Microsoft Reports First
finance.yahoo.com 10/23/2009 — challenges to Microsoft's business model; intense competition in all of Microsoft's markets; Microsoft's continued ability to protect its intellectual property rights; claims that Microsoft has infringed the intellectual property rights of others; the ...

Microsoft: At least give us a new trial in Word case
blog.seattlepi.com 9/15/2009 — In a brief filed Monday to a federal appeals court, Microsoft says that "at minimum, a new trial is warranted" after a district court repeatedly threw out the software giant's defenses in i4i Inc.'s lawsuit against Word.

EU has change of heart toward Microsoft
blog.seattlepi.com 10/7/2009 — "I trust Microsoft," the European Union's antitrust boss, Neelie Kroes, said Wednesday in Brussels.

VMware vs. Microsoft: It's About More Than the Plumbing
bits.blogs.nytimes.com 9/4/2009 — The VMware-Microsoft battle matters because virtual machine software is a strategic technology that could shape broader markets.

Q: How essential is Microsoft Security Essentials? A: Does your door have a lock?
betanews.com 9/29/2009 — By Joe Wilcox , Betanews Today Microsoft released Security Essentials for free. I've been testing the software for the last month, and I'm nearly at a loss how to really review it. Either the software doesn't really work and my laptop is a malware whore, or Security Essentials works so well ...

i4i: Microsoft cut off i4i after Word partnership
blog.seattlepi.com 9/9/2009 — Back in 2001, two companies now locked in a nasty legal battle were working together to develop software for the U.S. government. Microsoft Corp. needed a third-party developer, i4i Inc., to incorporate custom XML functionality into Word.

Should Microsoft worry about the injunction on Word?
blog.seattlepi.com 8/14/2009 — Microsoft may have a doozy of a case on its hands after a Texas judge ruled earlier this week that it can no longer sell Word, in the ubiquitous program's current form, in the United States.

Lawyer: Microsoft 'got slapped hard' in Word case
blog.seattlepi.com 9/5/2009 — Judge Leonard Davis had little patience for Microsoft's attorneys last month when he shot down argument after argument in the case against Word.

Microsoft Launches Software Architecture for 'Integrated Utility of the Future'
reuters.com 10/13/2009 — Utility industry takes significant step in smart grid development. REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced it has developed a reference architecture based on familiar, cost-effective Microsoft platforms that ...

Microsoft evaluates top executives
blog.seattlepi.com 9/30/2009 — In the same Securities and Exchange Commission filing in which Microsoft reported that its top five executives, in general, took a pay cut this past fiscal year, the company evaluated their performance in FY2009.

The Conversation with Gates and Ballmer That Sparked Microsoft's Cloud Strategy — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 10/8/2009
Microsoft's march toward cloud computing is fascinating to watch. Next year, Microsoft will take the most successful desktop software package of all time—Office—and offer it online to businesses, somewhat similar to the Google Apps model. Microsoft's ...

Call Kylie. Mossberg digs Windows 7 from Microsoft. — The Seattle Times: Microsoft 10/9/2009

Windows 7, Bing and mobile will determine Ballmer's future — The Register 10/9/2009
Microsoft's ticking time bomb The wheels continue to roll, and fall off , of Steve Ballmer's pan-European tour of serious-minded national and broadcast media.… What is your recession sales strategy?

Microsoft employees throw Windows 7 parties, and friends show up — The Seattle Times: Microsoft 10/9/2009
Microsoft employees started throwing their own individual Windows 7 launch parties tonight. On one side of Lake Washington, a general manager had a comedy night at Parlor at Lincoln Square for 200 of her friends, coworkers and board buddies from a ...

Microsoft and EU settle, phishing scams, busts — Latest from Computerworld 10/9/2009
Capping our list of top IT news stories this week, Microsoft and the European Commission reached accord on the ongoing antitrust case against the company. While this will free up some room in future top-news lists, we expect that we'll continue to ...