The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game
As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
Google is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its Internet-leading search engine.
The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.
Technology writer Josh Quittner explains why comedian Jerry Seinfeld is the perfect person to promote the computer and software company's beleaguered Vista operating system
Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed -- at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software.
Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall advertising campaign for Microsoft
The comic will debut Sept. 4 in ads meant to compete with Apple's popular Mac Guy
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing.
The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game
As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
Google is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its Internet-leading search engine.
The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace.
Technology writer Josh Quittner explains why comedian Jerry Seinfeld is the perfect person to promote the computer and software company's beleaguered Vista operating system
Junior Mints, Yoo-hoo, Drake's Coffee Cakes, puffy shirts: These are all things Jerry Seinfeld has endorsed -- at least in his alter ego on his classic sitcom. Now, add Microsoft software.
Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million fall advertising campaign for Microsoft
The comic will debut Sept. 4 in ads meant to compete with Apple's popular Mac Guy
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing.
Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of memories is still reminiscent of tedious living room slideshows -- and perhaps now worse
Could faster chips translate into slower computers? That's the sales-threatening prospect furrowing brows in every corner of the PC business, from industry titans such as Intel, Microsoft, and Apple to major centers of academe.
Veteran Microsoft Corp. executive Kevin Johnson, who headed the software giant's online business and played a key role in the bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company, Microsoft announced Wednesday.
Shares of Microsoft Corp. dropped more than 6% in after-hours trading after the software giant posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street's estimates as it forecast lower-than-expected revenue for the following quarter.
Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive
Microsoft is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.
Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another deal
In the end, Microsoft is almost surely going to end up owning Yahoo's search business. That's the only conclusion I can come up with, having spent months talking to Microsoft's senior leadership for a recent story on the company. And even what does seem like erratic behavior on the part of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer et al points toward that inevitable conclusion.
It was too weird to be true. In late 2006, a series of videos appeared on YouTube about a Willow Springs, Ill., resident named Kyle Bone who'd created a successful product called "the anti-shirt" - a shirt that exposed the area of one's torso that a normal tee shirt would cover and revealed the area that would otherwise be exposed. In short, said Bone, it cured the age-old problem of "farmer's tan."
Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday
Microsoft is pushing hard to stop Google from teaming up with Yahoo now that the software giant has given up on acquiring the tarnished Internet portal. But antitrust lawyers and technology analysts outside the case don't think Ballmer & Co. has much of a prayer at stopping the deal from going through.
Fewer college students are pursuing computer-related degrees at a time when demand is increasing and thousands of baby boomers are retiring from technical jobs
The Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 offers vastly superior performance and a much improved design compared with last year's LifeCam NX-3000 model.
Stock futures edged narrowly higher Thursday, as investors awaited the latest look at oil and fuel supplies and weighed mixed reports from two major retailers.
Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse
Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable
Stock futures fell early Tuesday, ahead of an inflation reading and a slew of earnings from retailers.
Yahoo shares climbed slightly as Microsoft showed interest in a possible deal for the Internet giant's search advertising business.
Think the software giant is Yahoo's white knight? Think again. Josh Quittner argues that Microsoft doesn't need Yahoo for domination - it needs it for survival
Stock futures drifted early Monday as investors weighed a new forecast of further weakness in the U.S. economy along with Microsoft's new approach to Yahoo.
U.S. stock futures edged lower early Monday as investors eyed a light economic calendar and focused their attention on Microsoft's new approach to Yahoo.
Microsoft Corp. said Sunday it is talking to Yahoo Inc. about a transaction that doesn't involve a full buyout
Microsoft Corp. has signed a worldwide deal with automakers Hyundai and Kia to use its in-car software that allows people to use voice commands to control personal music players and telephones
U.S. stock futures wavered early Tuesday as recent optimism about the economy was offset by record high crude prices.
Microsoft thought that by proposing loudly in public it could get Yahoo to agree to a marriage offer it had spurned in private.
Yahoo Inc. shares fell as much as 20% early Monday after Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $47.5 billion offer to purchase the tarnished Internet portal.
Microsoft showed its hand with the Yahoo bid and then folded. Now the software giant has to prove that in its gambit against Google there are some other cards to play.
The following is the text of a letter posted on Microsoft's website May 3, announcing it is withdrawing its bid for Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft Corp. may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo Inc., according to a published report
Microsoft will report on its $44.6 billion attempt to take over Yahoo "in a very short order," CEO Steve Ballmer said during a scheduled town hall meeting with employees Thursday, according to a transcript obtained by a financial blog.
One thing Microsoft isn't good at creating is buzz - that's Apple expertise. But if there's anything that set the crowd talking this week at Web 2.0 Expo, one of the year's largest gatherings, it was the software giant's upcoming Live Mesh service.
Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced its fiscal third-quarter earnings Thursday, posting a quarterly profit that beat expectations thanks to strong sales of server software and Xbox 360 game consoles.
Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo
Yahoo Inc. delivered first-quarter results that eclipsed analysts' modest expectations, but the performance did little to support the Internet pioneer's demands for software maker Microsoft Corp. to raise its takeover bid above $45 billion
Internet search giant Yahoo Inc. announced first-quarter sales and profits Tuesday that topped analysts' estimates but it remains unclear if that will be enough to force Microsoft to raise its takeover bid.
Microsoft Corp. has yet to convince Yahoo Inc. to agree to a friendly takeover, but the software company is already hiring lobbyists to help it convince regulators to let the deal go through
It's a Google world, and all the other players - Microsoft and Yahoo in particular - are just looking for way to stand tall in it.
Bill Miller could use a reality check.
Yahoo continued to reject Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited bid for the company Monday.
Markets were pointing higher as investors weigh reports of several major corporate deals in the works and awaited the start of earnings season.
Stock futures fluctuated early Friday after a key report on the U.S. labor market showed a bigger-than-expected job loss in March.
Yahoo is sending an audacious message to Microsoft: Show me more money.
When Jerry Yang answered the phone on a rainy Silicon Valley Thursday night in January and heard the hoarse voice of Microsoft's Steve Ballmer on the other end, it was simply the last in a string of disappointments the Yahoo co-founder has confronted over the past two years.
The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion for charging rivals too much for software information
Microsoft is at a critical moment in its history and is taking brilliant steps to remake itself. Thursday's announcement that it would open itself up to far greater interoperability with other types of software, including open source, is the latest big move. But the bigger step is its $44 billion bid for Yahoo.
Microsoft Corp. fired back at Yahoo on Monday, signaling that it wasn't backing down in its takeover attempt and calling Yahoo's decision to reject its $45 billion unsolicited bid "unfortunate."
Stocks rallied Monday, with tech, retail and commodity shares sparking a broader advance as investors set aside worries about AIG's financials and Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's proposed takeover.
Stocks were mixed at the start of trading Monday as investors responded to Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's takeover bid.
Yahoo Inc. has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate
Stocks slumped Monday, following last week's big rally, as investors mulled analyst downgrades of the financial sector and the continued threat of a recession.
A Microsoft-Yahoo ticket would significantly increase the Redmond, Wash.-based company's share of the online advertising you see on your PC. But it could also ramp up its presence on the smaller screen.
Stocks pulled back early Monday after last week's big rally, amid analyst downgrades of the financial sector and ongoing concerns about the strength of the economy.
U.S. stock futures were little changed Monday after the previous session's rally as investors waited to see how Microsoft efforts to buy Yahoo develop and looked ahead to a batch of economic reports due out this week.
Software giant Microsoft said Friday it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Internet search engine operator Yahoo! with a cash and stock bid worth $44.6 billion.
News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with skepticism by many CNN.com users on Friday.
Microsoft Corp. made an unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo on Friday, setting the stage for a deal that would shake up the competitive and lucrative market for online advertising.
Get ready for merger mania 2008!
What exactly is Microsoft trying to buy today? Well, last I checked, Yahoo operates a Web search engine and related Internet properties used by almost half a billion people around the world.
Stocks turned lower Friday morning, giving up early gains as concerns about the economy dampened enthusiasm over Microsoft's bid for Yahoo.
Software giant Microsoft said Friday it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Internet search engine operator Yahoo with a cash and stock bid worth $44.6 billion.
Stocks opened just a little higher Friday as investors tried to make sense of three major news stories: a drop in employment, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo and Exxon Mobil's record profit.
U.S. stock futures pared earlier gains Friday after the government announced a surprise decline in employment and payrolls.
Stocks tanked Friday, as investors abandoned ship after a two-session rally that followed a tough start to the new year.
Wall Street rose Friday morning, extending a two-day advance as investors welcomed Microsoft's earnings and outlook and continued to pick up stocks that were battered in the recent selloff.
U.S. stocks looked set for a third session of gains early Friday as bullish guidance from Microsoft helped allay fears about a weakening U.S. economy that had been hanging over markets.
I'm heading to Vegas for the 41st Annual International Consumer Electronics Show and I'm really excited, as it will be my first time covering the event. The geek in me can hardly wait, and I AM ECSTATIC! I board my flight, which is full, and realize I'm surrounded by many others who are just as ecstatic -- maybe even more so -- because by the time I find my seat, I'm surrounded by passengers who are talking (loudly), laughing (obnoxiously), joking (inappropriately) and drinking (period). I should also mention that it's 7 in the a.m. Yes, that's 7 A.M. -- not to be confused with the other 7 o'clock -- you know --the one that takes place during the time of day in which a rowdy plane full of revelers headed to Vegas seems a little more tolerable. I slap on an eye-mask and my Bose Noise-Cancellation headphones, and sit back for a LONG flight. Seven-and-a-half hours later (delayed on the runway for three) we FINALLY land in Vegas. Arriving at the hotel I have just enough
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it will offer to buy Norwegian enterprise search firm Fast Search & Transfer.
Software giant Microsoft unveiled some of its future technology at its fourth annual Innovation Day in Brussels on December 4.
The Internet will never be fast enough. While under ideal conditions a packet of data travels over the network at the speed of light, it turns out that's too slow to deal with the complexities of modern software.
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said Tuesday it fired Stuart Scott, its chief information officer.
On January 30th, Microsoft will drop a revamped Word that makes Kirstie Alley losing 70 pounds look like John Madden changing his tie. I have been testing this radically new Word for the last month or so. My verdict? Business users, get ready for #&!? frustration.
Business education, especially an MBA, is designed to prepare students for life in the corporate world, notably finance and consulting, correct? Well, not always.
MICROSOFT'S WIRELESS LASER DESKTOP 6000 features an ergonomic curved layout, which took some getting used to but did eventually make typing easier. The bundled mouse boasts an addictive InstantViewer function that let me see all the open windows on my desktop at once by clicking the scroll wheel. MSRP: $104.95
Big blue-chip companies like General Electric and Microsoft do many things well, but showing up on lists of the hottest brands is typically not one of them. Yet these two lumbering giants both made their way onto brand consultancy Landor Associates' annual Breakaway Brands ranking - a comprehensive survey that measures consumer sizzle over a three-year period.
Technology led a broader stock advance Friday, as Microsoft's upbeat earnings and Countrywide's optimistic outlook overshadowed any potential worries about a plunging dollar and surging oil and gold prices.
Stocks rallied Friday in a broad-based surge, as Microsoft's upbeat earnings and Countrywide's optimistic outlook trumped worries about a plunging dollar and surging oil and gold prices.
Stocks rallied Friday afternoon, bouncing back after two down days, after Microsoft's upbeat earnings and guidance and Countrywide's sanguine profit outlook helped distract investors from a plunging dollar and record oil prices.
Microsoft's upbeat earnings and guidance sparked a broad stock market rally Friday morning, following a two-session selloff sparked by worries about record oil prices.
The Nasdaq composite index soared more than 2 percent at Friday's open after Microsoft's earnings report, while Countrywide's rosy outlook helped lift the broader market.
Microsoft Corp. reported quarterly earnings Thursday that beat analysts estimates, citing robust demand for its Vista operating system as well as its top-selling new video game "Halo 3."
Software dinosaur Microsoft paid millions for a tiny piece of trendy internet property Facebook. But the company needs something to make it hot again
Stocks struggled midday Thursday as a string of lackluster earnings reports and downbeat news in the manufacturing sector dampened any bounce from a housing report that some said could have been much worse.
Stocks opened lower Thursday, as a deal involving Microsoft and Facebook couldn't offset some downbeat economic news and generally lackluster earnings.
U.S. stocks were flat at the start of trading Thursday as investors were cautious ahead of the new home sales report and, after the close, Microsoft's earnings.
With its $240 million equity investment announced Wednesday, along with a commitment to expand its pre-existing relationship as exclusive third-party representative for advertising on Facebook, Microsoft has cemented its connection to the company Silicon Valley is obsessed with.
U.S. stocks futures were slightly higher early Thursday as continued concerns about the economy and a continued run-up in oil prices were balanced by details of a much-anticipated deal between Microsoft and Facebook.
Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that it is investing $240 million for a minority 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, a price that values the social networking site at $15 billion.
Microsoft's is stepping up its quixotic, seven-year quest to become as ubiquitous on mobile phones as it is on desktops.
In designing its new Sidewinder Gaming Mouse, we imagine Microsoft's product designers going over the features of the Logitech G5 and the Razer DeathAdder and asking "what else can we cram in there?" For a suggested price of $80, the Sidewinder delivers all of the complexity hardcore gamers demand in their mice, plus it goes a few steps farther.
Competition in the online office software market is heating up as Google and Microsoft go head to head and a host of startups seek space on the virtual desktop.
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