News tagged with software maker
Microsoft lays off 800 more workers worldwide
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That's in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January.
Sun cutting up to 3,000 jobs as awaits Oracle deal
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal being held up by antitrust regulators in Europe.
Oracle's Larry Ellison to IBM: 'make our day'
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle over business software performance.
Microsoft video gets a little too much attention
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- You almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. The software maker isn't known for hip marketing tactics, and now that a Windows 7 video has hit it big online, people are laughing at the company, not with ...
Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal looms
Aug 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.
Microsoft to open stores in Arizona, California
Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is planning to open its first two retail stores in Arizona and California this fall.
Soft PC sales send Microsoft profit down 29 pct
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since ...
Microsoft says Windows 7 is ready for PC companies
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7 is complete.
Yahoo rallies on renewed hopes for Microsoft deal
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Yahoo Inc. shares rose 4 percent Friday amid speculation it will team up with Microsoft Corp. in an online search advertising partnership aimed at mounting a more serious challenge to Google Inc.
Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak results
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...
Microsoft says Vista buyers to get free Windows 7
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that people who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in October ...
Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
Windows 7 confirmed for holiday season PCs
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7, the next version of its computer operating software, will go on sale Oct. 22.
Microsoft to raise $3.75B in first debt offering
May 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. priced a $3.75 billion debt offering on Monday, a first for the world's largest software maker.
