24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today is the Financial Analyst Meeting for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). This will run from 11:30 AM EST to 6:55 PM EST and it is open to the public.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
A Blog For All (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bill Gates and NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg have decided to spend $500 million of their money on a worldwide anti-smoking campaign. They're rich enough and certainly can spend their money any way they want. However, if they wanted bang for their buck, they could have spent that $500 million and improved the lives of hundreds of millions of people by using that money to eradicate malaria, rather than
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: My colleague Mark Veverka is in Redmond Thursday for the Microsoft (MSFT) Financial Analysts’ Day; he finds that many of the analysts attending the meeting have doubts about the company’s online strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer attempted to address their concerns in his morning talk. Here’s Mark’s dispatch on what transpired: Complete Story »
The Beanster™ Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tech Loving, Trance Listening, Cigarette Smoking, Dimsum Eating, Coffee Drinking... Jedi in Training
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
This week I switched to Live Search after listening to Steve Ballmer's keynote speech at MGX FY09. I've used live search in the past, but have been disappointed with the results. So I've been using Google Search for the past few years. I tried Live search this Monday, and I have to say, it's as good as the Google search, and I'm finding what I'm looking for. Try it yourself and see. Be sure to check...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
As you may remember, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) made a solid $240 million investment in social network juggernaut, Facebook.com. Out of the deal, Microsoft gained 1.7% ownership and exclusive advertising rights to the social network. Microsoft SVP, Satya Nadella announced that the company will be expanding their partnership with Facebook in the form of search. “As [...]
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | yesterday
After last night's surprise news , this becomes a lot more interesting: Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) is hosting a day-long analyst event today, kicking off with Steve Ballmer at 11:40 (ET). Suffice to say, they'll have plenty to talk about. You can catch the live webcast and a schedule here , and we'll be updating with any major news. One other note: If you're at work and can't listen, you can keep refreshing...
The Blade (Free subscription) | yesterday
It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we may see more employees leaving the Redmond software company as the head of Windows tries to regain its...
NOTCOT.ORG (Free subscription) | yesterday
White Dwarf Stars: Like a Diamond in the Sky - "Bill Gates and Donald Trump together couldn't begin to afford it."
MacDailyNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer says he plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fix...
mostly common sense blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world's billionaires are at it again. Nothing can stop the knights in shining armor from protecting the innocent and needy. Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg teamed up to spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. Once again the wealthiest citizens are going out on a limb to save us all. Or maybe they would like to tell us how to live? There is plenty of irony...
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kevin Johnson, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) President, Platforms & Services Division has stepped down to work for Juniper Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR). Johnson led Microsoft’s bid for the acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). Johnson joined Microsoft in 1992 and reported directly to CEO, Steve Ballmer. As Johnson walks away from the company, the Platforms and Services dvision [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they will spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking.
MSDN France (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Microsoft’s “Bringing Comic-Con Home” offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Comic-Con show floor through exclusive content on Xbox LIVE, Xbox.com, MSN and Zune Marketplace.
MSDN France (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Xbox 360 creates marketplace for user-generated content with Xbox LIVE Community Games.
