Nokia to sell handset business to Microsoft for $7.2 billion
(Reuters) – Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, a withered Nokia collapsed into the arms of the U.S. software giant,...
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Microsoft in talks to buy stake in start-up Foursquare: Bloomberg
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is in talks with social networking company Foursquare about a possible investment, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The talks are at an advanced stage,...
Analysis: New Microsoft CEO faces big choices post-Ballmer
(Reuters) – The next CEO of Microsoft Corp has one big decision to make: press on with retiring chief executive Steve Ballmer’s ambitious plan to transform the software giant...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire within 12 months
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Friday that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer would retire within the next 12 months, once it has selected a successor, sending...
Microsoft unloads surface units
No matter how unfortunate it may be, it is still reasonable to say that Microsoft, with its Microsoft Surface, failed to get the reception they...
Microsoft to unveil latest Windows adjustments
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is giving people a peek into Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to address some of the gripes people...
Exclusive: Microsoft, FBI take aim at global cyber crime ring
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world’s...
Microsoft unveils Xbox One next-generation console
Microsoft has unveiled the Xbox One which will go on sale later this year. The next-generation console was shown off alongside a new Kinect sensor and a...
Windows 8, Take 2: Microsoft to spiff up maligned operating system with ‘Blue’ touch-up job
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for...
Microsoft made mistakes in early mobile strategy: Bill Gates
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates said he was not satisfied with the company’s pace of innovation over the last few years, and that it had...