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Blink an eye, and the Microsoft Store could be mistaken for an Apple Store. http://www.physorg.com/news179134670.html Technology Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:40:02 EST news179134670 Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013. http://www.physorg.com/news177009881.html Technology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:48 EST news177009881 (AP) -- Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news176636039.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:34:40 EST news176636039 US software giant Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Taiwan to jointly establish a research centre here for the development of Internet computing technology. http://www.physorg.com/news176566642.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:11 EST news176566642 Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news176354289.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:18:41 EST news176354289 (AP) -- Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first time in years. http://www.physorg.com/news175363312.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:10:01 EST news175363312 You can pay your phone bill online, but you still need a pen and clipboard to fill out forms at a doctor's office. You can check in for a flight on the Internet, but you have to carry around a slip of paper with handwritten instructions to fill a prescription. You can get six years of your shopping history from Amazon.com, but good luck finding a vaccine record from 2003. http://www.physorg.com/news174206808.html Technology Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:20:01 EST news174206808 Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research released. http://www.physorg.com/news173940306.html Technology Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:45:51 EST news173940306 (AP) -- The value of the compensation package granted to Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer fell about 6 percent in fiscal 2009, a year in which weak computer sales cut into the software maker's profits. http://www.physorg.com/news173516604.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:20:01 EST news173516604 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal computer sales. http://www.physorg.com/news172562608.html Technology Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:05:30 EST news172562608 The same day Microsoft reported some of its worst financial results, a dozen buses left the Redmond campus. During rush hour, they headed toward Highway 520 as a phalanx of cops on motorcycles shut down the onramps ahead, clearing the path to the Pacific Science Center. http://www.physorg.com/news170614813.html Technology Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:00:03 EST news170614813 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is trying to improve Yahoo Inc. investors' opinions of the companies' search-advertising partnership. http://www.physorg.com/news168180823.html Technology Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:10:02 EST news168180823 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a redesigned search site in the coming days and hopes it will lure more Web surfers than the two most recent incarnations, Live Search and MSN Search. http://www.physorg.com/news162735603.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 13:20:30 EST news162735603 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms - including "boatloads of money." http://www.physorg.com/news162668275.html Technology Wed, 27 May 2009 18:38:19 EST news162668275 Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid. http://www.physorg.com/news161281473.html Technology Mon, 11 May 2009 17:24:57 EST news161281473 Microsoft and Yahoo! have held "early discussions" about possible Internet search and advertising partnerships, a leading Silicon Valley technology website reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news158592970.html Technology Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:36:40 EST news158592970 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is still signaling an interest in a deal to buy part of Yahoo Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news156682317.html Technology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:52:28 EST news156682317 Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice. http://www.physorg.com/news152773916.html Technology Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:12:28 EST news152773916 Not that he needed one, but Bill Gates had rock star Slash help him cap his performance at the International Consumer Electronics Show last year. http://www.physorg.com/news150463945.html Technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:32:25 EST news150463945