This is the Microsoft I want to see
venturebeat.com 3/2/2009 — People sometimes ask me why I dislike Microsoft. The answer is simple: I don’t — I’ve just been disappointed with much of what it has done in the past decade. This disappointment stems from the 1990s, when I was a big fan of many Microsoft ...

Microsoft Courts Students at MIX
eweek.com 3/20/2009 — Microsoft is continuing its courtship of students, some as young as high school age, to bring new blood into the ranks of .NET developers and Microsoft platform users. Microsoft invited more than 150 college students to the MIX09 show in Las Vegas as ...

What do you want to see in Microsoft's retail stores?
arstechnica.com 2/13/2009 — The rumor first started in April 2008 , and many were skeptical Microsoft was really planning to follow in Apple's footsteps and launch its own retail stores. In November , the company launched its online Microsoft Store in the US, and the ...

Microsoft to open retail stores
crunchgear.com 2/13/2009 — I guess it had to happen: Microsoft is opening retail stores with the help of some guy named Dave Porter who used to work for Wal-Mart. Super synergy. I can see it now: these stores will be the exact polar opposite of the Apple Store - brightly ...

Microsoft Preps Open Source Apps Marketplace
eweek.com 3/23/2009 — Microsoft is in the process of building out a marketplace for open source applications that could work like an equivalent to an app store for applications, services and support for open source technology that runs on the Windows platform. At MIX09, ...

Volt becomes latest Microsoft staffing agency to cut pay
blog.seattlepi.com 2/28/2009 — Volt, generally considered to be Microsoft's largest temporary staffing firm, has become the latest Microsoft staffing agency to cut pay.

Introducing the Microsoft Store
windowsteamblog.com 11/14/2008 — This is something I think is pretty exciting – especially if you’re looking to score some Microsoft product. We are announcing the Microsoft Store – the first online store where you can purchase Microsoft products straight from the ...

Jobs at Microsoft
microsoft-entertainment-jobs.com 2/24/2009 — Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Grow your career in Connected Entertainment Join our talent community Watch for future jobs Receive E&D updates Get invited to future events Music music Zune Musiwave Gaming gaming Xbox 360 Xbox Live XNA Games for ...

microsoft office Resources
updates.zdnet.com 10/13/2008 — ZDNet Resources Microsoft wants you to move: To IE 8, Vista... A visit to the Microsoft booth at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo is full of subliminal messages urging technology executives to move up to more modern products. One part of the booth ...

Microsoft: Once Again, We’re Not Making a Smartphone
blogs.wsj.com 2/5/2009 — In a familiar ritual, an analyst says Microsoft is preparing to launch a phone in the second half of the year. The response from a Microsoft spokesman: “Microsoft is not doing a phone.”

Microsoft sues TomTom over Patents — I4U News 2/26/2009
Microsoft announced that they have filed Patent Infringement Action against GPS device maker TomTom. Microsoft says that they have tried to engage in licensing discussions with TomTom over a year with no success. Microsoft's Horacio Gutierrez ...

The real patent threat: Not Microsoft — CNET News.com 2/26/2009
Microsoft is not the biggest threat to open source: Intellectual Ventures may be. Arguably the world's largest patent troll, it is set up to simply license its IP.

Downturn could be Microsoft's bonding moment — CNET News.com 2/27/2009
Stephen Elop, who took over the software maker's business unit, is finding a challenge in the current economic turmoil.

Microsoft temps take pay hit as staffing firms agree to cut fees — The Seattle Times: Microsoft 2/27/2009
The third-party staffing agencies that provide temporary workers to Microsoft have agreed to a 10 percent reduction in the rate they charge the software giant, and many are passing a similar cut onto their employees.

'Vista Capable' lawyers push to revive class action — Latest from Computerworld 2/27/2009
As expected, lawyers for the plaintiffs in the long-running "Vista Capable" lawsuit against Microsoft are asking a federal judge to reinstate the case's class-action status.