Microsoft to take $6.2 bln writedown for online ad service
Microsoft has announced a 6.2 billion dollars charge to write down the value of an online advertising agency named aQuantive, which the software giant bought five years ago.
Microsoft bought aQuantiv
Microsoft's search engine Bing grabs market share from Google
Software giant Microsoft's search engine Bing has increased its share of the search market at the expense of Google, according to a new report.
Experian Hitwise, an online data measurement company ho
Microsoft tie-up, network sale among RIM options: Sources
Research In Motion Ltd's board is under mounting pressure to consider unpalatable options such as selling its network business or forming an alliance with Microsoft Corp after the Blackberry maker aga
Gunmen ram van into Microsoft's Greek headquarters
Gunmen rammed a van packed with gas canisters into Microsoft's Greek headquarters in Athens and then set the vehicle on fire, causing damage but no injuries, police said on Wednesday.
At least two pe
Microsoft to buy Yammer for $1bn: Report
Microsoft has reached a deal to purchase the Yammer business software company for $1 billion in an apparent bid to shore up its widely-used Office software, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Former Microsoft nerds crack bra code
Two former Microsoft nerds - Aarthi Ramamurthy and Michelle Lam - have now devised an algorithm that promises to help women find the perfect bra.
The two are the brain behind online-lingerie retailer
Former Yahoo! executive charged with insider trading
US regulators on Monday announced that a former Yahoo! executive has agreed to plead guilty in an insider trading scheme that involved leaking word of the Internet search giant's pact with Microsoft.
Nokia's woes might call for Microsoft aid
Addressing Nokia Oyj employees in January 2011, Chief Executive Stephen Elop - at that point only four months into the job - dramatised the company's predicament by comparing it to standing on a burni
Microsoft voted 'most attractive employer' in India
Microsoft India on Thursday bagged the Randstad Award 2012 for the 'most attractive employer' in the country for the second consecutive year followed by Oracle India and Tata Consultancy Services.
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Facebook to pay Microsoft $550 million for patents
Facebook announced on Monday it would pay Microsoft $550 million for some of the patents the software giant recently acquired from AOL.
Facebook will pick up around 650 of the 925 patents Microsoft b