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MSN ready to acquire 'long tail of TV'
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
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When MSN UK announced its ambitions to be a TV catch-up portal this spring, it just looked like Microsoft’s new consumer-and-online Ashley Highfield was having a hard time letting go of iPlayer and Kangaroo.
Tags: MSN UK, Ashley Highfield, long tail, United Kingdom, London, BBC iPlayer, Video hosting, Blinkbox, Microsoft, Video on demand, MSN, Kangaroo, Entertainment Culture
Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system. Windows 7, launched a month ago, has "already sold twice as many units" than any previous...
Tags: Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Sold More Windows, previous version, Steve Ballmer, sold twice, Los Angeles, Operating system, Windows 7, Microsoft, Windows Genuine Advantage, Development of Windows 7, Business Finance, Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista, Technology Internet, Windows, Criticism of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Cloud, Salesforce.com, Force.com, Cloud computing, Cloud applications, Azure Services Platform
Pinnacle, a Blackstone Company, to Buy Birds Eye Foods
Hong Kong :: China | 8 days ago
Credibility The Blackstone Group will buy the frozen foods maker Birds Eye Foods through one of its companies, Pinnacle Foods, for $1.3 billion, the companies said Thursday. It is the latest sign of a thawing in private equity deals, which were constrained by the...
Tags: Blackstone Group LP, Birds Eye Foods, Blackstone Advisory Partners, Blackstone Company, Pinnacle Brands Corp., vegetable companies, buy birds, Pinnacle Foods Group, companies birds, cash deals, China, Hong Kong, Pinnacle Foods, McKesson Corporation, Vlasic Pickles, Microsoft, Swanson, Private equity firms, Blackstone Group, Cherry Hill Township New Jersey, Business Finance, Vestar Capital Partners, Birds Eye, Frozen vegetables, Rochester New York, Food preservation
New computer languages
Cape Town :: South Africa | 8 days ago
Credibility IsiZulu is the most widely spoken first language in South Africa (almost 24percent of the total population) as opposed to the 8,2percent whose first language is English,” said Govender. He said the isiZulu interface had brought more people from the rural...
Tags: South Africans, local language, Vis Naidoo, Microsoft, computers technology, South Africa, Cape Town, Zulu language, Languages of South Africa, Languages of Africa, Sotho language, Technology Internet
Ka-ching! Microsoft execs cash options after stock hits $30
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Brier Dudley offers a critical look at technology and business issues affecting the Northwest. November 18, 2009 at 3:45 PM Ka-ching! Microsoft execs cash options after stock hits $30 Apparently $30 was a magic number for some Microsoft stock holders,...
Tags: Microsoft, Bob Muglia, Seattle
Not firing on all cylinders, Blazers still nip Pistons
Portland :: OR :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility It was almost two years ago to the day when the Trail Blazers built a 25-point third-quarter lead at Philadelphia, then watched it disappear before their very eyes in a 92-88 loss to the 76ers. So while what happened Wednesday night at the Rose Garden...
Tags: Portland Trail Blazers, Paul Allen, Microsoft, Detroit, Steve Blake, Portland, Jim Jackson, Harvey Grant, Travis Outlaw, Shooting guards, allnews, Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ray Ozzie, Craig Mundie, Jeff Raikes, Business Finance, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Technology Internet, Allen, Seattle, Vulcan Inc., Seattle Sounders FC, San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals, Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association Finals, Nicolas Batum, Brandon Roy, Rodney Stuckey, NBA All-Rookie Team, LaMarcus Aldridge
NSA helped secure Windows 7
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Electronic privacy advocate Marc Rotenberg told the publication, "When NSA offers to help the private sector on computer security, the obvious concern is that it will also build in backdoors that enables tracking users and intercepting user communications."
Tags: NSA, Microsoft, Seattle, United States government secrecy, Business Finance, Mass surveillance, Microsoft Windows, National Security Agency, Technology Internet
Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
Hong Kong :: China | 9 days ago
Credibility A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The order Monday said Microsoft exceeded its rights under licensing agreements with Zhongyi...
Tags: China Says Microsoft Violates, Microsoft Corp., Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Microsoft Windows, Windows XP, Technology Internet, Windows 3.1x, Criticism of Microsoft, Business Finance, Microsoft, Digital typography, Hafei Zhongyi
Associated Press lays off news staff as cost cutting hits home
Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press has laid off “dozens” of news staff as part of the agency’s bid to reduce staffing costs by 10% this year. The moves come as the 163-year-old cooperative wire agency has grappled...
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Biz Quicks
Butler :: AL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Major stock indexes had their third straight advance, reaching new 13-month highs, but there were more declining shares than advancers on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.46, or 0.3 percent,...
Tags: Paul Allen, founder paul, Microsoft, Butler, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, AIDS-related lymphoma, Reed-Sternberg cell, Human Interest, Blood disorders, Hodgkin's lymphoma, Lymphoma, Health Medical Pharma, Vulcan Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Business Finance
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