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Bill Gates Says Microsoft To Pursue Independent Paths As Its Bankers Contact Facebook
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:16 pm on May 7, 2008 (utc 0)
In the wake of its unsuccessful takeover bid for Web pioneer Yahoo, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft will focus on the pursuit of "independent paths," according to co-founder and chairman Bill Gates speaking in Tokyo Tuesday.
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Microsoft Withdraws Three Month Old Bid For Yahoo
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:26 pm on May 5, 2008 (utc 0)
On Saturday, following more than three months of unproductive negotiations, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft withdrew its offer to purchase Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer Yahoo and was left to consider other measures to help combat the increasingly large role Google plays in the current Internet business.
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Microsoft Confirms Farecast Travel Search Firm Purchase
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:25 pm on April 18, 2008 (utc 0)
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft confirmed Thursday that it had acquired Seattle-based Internet travel fare prediction firm Farecast, in a previously unannounced deal that closed on April 9.
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Microsoft Launches Live Search News Aggregator Site
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:41 pm on April 16, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft has quietly launched a news aggregator Web site that incorporates both top national and international news stories along with local news in a format that also prominently features video news clips, with a new service called Live Search News.
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Microsoft Adds Mobile OS and Browser Features To Improve Smartphones
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:53 pm on April 2, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft has announced upgrades to its Windows Mobile operating system and Internet Explorer Mobile Web browser aimed at making the mobile Web experience more like what desktop users have come to expect, the company revealed Tuesday.
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Microsoft Readies Silverlight adCenter Revenue Sharing Pilot
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:24 pm on Mar. 28, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft is preparing to launch a pilot program combining its Silverlight Streaming online video development platform with its pay-per-click advertising program adCenter, that will allow United States users to earn money through a revenue sharing plan.
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Microsoft Unifies adCenter Community Support
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:49 pm on Mar. 17, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft has launched a new more unified support Web site for its pay-per-click advertising program adCenter, bringing a blog, customer support message forums and other services together under one roof in a support site called adCentercommunity.com.
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Microsoft Buys Internet Advertising Management Firm Rapt
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:53 pm on Mar. 14, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft announced Friday that it has signed an agreement to purchase privately held San Francisco-based Internet advertising management firm Rapt, as it looks to strengthen its online advertising services in the wake of search leader Google, which earlier this week finalized its $3.1 billion purchase of Web ad firm DoubleClick.
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Microsoft Launches Engagement Mapping Online Ad Initiative
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:21 pm on Feb. 25, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft unveiled a new online advertisement-tracking program Monday able to analyze not only a customer's last click before making an Internet purchase, but also the previous ad clicks that may have led to a buying decision, a technology it calls "Engagement Mapping."
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Microsoft Prepares For Yahoo Takeover By Proxy
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:20 pm on Feb. 20, 2008 (utc 0)
Following two weeks of unproductive negotiations, Redmond, California-based Microsoft has retained the services of a proxy contest specialist and has started preparing for a battle over control of Web pioneer Yahoo using an aggressive maneuver to replace the Sunnyvale, California-based company's board of directors.
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Microsoft Live Search Streamlines Web Crawler Efficiency
Lane_R_Ellis, 1:32 pm on Feb. 13, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft Live Search has changed the way its Web crawler application operates when indexing millions of Web sites for inclusion in its search engine, adding features aimed at increasing the efficiency of the process by using compression and other techniques to lower the amount of work required by Web servers, the company announced today.
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Yahoo Turns Down Microsoft's $44.6 Billion Bid
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:43 pm on Feb. 11, 2008 (utc 0)
Internet media pioneer Yahoo said Monday that it turned down Microsoft's unsolicited January 31 $44.6 billion takeover bid, dismissing the offer as "not in the best interests of Yahoo," and because it "substantially undervalues" the firm.
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Microsoft Awaits Yahoo Decision on $44.6 Billion Bid
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:28 pm on Feb. 5, 2008 (utc 0)
While Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft is awaiting word from pioneering Internet company Yahoo on whether it will accept Friday's massive $44.6 billion purchase offer, regulators and online search giant Google are preparing for a variety of possible outcomes.
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Microsoft Proposes $44.6 Billion Purchase of Yahoo
Lane_R_Ellis, 5:40 pm on Feb. 1, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft, the world's largest software company, has made an offer of cash and stock to purchase Internet pioneer Yahoo for $44.6 billion, a 62 percent premium over the Sunnyvale, California-based firm's Thursday stock price of $19.18, representing $31 a share in a move that would reshape the online sector dominated by Google.
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Microsoft's Outlook Strong As Profits Climb, Despite Online Losses
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:40 pm on Jan. 25, 2008 (utc 0)
Microsoft reported quarterly profits that soared beyond expectations and an optimistic financial outlook Thursday, despite economic worries in the United States and $245 million in losses in its online services division, the company announced in an earnings release.
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Microsoft Offers $1.2 Billion for Norwegian Firm Fast Search
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:41 pm on Jan. 8, 2008 (utc 0)
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft has made a $1.2 billion offer to acquire Oslo-based enterprise data search company Fast Search and Transfer, the companies announced Tuesday in a joint news release.
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Microsoft Giving Away Enterprise Search Server 2008
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:33 pm on Nov. 6, 2007 (utc 0)
Microsoft today unveiled its Search Server Express 2008 software for the enterprise search market.
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Despite Growth Microsoft Trails Google Online
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:51 am on Oct. 26, 2007 (utc 0)
The world's largest software maker Microsoft has posted its best first quarter for revenue growth since 1999, with third quarter results showing $13.76 billion in revenue, a 27 percent improvement over last year, the company reported yesterday. While revenue from Microsoft's software divisions continues to increase, including a 90 percent increase in the unit responsible for the hit video game Halo 3, one of the company's weakest areas is its online services unit, which had a quarterly loss of $264 million, more than twice that in the same quarter last year, with revenue amounting to less than 6 percent of its quarterly sales.
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Microsoft Invests $240 Million in Facebook
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:54 am on Oct. 25, 2007 (utc 0)
Late yesterday software giant Microsoft and rapidly rising social networking company Facebook announced an agreement in which Microsoft will pay $240 million to purchase a 1.6 percent equity stake in Facebook, an investment that values the Web company at $15 billion. Microsoft won the battle with Internet search leader Google to garner a share in Facebook, and will sell banner advertisements on the upcoming global versions of Facebook.
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Bill Gates to Focus on Search
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:30 am on May 9, 2007 (utc 0)
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates spoke yesterday at Microsoft's eighth annual Strategic Account Summit in Seattle, Washington, and spoke about what the future may hold in store for web and search technology.
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MSN Yahoo? Microsoft May Purchase Yahoo
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:12 am on May 4, 2007 (utc 0)
Today the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that Microsoft may be close to purchasing Yahoo. No official comments have been issued regarding the matter from either company. Were the two companies to combine, the new Internet giant could hold a much larger on-line audience. Even with their combined customer base the company, perhaps to be known as MSN Yahoo, would not come close to surpassing Google in the important search and on-line advertising markets.
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