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Computing: Here are your minimum specs for holiday desktops

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:09:26 GMT

As the holiday shopping season looms, those looking for new PCs face a bounty. There are a slew of shiny new systems on store shelves and e-commerce sites, largely thanks to Microsoft's recent release of Windows 7.
Source: Houston Chronicle

Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:08:02 GMT

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
Source: International Business Times

Microsoft and News Corp. discuss Google removal: FT

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:03:34 GMT

Microsoft Corp. held talks with News Corp. about paying the Wall Street Journal publisher to remove reports from Google Inc.'s search engine, the Financial Times reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Source: China Post

Canada:Visual 2000 releases Visual PLM.net Version 3.12

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:38:14 GMT

Visual 2000 International announced the latest release of its award-winning Visual PLM.net version 3.12, one month ahead of schedule, to coincide with the FIT Tech conference.
Source: Fibre2Fashion.com

MS, News Corp weigh web pact

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:21:30 GMT

New York, Nov. 23: Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google, a source familiar with the matter said.
Source: Asian Age

Appeals court denies Microsoft’s Alcatel petition

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:19:44 GMT

Microsoft, which infringed an Alcatel-Lucent patent, according to a lower court jury last year, asked the appeals court to hear its argument that a patent could be held invalid if evidence is presented in a court case that was not available at the time...
Source: Times Live South Africa

Quoted in 'Amazon and Wal-Mart Don’t Want to Share the Web'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:19:23 GMT

said in Slate:

Microsoft has been in early discussions with the News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, about a pact to pay the News Corporation to remove links to its news content from Google’s search engine and display them exclusively on Bing, from Microsoft, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke anonymously because of the confidential negotiations.

Amazon and Wal-Mart Don’t Want to Share the Web

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:19:23 GMT

A front-page story in today's New York Times details the swelling rivalry between Amazon (AMZN) and Wal-Mart (WMT). This may seem odd because, in reality, the retailers are fundamentally different.
Source: Slate

News Corp.'s Talks with Microsoft: A Flawed Deal?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:17:08 GMT

Even an alliance with the mighty Microsoft may not help Rupert Murdoch's media empire loosen Google's grip on the news.
Source: Business Week

Quoted in 'Sources: Microsoft, News Corp. in talks on search exclusivity'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:14:09 GMT

said in Austin American-Statesman:

The implication is that Microsoft would somehow compensate News Corp. for that, but there's a meaningful number of page views that come to these publications from Google's search results.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:45:00 GMT

MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer addresses the media during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany.

Photo from Getty Images

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:40:23 GMT

MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer looks on during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.

Wallstrip - Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:07:02 GMT