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HP to cut tablets, phones and spin off PC business. Should Microsoft buy?

Hewlett-Packard today said it plans to shut down tablet and smart-phone production and spin off its consumer PC business, The Associated Press reports. It’s a dramatic development in the tech industry....

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What if Microsoft bought Hewlett-Packard’s PC business?

Let’s take a trip to Never Ever Land. A land of where unicorns roam, where pigs fly and where Microsoft acquired the world’s largest PC business, set to possibly be spun off or sold off by...

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‘Outrageous behavior,’‘flirting and touching,’‘boardroom ambush’ at Microsoft...

A former Microsoft executive who allegedly was fired for a pattern of sexual misconduct and harassment now describes a company conference in Atlanta in which “drunkenness and outrageous behavior were...

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Can Microsoft’s Windows 8 take on Apple’s iPad?

It’s the question on everybody’s mind: With Windows 8, does Microsoft finally have an answer to Apple’s industry-changing surge, most recently with the iPad? The answer on everybody’s lips is, well,...

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Obama signs big patent overhaul into law; Microsoft supports it

President Obama today signed into law the biggest overhaul of America’s patent process since 1952, aiming to streamline the application process and inject much-needed adrenaline into the economy....

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Microsoft abolishes senior vice presidents … by title only

Microsoft is streamlining its organization chart by abolishing the “senior vice president” title it bestowed on numerous high-level executives. As first noted by ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley, the change has...

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Should Microsoft try again to buy Yahoo?

The big news Friday afternoon was that Yahoo’s executives have all but admitted that the company is up for sale. Sort of. Well, Yahoo’s directors are at least weighing their options. As Chairman Roy...

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Seattle man gets Microsoft, others to cut ties with anti-gay organizations

A Seattle man has led an online fight against Microsoft, Apple and other companies that had indirect ties to anti-gay organizations via an Internet marketer, The New York Times reports. In July, Stuart...

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Has Steve Ballmer lost the support of Microsoft employees?

At Microsoft’s company meeting on Friday, CEO Steve Ballmer didn’t do his famous monkey dance, he didn’t shout “I love this company” and, when he did speak, many of his employees started emptying out...

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Report: Microsoft looking to buy Yahoo

Microsoft is reportedly looking at buying Yahoo – again. From Reuters: Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take...

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Microsoft opposing Tim Eyman’s 520 Bridge initiative

Seattlepi.com’s Joel Connelly reports: “Thousands of Microsoft employees commute across Lake Washington each morning on S.R. 520, which likely has prompted the Redmond-based company to oppose Tim...

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Microsoft discloses executive pay and performance reviews

Guess which Microsoft executive was paid the most during fiscal 2011? Hint: It wasn’t CEO Steve Ballmer. Not by a long shot. It was Kevin Turner, chief operating officer, who made the biggest bank last...

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It’s official: Microsoft now owns Skype

After approval by U.S. and European antitrust agencies, Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype has been finalized, the software giant announced today. “This represents a huge leap forward in...

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Microsoft earnings, up 6 percent, meet expectations

The Associated Press reports: “Microsoft’s earnings for the latest quarter edged up 6 percent to match analyst estimates. The results for the July-September period were highlighted by revived growth in...

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Report: Microsoft considers Yahoo bid

Seattlepi.com’s Scott Sunde reports: “Microsoft is reportedly considering a bid to buy Yahoo. But the Redmond company apparently won’t be going it alone, The Wall Street Journal says. The Journal...

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