Article: Microsoft Xbox 360 Seen As Positive Stock Driver

Article: Microsoft Says It's Willing To License All its IP.
Client Server News;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft's chief counsel Brad Smith got on the blower Wednesday morning and basically threw all of Microsoft's IP, 100%, he said, of its patents, trademarks, trade...reasonable terms like a Macy's Bargain Basement sale. Microsoft has, Smith noted, 4,000-odd patents and 5,400 in the...

Article: Microsoft Says It's Willing To License All its IP.(Column)
Linux Gram;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft's chief counsel Brad Smith got on the blower Wednesday morning and basically threw all of Microsoft's IP, 100%, he said, of its patents, trademarks, trade...reasonable terms like a Macy's Bargain Basement sale. Microsoft has, Smith noted, 4,000-odd patents and 5,400 in the...

Article: Microsoft makes waves.(Web Exclusive)(software company no longer to issue stock options)
U.S. News & World Report;  July 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft made a stunning announcement yesterday: Starting in...Stock options made millionaires out of thousands of Microsofties around the Seattle area throughout the 1990s and became...options? The move could have serious implications for Microsoft and its competitors on several fronts. Here are five...

Article: Microsoft Seeks Stay of EC Order.
The Online Reporter;  October 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft appeared in the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg...the two-day hearing dealt with the IP-sharing order. Microsoft figured it acquitted itself well. The EC's lawyer appeared to drop the ball and Microsoft's rivals backstopping him like Novell had to go and find...

Article: Microsoft's push to link cable TV up with the Net
The Independent - London;  November 7, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft, Bill Gates' software giant, is hoping to take centre- stage as the Internet...converge by linking up with leading US cable companies. Cathy Newman asks what Microsoft stands to gain, and what cable companies have to lose. In recent weeks, Microsoft has reportedly been talking with all the big US ...

Article: Wannabe Friends Parry for Court's Attention.(Microsoft antitrust case)(Company Business and Marketing)
Client Server News;  November 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft's lawyers are bucking those amici curiae briefs that...the Digital Age (ProComp) want to file in the appeal. Microsoft's latest filing with the Court of Appeals Monday, three...primary beneficiaries of the extreme relief awarded against Microsoft in the district court, the Microsoft legal ...

Article: Microsoft calls the EC a dirty name.
ePostal News;  March 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft promised the European Commission that things would get...largest software company. The pair has traded blows again. Microsoft accused the EC of being biased, colluding with its enemies...they won't small fines. The EC has threatened to fine Microsoft $2.4 million a day going back to mid-December ...

Article: Microsoft calls the EC a dirty name.(European Union. European Commission threatened to fine Microsoft Corp.)
Client Server News;  March 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft promised the European Commission that things would get...software company. Thursday the pair traded blows again. Microsoft accused the EC of being biased, colluding with its enemies...they won't small fines. The EC has threatened to fine Microsoft $2.4 million a day going back to mid-December if ...

Article: Microsoft Defies PC Downturn.(Company Financial Information)
Client Server News;  April 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft made a silk purse out of a sow's ear in the March quarter...by analysts estimates despite a horrid PC market that Microsoft execs think won't get better any time soon, but may have...saved the quarter. By the time everything was toted up, Microsoft said, Win2K Pro revenues were up 40% and Win2K ...

Article: Microsoft makes nice in D.C.: the software giant tackles TV issues--gently.
Broadcasting & Cable;  December 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft Corp. tore through Washington's lobbying scene like a...policymakers are fighting over two issues critical to Microsoft's future in the business: copy-protection for video content and standards for cable Internet telephone service. Microsoft has a big incentive to make sure the growth of the ...

Article: VMware Goes on Attack against Microsoft.
Linux Gram;  March 5, 2007 ;     590 words ...Microsoft's virtualization restrictions have ticked off VMware, which committed its...white paper. Others might call it the prelude to a lawsuit. It claims that Microsoft is forcing its specifications and proprietary APIs on the industry. It says Microsoft doesn't have virtual desktop mojo like VMware's ...

Article: No Deal! Microsoft-Yahoo Talks Collapse Again.
Client Server News;  June 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft Leaves the Door Ajar - Is It Over? Is It Really Over? Hmmm Talks between Yahoo and Microsoft have failed for the second time. Yahoo said Thursday afternoon that Microsoft has refused to buy Yahoo for $33 a share, the price Microsoft offered May 3 and...

Article: Microsoft Seeks Hearing, Expands List of Witnesses
The Washington Post;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Microsoft Corp. yesterday denounced the government breakup plan...no intention of holding another hearing and now that Microsoft has filed its official response to the breakup plan...happen to restore competition to the software industry. Microsoft promises a vigorous appeal. In its filing, ...

Article: Microsoft takes final swing at breakup proposal.(Company Business and Marketing)
Network World;  June 5, 2000 ;     668 words ...Microsoft Wednesday afternoon issued its final response to the...case as soon as Thursday this week. In its court filing, Microsoft repeated its criticism that the government's proposal...clarifies parts of the government's breakup proposal, which Microsoft said are ambiguous and vague. The filing also ...