Microsoft

Report: Google Now Owns Nearly Half of the Online Advertising Market

Media
 December 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

ZenithOptimedia says search giant controlled 44.1% of the market in 2010, up from 41.9% in 2009

  

Microsoft Looking at Yahoo's Books Pre-Bid (Report)

Media
 November 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The tech company has signed a confidentiality argument as the portal continues to weigh a sale

  

Google Joins List of Yahoo Suitors (Report)

Media
 October 22, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Wall Street Journal reports the search titan may finance a purchase of the depreciating Internet pioneer

  

Microsoft Weighing New Yahoo Bid (Report)

Media
 October 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The company joins a list of rumored bidders that includes Peter Chernin and Silver Lake

  

Hulu Meets Bidders: Google, Yahoo, Other New Media

Media
 July 5, 2011 By Sharon Waxman & Brent Lang 1 year ago

Streaming service will give potential owners a look at its books

  

Google Kicks Hulu's Tires

Media
 July 1, 2011 By Diane Garrett 1 year ago

Tech giant among those meeting with Hulu to explore a potential sale, L.A. Times reports

  

What You Need to Know About Cloud Technology

Media | Movies
 June 26, 2011 By Jake Weinraub 1 year ago

A guide to those digital storage and streaming services that everyone's talking about

  

Skype Deal: A Way to Keep Microsoft Products Relevant?

Media
 May 11, 2011 By Michael Stroud 2 years ago

Skype already drives users to Outlook contacts or emails

  

Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion

Media
 May 10, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Internet and video phone service had 170 million users last year; company will use Skype across suite of products, including Xbox

  

Ad Agencies Drooling Over Microsoft's $1B Media Business

Media
 January 7, 2011 By San Francisco Chronicle 2 years ago

Company is considering dropping Universal McCann, according to AdAge

  

Microsoft Endows Gaming Initiative at USC

Media
 October 19, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

New initiative includes an endowed professorship and support for the school's gaming lab

  

Brand News: MSNBC Mulling Name Change for its Website

Media
 October 6, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Report: Executives fear visitors confusing straightforward news of MSNBC.com with cable channel's lefty hosts

  

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Sues Apple, AOL, Google, Facebook, Others

Media
 August 27, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Lawsuit alleges Yahoo, eBay, YouTube, Office Depot infringed on Web search patents

  

The New Villains of New Media: Apple, Google & Facebook

Media
 August 18, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Privacy debates, net neutrality issues and iPhone technical difficulties expose the dark side of the tech giants

  

Look Out Google - Microsoft Launches Bing Entertainment

Media | Movies
 June 23, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 2 years ago

New section envisioned as a comprehensive destination site for movies, music, gaming and TV

  

Apple Passes Microsoft's Market Cap for the First Time

Media
 May 26, 2010 By the Los Angeles Times 3 years ago

Apple closed Wednesday with a market cap of $222.6B compared with Microsoft's $219.4B

  

Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Cleared

Media
 February 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

DOJ, European Commission approve pact, but will it even sniff Google?

  

Slamdance, Microsoft Team Up for VOD

Movies
 January 22, 2010 By Brent Lang 3 years ago

Festival films will be available on Zune and Xbox platforms

  

Microsoft Drops Idea of Paying Publishers to Leave Google

Media
 December 4, 2009 By the Financial Times 3 years ago

Bing owner dismisses talk of cash-for-search exclusivity

  

Microsoft, News Corp. in Talks to Pull Content From Google

Media | Newspapers
 November 22, 2009 By the Financial Times 3 years ago

Discussions are reportedly in early stages, but could represent a ray of hope for the ailing newspaper industry.

  

Microsoft Lays Off 800

Deal Central
 November 5, 2009 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Latest flurry of pink slips are part of effort to cut 5,000 jobs.

  

Microsoft Pulls Out of 'Family Guy' Special

Television
 October 26, 2009 By Josef Adalian 3 years ago

Software giant claims it had no idea the Fox hit featured tasteless humor. Will the show still go on?

  

PS3 Leapfrogs Rivals as Beatles Best 'Guitar Hero'

Deal Central
 October 21, 2009 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Price cut pushes Sony game machine past Xbox 360, Wii.

  

Digital Hollywood: 'Family Guy' and Windows 7 Is the Future

Media
 October 20, 2009 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

“These days, the message is more important than the medium,” said Microsoft's Vince Messina

  

Giggity Gigabites! 'Family Guy' Shilling for Windows 7

Television
 October 13, 2009 By Josef Adalian 3 years ago

Seth MacFarlane to star in infomercial/variety show designed to hype new OS.

  

Microsoft Cuts Price of Xbox 360

Media
 August 28, 2009 By Lew Harris 3 years ago

Lowers price of Xbox 360 $100 starting Friday.

  
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