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    Microsoft Challenges Google's PageRank Technology (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Microsoft engineers, in collaboration with researchers at several Asian institutions, have proposed a new method for improving upon the Web page rankings produced by today's search engine requests. Called BrowseRank, the new approach adds a human factor to the process by weighing how people actually use the Internet, the collaborators reported in a paper recently presented before the Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval. -- read full article
    Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:59:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Gives Apache Cash to Promote Open Source (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft on Friday expanded its support for the open-source community by donating cash to the Apache Software Foundation. -- read full article
    Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Windows Exec Kevin Johnson Jumps To Juniper (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft won't replace Johnson but will split Platforms and Services into two groups that will report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:56:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Acquires DatAllegro to Scale Up SQL Server Deployments (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Deal validates tectonic shift in data warehousing, puts pressure on Oracle and independent appliance vendors. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:29:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Ballmer Seeks to Justify Online Services Push (PC World)
    PC World - Steve Ballmer, speaking at the annual analysts meeting, defends Microsoft's plans to invest more in online services. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:50:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board (AP)

    Henry Garza, right, and Jojo Garza, of the music group Los Lonely Boys, perform with the band as part of Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.


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    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:48:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Ballmer Says Yahoo Out, Now It's Microsoft vs Google (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Forget Yahoo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the company's annual meeting for financial analysts. Any plans for a merger are dead and "there's nothing under discussion between the two of us," Ballmer said. "It didn't work out; we're done." -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:55:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to Buy Data-warehouse Appliance Vendor (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:10:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties (AFP)

    Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business.


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    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft To Buy DATAllegro (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The data warehouse appliance maker's software is typically used with Ingres' open source database, but could be easily be optimized for Microsoft's SQL Server. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    MS Plots iPhone Rival, Vista PR, as MobileMe Draws Flak (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Apple has been boosting sales of Macs with its Mac OS X operating system -- seemingly at Microsoft's expense, as more PC users turn up their noses at Microsoft's Windows Vista. Apple also has had great success with its iPhone, but now that Apple is taking flak because of problems with its MobileMe service, an admiring Microsoft appears ready to go after some of Apple's revenue. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:32:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft says chances of Yahoo takeover negligible (Reuters)

    People walk past Yahoo! offices in Santa Monica, California, May 19, 2008. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell on Thursday described Yahoo Inc. as "a declining asset" and all but ruled out a complete takeover of the Internet company.


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    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft bolsters Ruby efforts (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Microsoft on Thursday plans to delve deeper into Ruby programming, with plans to ship Ruby libraries and participate in a testing project for the language. -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    One of Gates' Favorite Themes Continues in His Absence (PC World)
    PC World - Bill Gates is no longer working full time at Microsoft but some of his ideas, like tabletop computers and more natural user... -- read full article
    Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:50:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft defends search investments to analysts (AP)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during the launch ceremony of Microsoft's new research and development centre in Herzliya near Tel Aviv May 21, 2008. Ballmer on Thursday defended the company's need to make steep investments in its Internet business in order to compete with Google Inc and said such moves could boost its value in time. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters)AP - Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.


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    Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:14:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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