Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step down as chairman of the software company he co-founded 38 years ago, according to people familiar...
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is one of the world’s biggest software makers and manufactures and licenses a range of products and services related to computing. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the company is probably best known for its Windows software, although it has begun an aggressive drive into the mobile sector seeking to make inroads on market share held by Google and Apple. It paid 5.44 billion euros for the handset business of Nokia in September 2013.
29 Sep 2013
Microsoft said it received more than 37,000 government requests for information in the first half of this year - excluding any national-security requests. In only its second report on the matter,...
5:19AM
26 Sep 2013
Microsoft is forming a video-game venture with a Chinese company to capitalise on proposed free-trade rules that would end a 13-year ban on foreign firms selling consoles on the mainland.
3:04AM
24 Sep 2013
Is Microsoft’s Surface a tablet or a laptop?
I’m not quite sure, but it is a lot easier to type on than an iPad.
3:02PM
24 Sep 2013
Microsoft has refreshed its Surface tablet computers, giving them longer battery life and better comfort on laps as the software giant continues its transformation into a devices and services...
3:02PM
17 Sep 2013
Nokia has delayed the launch of a large-screen “phablet” device, originally planned for late September, following a deal to sell its handset business and license patents to Microsoft, a source...
10:09AM
Having stood at the top of the world, a precipitous fall is all the more shocking. Nokia, the pride of Finland, was worth €100 billion only five years ago. Now its market value is just about €15...
2:45AM
Microsoft is laying off dozens of contract and freelance writers from its MSN news and entertainment portal as the giant software company seeks to reshape itself as a devices and services company...
10:38AM
At least three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft want a turnaround expert to succeed Steve Ballmer as chief executive and have urged the technology giant’s board to consider Ford Motor chief...
2:11PM
Obviously, Microsoft’s US$7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia is an important deal, but it may be more about the past than the emerging challenges of the future.
2:45AM
Microsoft is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the Web — even to those who don’t use Windows 8.
1:46PM
When a British bookmaker installed Stephen Elop as the favourite to take over the soon-to-be vacant position of chief executive at Microsoft, most technology observers laughed it off as a...
4:36AM
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