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AP Online | 6 hours ago
Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force. Gov. Beverly Perdue and the software giant...
In this article: Microsoft Corp., North Carolina, Charlotte, Office software, and Beverly Perdue
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CNN | 1 day ago
How Microsoft blew it with cell phones
How Microsoft blew it with Windows Mobile Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaking at a press conference in Tokyo earlier this month. Microsoft's operating system for smartphones is losing ground to its rivals Gartner: Windows Mobile has...
In this article: Iphone, Windows Mobile, Apple, App Store, Gartner, Microsoft Windows, and E mail
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The order Monday said Microsoft exceeded its rights under...
In this article: Microsoft Corp., China, Beijing, Plaintiff, Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 98
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. The ruling,...
In this article: China, Windows XP, Revenue, Morrison & Foerster LLP, European Union, Windows 95, and Windows 2003
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Microsoft ordered to stop some Windows sales in China
Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. The ruling, issued by Beijing's No. 1...
In this article: Microsoft Corp, China, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows 2003, and Windows 98
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Reuters | 2 days ago
UPDATE 1-Microsoft ordered to stop some Windows sales in China
...later Chinese versions * Microsoft to appeal ruling (Recasts with details on ruling, company, lawyer comments) Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that...
In this article: China, Windows 95, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 98
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washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago
Microsoft Provides Guidance on Windows 7 Zero-Day Vulnerability
Microsoft has acknowledged the Windows 7 zero-day vulnerability reported last week with a Security Advisory. The advisory from Microsoft provides some additional details about the scope and nature of the threat, as well as some steps you...
In this article: Small business, Web-based, Patch, Internet Explorer, Facebook, and Windows Server 2008 R2
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Microsoft to launch Azure cloud service early next year
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will launch its long-awaited Windows Azure cloud computing system on Jan 1, as it looks to take advantage of the growing interest in internet-based software and services. Azure, which provides an online...
In this article: Microsoft Corp, Cloud computing, Ray Ozzie, Amazon.com Inc, and Google Inc
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Description from Wikipedia:
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, ) is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
The company was founded in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Many of its products have achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. One commentator notes that Microsoft's original mission was "a computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software." Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV. The company's initial public stock offering (IPO) was in 1986; the ensuing rise of the company's stock price has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.*
- Name:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Type:
- Public
- Headquarters:
- Redmond, Washington
- Location:
- Redmond, Washington, United States
- Region:
- Worldwide
- Founder:
- Founded:
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- MSFT
- Industry:
- Consumer Electronics
- Computer software
- CEO:
- Steve Ballmer
- Products:
- Revenue:
- $60.420 billion (2008)
- Operating Income:
- $22.492 billion (2008)
- Net Income:
- $17.681 billion (2008)
- Assets:
- US$ 77.888 billion )
- Equity:
- US$ 39.558 billion
- No. of Employees:
- 89,809 in 105 countries (2008)
- Motto:
- Your potential. Our passion.
- Market Cap:
- US$ 169.72 billion
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