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    Windows 7 to Have Touch-screen Interface (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system will have a touch-screen interface. -- read full article
    Wed, 28 May 2008 07:20:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft sees Windows Mobile unit sales up 50 pct (Reuters)

    Willcom Inc's W-Zero3 handset using Windows Mobile is demonstrated for a photograph during an unveiling in Tokyo June 7, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 as demand for smartphones rises rapidly.


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    Tue, 27 May 2008 09:00:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Despite Bill Gates' Comments, Windows 7 Due in 2010 (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - This spring, as the technology industry raised ever-louder complaints about Windows Vista, Bill Gates amped up expectations for the next version of the operating system, referred to simply as Windows 7. Speaking in Miami in April, the Microsoft chairman said, "Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version," and then went on to extol the virtues of Windows 7, including "the ability to be lower-power, take less memory, be more efficient, and have lots more connections." -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 15:10:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft sees higher Windows Mobile unit sales (Reuters)

    Willcom Inc's W-Zero3 handset using Windows Mobile is demonstrated for a photograph during an unveiling in Tokyo June 7, 2007. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft said on Tuesday it expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.


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    Tue, 27 May 2008 07:32:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yell rises on talk of Microsoft interest (Reuters)
    Reuters - Shares in Yell Group rose as much as 5.4 percent early on Tuesday as traders cited market talk of bid interest from Microsoft . -- read full article
    Tue, 27 May 2008 08:53:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft, Citrix Unveil 'Swiss Army Knife' Remote System (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - New all-in-one system for branch offices delivers applications, while minimizing complexity. -- read full article
    Sat, 24 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations (AP)

    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks during the Microsoft advance08 Advertising Leadership Forum at the company's campus in Redmond, Wash., Wednesday May 21, 2008. Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)AP - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc.


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    Sat, 24 May 2008 12:05:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft touts research projects in search, privacy (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Characterizing research as critical to the company's survival, Microsoft officials Thursday offered glimpses into multiple research efforts in areas such as privacy and search. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    In Slap At Microsoft, Google Has 'No Plan To Pay Our Users' (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - A Google executive told an investor conference that there are many revenue opportunities for the company, particularly through refinements in search relevance, user experience, and ad quality. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo buy not a strategy in itself: Microsoft CEO (Reuters)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Friday that buying Yahoo was not a strategy in itself, and dropping the bid meant it now had $50 billion to spend on other acquisitions.


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    Fri, 23 May 2008 14:55:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Collaboration trumps competition at Microsoft research "road show" (AFP)

    The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Collaboration trumped competition on Thursday as Microsoft researchers showed peers from rivals such as Google innovations being developed in their labs.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Collaboration trumped competition on Thursday as Microsoft researchers showed peers from rivals such as Google innovations being developed in their labs.


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    Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    South Africa Appeals ISO Vote on Microsoft OOXML Format (PC World)
    PC World - South Africa has appealed against ISO's adoption of the Microsoft-sponsored Office Open XML document format as a standard. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 17:00:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Windows Home Server Bug Fix Available In Beta (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft hopes to have a final version of Windows Home Server, Power Pack 1, available in early June, but cautions that testing may delay the launch. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 17:21:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Shuts Down Book Search (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft said it is shutting down its book scanning and book search projects next week. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 18:30:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Responds To GameStop Dropping Zune Sales (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The software giant remains optimistic in the face of the latest obstacle to adoption of its portable media player. -- read full article
    Fri, 23 May 2008 19:27:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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