Halo 2, out in 2004, turbocharged the popularity of Microsoft s then two-year-old online service.
Microsoft's SmartGlass and Microsoft's Halo 4 apparently aren't quite getting along on Windows Phone 8 devices.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, or IE, has an 85% global share and comes loaded on every PC with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
At the same time, he lobbied antitrust regulators against Microsoft's bundling plans and courted Microsoft's bitter rival in the Web-browser market, Netscape.
Some news reports Sunday speculated that Google opposed Microsoft s bid because it might be trying to wrangle a deal of its own with Yahoo!
Microsoft was very concerned that Notes and SmartSuite would erode Microsoft's market share of Exchange and Office, and cause pressure on Microsoft's pricing.
This is Kinect Sesame Street TV, a fully interactive version of the award-winning educational program that goes on sale exclusively for Microsoft s Xbox game console in September.
We ve updated and added new types of hardware, and we ve grown our roster of content partners, says Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft s Interactive Entertainment Business.
He conceded that the size of Microsoft's network -- and the allure to hackers of breaching Microsoft's security -- make defending its systems an ongoing challenge.
Market share of searches "is the driver" for advertising, Mike Galgon, chief advertising strategist for Microsoft's advertiser and publisher solutions group, told Forbes.com at Microsoft's annual advertising conference.
And that's even without the benefit of the billions worth of costs Microsoft's online services business shares with money-spewing divisions built around Microsoft's operating system and business software.
When the iPlayer first launched the BBC was criticised for producing versions that only worked with Microsoft's Windows XP and which used Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system to enforce viewing restrictions.
The antitrust concern apparently surrounds the conditions of Microsoft's Corel investment, and whether or not Microsoft bullied Corel to drop its Linux-based applications, because the Linux operating system competes with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
This commitment extends Microsoft's original vision of a PC on every desktop and in every home and is part of Microsoft's corporate citizenship efforts, which are increasingly focused on creating opportunities for youth around the world.
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Called Y2K Scanner, this plug-in server module from Centennial works with Trend Micro's InterScan VirusWall to discover Y2K flaws in files created by spreadsheets, such as Lotus' 1-2-3 and Microsoft's Excel, as well as files from databases, such as Microsoft's Access and Inprise's dBase.
The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google, as well.
The application, published Dec. 13, suggests Apple could adopt something similar to Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) widely criticized Windows Genuine Advantage copy protection program, which checks a user's machine to confirm that it is not running a pirated version of Microsoft's software in exchange for access to certain software updates.
Microsoft's sprawling business division now competes with Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) for the business of digitizing office voice communications (bolstered by Raikes' acquisition of voice-recognition software specialist Tellme last March) and Elop will have to take on online threats to Microsoft's productivity software, such as the free online productivity tools offered by Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ), as well.
"WordPerfect Office 2000 beats Microsoft's Microsoft Word easily, " Cowpland said, specifically in price and licensing agreements.
It's Microsoft's way of addressing a challenge to PCs brought about by the popularity of the iPad and tablets running Google's Android system.
The biggest news: Apple has licensed Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync for the iPhone, allowing iPhone users to pour e-mail and calendar information living on their company's Microsoft Exchange systems directly into the iPhone.
Microsoft's decision not to appeal may be the end of this particular antitrust story for Microsoft, but it's just the beginning for other big technology companies like Intelthat have been accused of market dominance.
Microsoft's decision not to appeal may be the end of this particular antitrust story for Microsoft, but it's just the beginning for other big technology companies like Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people )that have been accused of market dominance.
Opera Mini hovered a tad below 20 percent, with RIM's and Microsoft's offerings duking it out below the 10 percent mark.
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We applaud AMD's and Microsoft's vision in creating the DirectX 11 API and this amazing new hardware and we can say without hesitation that it represents the future of gaming.
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But while Sony's and Microsoft's boxes will eventually offer expensive high-definition disc players and complex processors, Nintendo's new machine will take a different tack, says Perrin Kaplan , vice president of marketing and corporate affairs for Nintendo of America.
Science Guy Bill Nye, who has a TV show geared towards getting kids excited about science, said that Microsoft is in trouble with U.S. regulators because politicians are irritated that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser doesn't always function as advertised.
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