234

Jul 12, 2012, 3:40 PM

How Microsoft’s new Bing Fund will invest in startups

Microsoft today confirmed that it has created a new angel investment fund and startup incubator sponsored by its Bing search… Read More

Jul 12, 2012, 10:48 AM

After the writedown: How Microsoft squandered its $6.3B buy of ad giant aQuantive

It was supposed to change everything for Microsoft, creating a viable rival to Google and establishing the Redmond company as a… Read More

Jul 12, 2012, 8:31 AM

Microsoft cuts jobs in advertising and marketing

Microsoft this morning confirmed that it has made additional job cuts in advertising and marketing. A Microsoft spokesman says in… Read More

Jul 11, 2012, 4:11 PM

Apple co-founder Wozniak gives Microsoft props for design

Has Steve Wozniak gone Team Microsoft? As the Huffington Post reports, the Apple co-founder said at an Entel technology press conference… Read More

Jul 11, 2012, 3:41 PM

Microsoft Bing gains (a bit) vs. Google, as Yahoo sinks

Microsoft Bing posted a small gain in the U.S. search market in June, closing the gap ever so slightly against… Read More

Jul 11, 2012, 1:03 PM

Report: Some msnbc.com staff to move off Microsoft’s campus once split occurs

It’s no secret that NBCUniversal is in serious talks to buy out Microsoft’s remaning stake in the online news venture… Read More

Jul 11, 2012, 10:05 AM

How to break up Microsoft: Maybe it’s not such a crazy idea

What if someone could create three large, nimble and profitable tech companies out of thin air, building each of them… Read More

Jul 10, 2012, 10:04 AM

Translating gloves take top prize in Microsoft contest

A team of students from Ukraine has claimed the top prize in the software design category of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup… Read More

Jul 10, 2012, 9:44 AM

Ballmer vows to challenge Apple, sidesteps phone question

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is bordering on obsessive when it comes to Apple these days, or at least that’s the… Read More

Jul 9, 2012, 12:23 PM

A PC on every wall? Why Microsoft is buying Perceptive Pixel

Microsoft delivered a surprise this morning with an agreement to acquire display technology company Perceptive Pixel for undisclosed terms. The… Read More

Jul 9, 2012, 9:39 AM

Microsoft starts the Bing Fund, a mysterious new ‘angel incubator’

Over the years, Microsoft has steered clear of the corporate venture capital arms found at companies such as Intel and… Read More

Jul 9, 2012, 7:55 AM

Microsoft buying Perceptive Pixel, technology company behind CNN’s Magic Wall

Microsoft is acquiring Perceptive Pixel, a New York-based company known as a pioneer in multitouch technologies for large displays. Founded… Read More

Jul 9, 2012, 7:21 AM

Microsoft: Windows 8 to hit the market at end of October

Windows 8 is on track to be released to computer makers the first week of August, and it will be… Read More

Jul 8, 2012, 6:41 AM

Microsoft’s ‘demoralizing’ stack ranking system; and other comments of the week

The 4th of July brought another beautiful patriotic display over Seattle’s South Lake Union. But those weren’t the only fireworks… Read More

Jul 7, 2012, 7:25 AM

GeekWire Radio: The future of groceries, phones and cars

We’ve got our eyes on the road ahead this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast. Our guest in… Read More

Jul 5, 2012, 4:43 PM

Microsoft vets weigh in: Here’s what needs to change

Stephen Toulouse worked at Microsoft for 18 years before leaving earlier this year, so he read Kurt Eichenwald’s Vanity Fair… Read More

Jul 5, 2012, 2:56 PM

Video: Startup makes its pitch at Microsoft, with help from ‘Steve Ballmer’

Your startup has just spent three months inside Microsoft trying to democratize animation using the Kinect sensor, and you’re pitching… Read More

Jul 5, 2012, 9:49 AM

Bill Gates hints at details of his ongoing Microsoft work

Charlie Rose aired a wide-ranging interview with Bill Gates earlier this week, with much of the hour focusing on philanthropy and… Read More

Jul 4, 2012, 1:18 PM

Maybe Google’s Larry Page needs Microsoft Word, after all

We hesitate to bring this up, having made more than our share of grammatical mistakes and typos over the years.… Read More

Jul 3, 2012, 8:42 AM

Windows 8 for $40: Will this convince you to upgrade?

With the release of Windows 8 approaching, Microsoft is making a bid for the attention of existing Windows users by… Read More

Jul 2, 2012, 2:31 PM

Microsoft takes $6.2 billion write-down over aQuantive

Conceding that its giant acquisition of aQuantive Inc. hasn’t worked out as planned, Microsoft says it will write down the… Read More

Jul 2, 2012, 11:19 AM

Windows Phone: Microsoft is pulling out of its tailspin

The latest U.S. smartphone market share numbers are out from comScore Networks this morning, showing Microsoft posting a slight gain… Read More

Jul 1, 2012, 7:31 AM

Microsoft co-founder lands role in male stripper movie ‘Magic Mike’ … in the soundtrack

Paul Allen’s magical life continues. The Microsoft co-founder and guitarist has a new band, Paul Allen and the Natural Born… Read More

Jun 29, 2012, 2:02 PM

Leftist group claims responsibility for attack on Microsoft’s offices in Greece

A report out from Reuters today indicates that a leftist militant group operating under the name of International Revolutionary Front has… Read More

Jun 29, 2012, 11:27 AM

Bing’s ‘Mr. Fun,’ fired by Microsoft, lands at Weather Channel

Eric Hadley, the former Microsoft Bing marketing executive who rubbed shoulders with celebs before being dismissed in an unusually public… Read More

Jun 29, 2012, 9:50 AM

Microsoft: A white knight for BlackBerry, or a vulture?

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion found itself in an even deeper hole this week after delaying the launch of BlackBerry… Read More

Jun 29, 2012, 7:54 AM

Business is booming on Kinect as Microsoft embraces hackers

Walking the floor at Microsoft’s conference center in Redmond yesterday for the conclusion of the three-month Kinect Accelerator startup program,… Read More

Jun 28, 2012, 3:33 PM

‘Slut factories’ and Super PACs: Melinda Gates on ‘Colbert’

Did Stephen Colbert just get away with calling the Gates Foundation a ‘slut factory?’ Last night the cantankerous faux right-winger… Read More

Jun 28, 2012, 2:07 PM

Q&A: TechStars CEO David Cohen sees Microsoft Kinect as a startup engine

After three months of work, putting in long hours to hone their technologies and business plans, eleven startups will be… Read More