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Started by the young Bill Gates, a Harvard University drop-out and honourary Knight in England, Microsoft makes the world's most shouted at operating system - Windows. Windows went from a humble project to being the cause of frustration in everything from desktops to mobile. Currently Microsoft is busy chasing everything traditional rival and once-underdog Apple gets up to, like releasing ham-fisted attempts at MP3 players and promising tablet computers that never materialise. It is currently headed up by the shy and retiring Steve Ballmer, who famously monkey-danced at conferences and lobbed chairs around his office.
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| Symbol | Name | Time | Trade | Change | % Chg | Volume | P/E Ratio | EPS | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | Microsoft | 21:00 GMT | 30.495 | -0.275 | -0.89% | 44606752 | 11.15 | 2.759 | 255.9B |
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Microsoft shouts WOA! from the rooftops
Principal Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, Patrick Moorhead, has explained some of his initial thoughts for Windows On Arm. That's WOA. Not WOAH. Yet. -
Bing shuffles agonisingly slowly towards Google's dust trail
Web marketresearch group Comscore has revealed that Microsoft's Bing is continuing to crawl at the breakneck speed of a hobbled tortoise towards challenging Google in search. -
Microsoft milks New York Fashion Week
What do you do if you’re Microsoft and want to rack up hits on your press page, justify a pay slip or two and show off your own kit under the guise of being very trendy stuff indeed? Well, you create your own virtual New York Fashion Week. -
UK PC suppliers pray for Windows 8
PC suppliers in the UK are praying for Microsoft's Windows 8 to arrive sooner rather than later. -
Foxconn hacked by SwaggSec
Hacking groupSwagg Security said that it had broken into Foxconn's network and found usernames and passwords for vendors that could be used to place fraudulent orders for companies like Apple and Microsoft. -
Microsoft admits Xbox hacks
Software giant Microsoft has admitted that users of its Xbox Live network are being hacked, but denies that it is any hardware, software or networking flaw. -
Patent trolling hits new heights
Doyle has a history of winning patent cases. His outfit Eolas Technologies has already brought Microsoft to its knees, probably winning more than $100 million from the Vole. -
The TechEye guide to ARM in all of its manifestations
ARMore: The love that Microsoft has for things not of Intel -
Nokia sacks 4,000 of its factory workers
These had been none too pleased with the 73 percent break in the company’s Q4 earnings, but the company line remains that sales of its new Lumia phones are good. Its partnership with Microsoft is ever so slowly gaining traction with over 1 million Lumias sold between mid-November and December 31st. -
Yahoo purge continues
He and Yang turned down a rich acquisition offer by Microsoft Corp in 2008 near the height of Yahoo's valuation. As it turned out, their refusal saved Microsoft from getting a lot of egg on its face, but did shareholders, nor the company any favours. -
Cisco man promoted to security trade body, ICASI, president
What ICASI basically does is share technology to cope with security threats and decides on best practices. Members include Cisco (surprise!), Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, Juniper Networks and Amazon. -
Software bundling faces liquidation in the European Union
Petrus bought a Lenovo 3000 N200 laptop from French retailer Cybertek in December 2007. The PC had Microsoft Windows Vista and other software installed on it, none of which Petrus wanted. -
Microsoft publishes Accelerated Massive Parallelism spec
Software giant Microsoft has published a specification for C++ AMP (Accelerated Massive Parallelism) which is its new system for heterogeneous parallel processing in C -
Germany claims Chrome most secure browser
Germany's state security experts have recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser. -
Zombie botnet Kelihos rises from the dead
The Kelihos botnet which was killed by Microsoft and Kaspersky Labs in September is back for its expected sequel. -
Microsoft pledges support for Hyper-V OpenStack
While the OpenStack community is considering dropping support for Hyper-V, the code has got backing from Microsoft. -
Microsoft readies its Azure push
Software giant Microsoft has been trying to work out a way to make its Azure cloud plans more acceptable to the known world. -
Windows 8 will damage market for rich apps
Microsoft can make this move because when it moves to ARM versions it will not have any of its legacy applications to hold it to the past.
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