NewsFactor - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates "retired" at 52 Friday from the company he cofounded to spend more time with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a philanthropic organization that has given more than $16.5 billion in grants worldwide. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:50:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Bill Gates said a teary
goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp , the software
maker he built into the world's most valuable technology
company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on
every desk and in every home.
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft is using its massive influence to better pursue a market that's made VMware one of the most valuable software companies in the world. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:21:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Despite the hoopla about Microsoft's upcoming release, executive John Gilmartin says Hyper-V is six to seven years behind VMware's technology curve. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Microsoft's Bill Gates told
journalist Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo Inc
was likely, CNBC reported on Friday.
AP - It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader.
AFP - Bill Gates is spending his last day at Microsoft Friday before turning his attention full time to philanthropy after decades spent building the US software colossus.
NewsFactor - As Bill Gates enjoyed his last day as a Microsoft employee Friday, rumors swirled that CEO Steve Ballmer was ready to make a powerful move to improve search capability. An unconfirmed report in VentureBeat said Microsoft will acquire semantic-search start-up PowerSet for $100 million. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:55:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Bill Gates said a teary
goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp , the software
maker he built into the world's most valuable technology
company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on
every desk and in every home.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc unveiled on
Thursday the third phase of an extended reorganization,
bolstering the operational control of President Sue Decker, as
the company hones its independent strategy after rebuffing
Microsoft Corp.
AP - Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he's going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:27:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Emphasizing that the agreement does not rule out a Microsoft takeover will likely add to speculation that talks between the two companies are quietly ongoing. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:46:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn
renewed pressure on Yahoo Inc to strike a merger deal
with Microsoft Corp and replace Chief Executive Jerry
Yang in his latest proxy filing on Thursday.
