Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2087 technology Microsoft en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2087 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternetmicrosoftgoogleyahoo afp/20091106/usitinternetmicrosoftgoogleyahoo AFP technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternetmicrosoftgoogleyahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257549814241-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=eTGnCU7Lv3cvhvDdvxKjbQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternetmicrosoftgoogleyahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257549814241-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=eTGnCU7Lv3cvhvDdvxKjbQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/windows7puttingearlysalesfiguresinperspective pcworld/20091106/windows7puttingearlysalesfiguresinperspective PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:07:00 GMT PC World - Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and lower PC hardware sales figures related to Windows 7 hint at issues, but those figures have to be put in perspective. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wr_nm/us_france_apple_louvre nm/20091106/us_france_apple_louvre Reuters technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:42:05 GMT Reuters - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/microsoftbattlesoninmobilesearchandthecloud pcworld/20091106/microsoftbattlesoninmobilesearchandthecloud PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:44 GMT PC World - As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet pcworld/20091106/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:41 GMT PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/microsoftseekstoleveragemidmarketerp pcworld/20091106/microsoftseekstoleveragemidmarketerp PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:31 GMT PC World - Microsoft can't boast the ERP (enterprise resource planning) application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological capabilities, but its tight focus on small and medium-sized businesses gives it an edge, according to observers and company officials.. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/bs_nf/69910 nf/20091106/69910 NewsFactor business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:59:02 GMT NewsFactor - Score one for Windows 7. The initial sales of the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system surpassed Vista's performance during its first few days on the U.S. market, according to the NPD Group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft afp/20091106/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257471590178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LR42Io1wFjGHV4W3wv87GA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/usitcompanycomputersoftwareinternetmicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257471590178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LR42Io1wFjGHV4W3wv87GA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/worldtechupdatenov52009 pcworld/20091105/worldtechupdatenov52009 PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:23 GMT PC World - In this week's World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola's Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/areheavydiscountsbehindwindow7ssuccess pcworld/20091105/areheavydiscountsbehindwindow7ssuccess PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:34:00 GMT PC World - The early sales numbers for Windows 7 are indeed impressive. According to market researcher NPD Group, U.S. sales of Windows 7 boxed software were a whopping 234 percent higher than Vista's first several days of sales. And as my colleague Brennon Slattery pointed out earlier today, a mixture of media hype and mostly upbeat Windows 7 reviews are working in Microsoft's favor. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/bs_nf/69905 nf/20091105/69905 NewsFactor business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:45 GMT NewsFactor - Software giant Microsoft said Thursday it will cut 800 positions worldwide. The latest round is part of Microsoft's previously announced move to eliminate 5,000 jobs or five percent of its workforce. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo nm/20091105/us_microsoft_yahoo Reuters technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company's search engine partnership with Yahoo would not be limited to the U.S. but would be introduced around the world, once it gets regulatory approval.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/wr_nm/us_microsoft_yahoo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r2738799097.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=j.VYBYInpy4wiVWPkwItIQ--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Yahoo! sign is seen in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft afp/20091105/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft AFP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257432072494-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=nwcafd79G2le.AqTwT3_lA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The US packaged software powerhouse on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Packaged software powerhouse Microsoft on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwaremicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257432072494-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=nwcafd79G2le.AqTwT3_lA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The US packaged software powerhouse on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftrivalstradegroupswantbrowserofferchanged pcworld/20091105/microsoftrivalstradegroupswantbrowserofferchanged PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:23 GMT PC World - Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/windows7thenumbersareinandtheyrelookinggood pcworld/20091105/windows7thenumbersareinandtheyrelookinggood PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:00 GMT PC World - In its first week of sales, Windows 7 has already surpassed Vista. Looks like the hype and impressive reviews of Windows 7 are paying off. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftcourierafeaturebreakdown pcworld/20091105/microsoftcourierafeaturebreakdown PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT PC World - More details have emerged about Microsoft Courier, Redmond's rumored tablet project. Gadget blog Gizmodo has uncovered a set of illustrations that make it clearer how you would operate the device, and what its mains functions would be. On paper, Courier looks like it would be an innovative device, with some killer features. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091105/tc_zd/245759 zd/20091105/245759 PC Magazine technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:35:10 GMT PC Magazine - Microsoft managed to move more standalone Windows 7 software units in its first week of sales than it did with Vista, but Windows 7-based PC sales were not as high as they were with Vista, according to Thursday data from the NPD Group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft ap/20091105/as_japan_microsoft AP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:08:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.96f66204be9c4f04a217f4e6d28f60f5.japan_microsoft_tok105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Kp_rgerNQyr9cyKh.LiAA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer said sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been 'fantastic' in Japan since its launch last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_microsoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.96f66204be9c4f04a217f4e6d28f60f5.japan_microsoft_tok105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Kp_rgerNQyr9cyKh.LiAA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer said sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been 'fantastic' in Japan since its launch last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftdoublesdownonlinkswithjapaneseacademia pcworld/20091105/microsoftdoublesdownonlinkswithjapaneseacademia PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:12 GMT PC World - Microsoft is looking to expand ties with Japanese universities and has unveiled a multi-million dollar long-term plan to deepen its research roots in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/microsoft/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus pcworld/20091105/microsoftyahoopartnershipcouldreachbeyondtheus PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:40:12 GMT PC World - Microsoft's deal with Yahoo under which the software maker's new Bing search engine will be used to power Yahoo searches and Yahoo will sell premium advertising for both companies could be expanded overseas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.