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America Online to sell over 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.56 bn
09 Apr 2012
Following the sale, New York-based AOL will continue to hold a significant patent portfolio of over 300 patents and patent applications spanning core and strategic technologies
Cloud Computing to create 2 mn jobs in India; 14 mn globally:Microsoft-IDC study
06 Mar 2012
According to the study, the revenues from cloud could reach $1.1 trillion a year by 2015 from $400 billion in 2011
Microsoft online store in India hacked
13 Feb 2012
Apple's value beats sum of Google + Microsoft, overtakes ExxonMobil
13 Feb 2012
Apple Inc last week became the world’s most valuable company, toppling oil giant Exxon Mobil, and a higher market cap than rivals Google and Microsoft combined
Jobs kept Bill Gates’ letter close by his bed
31 Jan 2012
Steve Ballmer talks Kinect at Microsoft’s last CES show
11 Jan 2012
Microsoft Kinect allows viewers to control what was happening on the screen with the motion of their arms and legs
Microsoft signs confidentiality agreement with Yahoo
24 Nov 2011
Microsoft provides its Bing search engine technology to Yahoo and also has an advertising alliance with it, both of which might be endangered if an IT or internet major were to acquire Yahoo
Microsoft acquires video search engine VideoSurf
23 Nov 2011
Bill Gates tells federal jury Novell's WordPerfect would have crashed PCs
22 Nov 2011
Bill Gates was the opening defence witness for his company, which is facing a $1 billion anti-trust lawsuit filed by Novell Inc, the Utah-based former owner of WordPerfect
Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL join hands to share ad space
09 Nov 2011
Yahoo Inc, Microsoft Corp and AOL Inc have announced a partnership to pool unsold display ad space in a bid to combat the online advertising dominance of Google Inc and Facebook
Duqu exploited at least one zero-day vulnerability: Researchers
02 Nov 2011
Apart from remaining vigilant, there are no known ways at present for users to follow to prevent a Duqu attack .
Nokia launches Windows-based smartphone Lumia
28 Oct 2011
Analysts say, the move marks the company’s intent to fight its way against rival Apple's iPhone and others using Google's Android's operating system
Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7.5 version for India
12 Oct 2011
Microsoft India today launched a more user-friendly version of its Windows Phone OS — Windows Phone 7.5 — also referred to as Mango
European Commission approves Microsoft's $8.5-bn acquisition of Skype
10 Oct 2011
Rremoving the last hurdle for Microsoft's biggest-ever acquisition, the European Commission has approved Microsoft's $8.5-billion acquisition of Skype
Microsoft opens new R&D facility in Bangalore
26 Jul 2011
Facebook to hook up with Skype: Reports
05 Jul 2011
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