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Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:08:50 GMT

(AP) - Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation is seen during a speech at the Cannes Lions 2009, 56th International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is a major world meeting place for professionals in the communications industry.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:08:13 GMT

Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:07:59 GMT

Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:03:22 GMT

(AP) - Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation is seen during a speech at the Cannes Lions 2009, 56th International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is a major meeting place for professionals in the communications industry.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:16 GMT

(AP) - Steve Ballmer of USA, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation is seen during a speech at the Cannes Lions 2009, 56th International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, June 24, 2009. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is a major meeting place for professionals in the communications industry. (AP Photo / Lionel Cironneau)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:53:39 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Chigi Palace premier office, in Rome, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace)

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:53:19 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, left, shakes hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Chigi Palace Premier office, in Rome, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Sandro Pace)

FILE - In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Commerce Secretary ...

(AP) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:23:19 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this June 10, 2009 file photo, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Starting Monday, June 15, 2009, the National Summit's agenda is to draft plans to boost U.S. manufacturing, energy, technology and environmental efforts. Participants are to include dozens of executives from corporations such as Microsoft Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., Dow Chemical Co., General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., as well as U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with ...

(AP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:48:26 GMT

(AP) - Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with tradition by wearing an open neck shirt, after being made an honorary Doctor of Law, during a ceremony at Cambridge University, in Cambridge, England, Friday June 12, 2009. Gates, who nine years ago with his wife Melinda, set up a scholarship programme and gave the university more than 100 million pounds (US$ 165.5 million: euro 117 million) to enable outstanding foreign graduates to study at Cambridge, was awarded the honorary degree for his work as a philanthropist and businessman.(AP Photo/Chris Radburn-pa)

Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with ...

(AP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:45:57 GMT

(AP) - Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with tradition by wearing an open neck shirt, as he poses with his wife Melinda, at Cambridge University, after they were both made honorary Doctors of Law, during a ceremony at the University, in Cambridge, England, Friday June 12, 2009. The couple, nine years ago set up a scholarship programme, and gave the university more than 100 million pounds (US$ 165.5 million: euro 117 million) to enable outstanding foreign graduates to study at Cambridge.(AP Photo/Chris Radburn-pa)

Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with ...

(AP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:17:23 GMT

(AP) - Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with tradition by wearing an open neck shirt, as he walks in a procession at the Senate House at Cambridge University, before being made an honorary Doctor of Law, during a ceremony at the University, in Cambridge, England, Friday June 12, 2009. Gates, who nine years ago with his wife Melinda, set up a scholarship programme and gave the university more than 100 million pounds (US$ 165.5 million: euro 117 million) to enable outstanding foreign graduates to study at Cambridge, was awarded the honorary degree for his work as a philanthropist and businessman.(AP Photo/Chris Radburn-pa)

Bill Gates, founder of The Microsoft Corporation, breaks with ...

(AP) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:15:19 GMT

A hostess presents a netbook with the new Windows 7 version ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:59:14 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A hostess presents a netbook with the new Windows 7 version at the CeBIT high-tech fair Hanover, central Germany in March. Microsoft said regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)

A Microsoft staff member explains the latest Windows 7 operating ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:59:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Microsoft staff member explains the latest Windows 7 operating system during the Computex fair in Taipei June 2. Microsoft said regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

A placard for Microsoft's Windows 7 system at the Computex ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:59:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - A placard for Microsoft's Windows 7 system at the Computex 2009 trade fair in Taipei June 2. Microsoft said that regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

A placard of the Microsoft's Windows 7 stands on display ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:38:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - A placard of the Microsoft's Windows 7 stands on display at the Computex 2009 trade fair in Taipei on June 2, 2009. Microsoft on Thursday said that regulatory wrangling has prompted it to strip Internet Explorer Web browsers from copies of its Windows 7 operating system to be sold in Europe.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

A panel of representatives, from left, chair Jamie Drummond, ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:42:52 GMT

(AP) - A panel of representatives, from left, chair Jamie Drummond, ONE's Executive Director, campaigner Bob Geldof, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Arunma Oteh, from the African Development Bank, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Dr Francoise Ndayishimiye, from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, are seen at the start of a news conference held by the anti-poverty group ONE on the progress the G8 nations have made fighting poverty in Africa, in central London, Thursday June 11, 2009. Italy has failed to meet its commitments to reduce poverty in Africa and has lost credibility in its relationship with the region, a group backed by high-profile campaigners Bono and Bob Geldof warned Thursday. Anti-poverty group ONE, founded by singer and activist Bono, warned that Italy faces being embarrassed at the Group of Eight summit it will host next month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is seen as part of a panel of representatives ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:08:20 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates is seen as part of a panel of representatives during a news conference held by the anti-poverty group ONE on the progress the G8 nations have made fighting poverty in Africa, in central London, Thursday June 11, 2009. Italy has failed to meet its commitments to reduce poverty in Africa and has lost credibility in its relationship with the region, a group backed by high-profile campaigners Bono and Bob Geldof warned Thursday. Anti-poverty group ONE, founded by singer and activist Bono, warned that Italy faces being embarrassed at the Group of Eight summit it will host next month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is seen as part of a panel of representatives ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:07:42 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates is seen as part of a panel of representatives during a news conference held by the anti-poverty group ONE on the progress by the G8 nations in fighting poverty in Africa, in central London, Thursday June 11, 2009. Italy has failed to meet its commitments to reduce poverty in Africa and has lost credibility in its relationship with the region, a group backed by high-profile campaigners Bono and Bob Geldof warned Thursday. Anti-poverty group ONE, founded by singer and activist Bono, warned that Italy faces being embarrassed at the Group of Eight summit it will host next month. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Microsoft head Bill Gates in Seoul. A South Korean court ruled ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:21:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - Microsoft head Bill Gates in Seoul. A South Korean court ruled US software giant Microsoft breached fair competition rules but dismissed suits seeking compensation.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

Dominick Letourneau of the U.S. Coast Guard plays Rock Band ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:24:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Dominick Letourneau of the U.S. Coast Guard plays Rock Band over the internet via Microsoft Xbox Live with U.S. troops at the USO Center in Qatar while also video conferencing with them via skype at the Pro vs. GI Joe booth as fellow Coast Guard members watch during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles, June 3, 2009. The convention runs June 2-4. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES BUSINESS MILITARY)

A man demonstrates how to play Activision's game Tony Hawk: ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:24:02 GMT

(Reuters) - A man demonstrates how to play Activision's game Tony Hawk: Ride on on a Microsoft Xbox 360 using a motion sensing skateboard-like device during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles, June 3, 2009. The convention runs June 2-4. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)

In this product image released by Microsoft, a Project Natal ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:31:12 GMT

(AP) - In this product image released by Microsoft, a Project Natal sensor for the XBOX 360 is shown. The sensor tracks a player's full body movement while responding to commands, directions and a shift of emotion in voice without the need for a controller. (AP Photo/Microsoft)

Don Mattrick, SVP Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:58:37 GMT

(AP) - Don Mattrick, SVP Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at the Xbox booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, June 2, 2009. (Evans Ward /AP Images for Xbox)

Don Mattrick, SVP Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:58:26 GMT

(AP) - Don Mattrick, SVP Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, and Steven Spielberg at the Xbox booth at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, June 2, 2009. (Evans Ward /AP Images for Xbox)

The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, 2nd left, meets ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:27:25 GMT

(AP) - The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, 2nd left, meets Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates, right, at a conference about international poverty, and how the financial crises hits the poorest people in the world, Wednesday June 3, 2009 at the opera House in Oslo. To the left, Prime Minister Stoltenbergs wife, Ingrid Schulerud. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Heiko Junge)

Microsoft Corp. commemorated the launch of its new search engine, ...

(AP) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:16:04 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft Corp. commemorated the launch of its new search engine, Bing, with a spectacular nightime light show at the Seattle Space Needle, June 2, 2009. A search light beam rose from the Pacific Science Center as a symbol of the new �decision engine.' (AP Photo/Robert Sorbo - Microsoft Corp.)