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Sony pushes back profit margin target to 2013 (Reuters)...costs and expanding sales through 3D games. Sony in September launched a cheaper model of its PlayStation 3 game console to better compete with Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360. Thanks to the more affordable version, the PS3 in... In this article: Sony, Lithium, PlayStation 3, Walkman, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Nintendo, IPod, and Xbox 360 |
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CNN | October 30, 2009
Lower PS3 prices weigh on Sony
In its game operations, the Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment conglomerate launched a cheaper version of the PS3 last month to better compete with Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT, Fortune 500) Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co.'s (NTDOF) Wii. The...
In this article: Sony Corp., PlayStation 3, Joint venture, Nintendo Co, Wii, AAPL, MSFT, Tokyo, Thomson Reuters, and Iphone
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 29, 2009
Sony hit by sluggish mobile sales
...Blackberry. In its game operations, the Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment conglomerate launched a cheaper version of the PS3 last month to better compete with Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 and Nintendo Co's Wii. The move put...
In this article: Sony, Joint venture, Nintendo Co, Wii, PlayStation 3, Iphone, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Xbox 360, and Apple Inc
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CNET News.com | 6 days ago
Nintendo's Dunaway: What, Wii worry?
...its spot as the top selling console, according to NPD. Last month, Nintendo sold 507,000 Wiis, compared with 320,600 Sony PlayStation 3s and 249,700 Microsoft's Xbox 360s. Coming in second in video game hardware sales was Nintendo's...
In this article: Wii, Nintendo, New Super Mario Bros., Nintendo DS, Iphone, and Sony
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IGN | 6 days ago
Tony Hawk: Ride Rolls Onto North American Retail Shelves
...literally step on the board and play. Tony Hawk: RIDE is developed by Robomodo for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Buzz Monkey developed the Wii system...
In this article: Tony Hawk, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii system, Santa Monica, California, Mortal Kombat, NBA Street, and Vista, CA
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PC World: Latest Technology News | November 13, 2009
October NPD: Game Sales Stumble, PS3 Tops Xbox 360
...Guides Sony's PS3 continued to outpace Microsoft's Xbox 360 in October hardware sales according to US NPD Group data, though Microsoft cleaned up in top 10 software sales, claiming five slots and 44 percent of units total. The Wii took...
In this article: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, NPD, Wii, Sony, and Uncharted 2
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Independent.co.uk - Gadgets & Tech | November 12, 2009
New, affordable Xbox motion controller slated for November 2010 release
...entirely with hand-held controllers. The enthusiastic uptake of Nintendo's Wii motion controls since 2006 has prompted both Sony and Microsoft to implement a similar technology for their own consoles. Both companies used June's Electronic...
In this article: Nintendo, Sony, Xbox, Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3, EyePet, Xbox 360, and Wii
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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:
- NASDAQ: MSFT
- 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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