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Microsoft 'paid £1m to silence sexism victim'

19.09.11
Microsoft paid out more than £1million to silence a woman executive who was unfairly treated at its UK business, it is claimed... more

Microsoft boss drunk in ladies': lewd antics at firm's conference

02.09.11
A top Microsoft boss and family man is accused of sexually harassing a female colleague when a staff conference descended into 'wild and drunken' debauchery... more

Microsoft boss 'forced out over a drunken kiss and lewd antics'

01.09.11
A businessman at the centre of a £10 million High Court battle involving claims of drunkenness and lewd behaviour among senior staff at Microsoft in Britain is the victim of a 'boardroom ambush', according to friends... more

Where next for Microsoft as flagship software disappoints?

22.07.11
Sales of Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows software disappointed for the third straight quarter, taking the gloss off better-than-expected earnings that were aided by an unusually low tax rate... more

Microsoft takes on Google supremacy in the cloud

27.06.11
Microsoft is set to launch a major rearguard action against the ever-growing Google as it announces the launch tomorrow of a "cloud" version of its Office suite of software... more

No need for the remote, just tell the TV what you want to see

07.06.11
The end of the hand-held remote control could be in sight as Microsoft unveils the first system that lets you simply tell your television what you want to watch... more

Message unclear in Microsoft's Skype buy

12.05.11
If Microsoft is willing to pay $8.5 billion (£5.2 billion) for Skype, how much more might it have paid if Skype worked - I mean really worked - so that it could be used for an intelligent flowing conversation?... more

Silver Lake set to treble investment as Microsoft's Skype deal is confirmed

11.05.11
The owners of Skype, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, are set to earn a profit of more than $5 billion - three times their original investment - on the sale of the Internet phone giant to Microsoft... more

Microsoft set to buy Skype in record £5 billion deal

10.05.11
Microsoft is poised to buy the highly popular internet phone service Skype in what would be the biggest deal in the software giant's 36-year history... more

Swoop could be a new beginning

10.05.11
Microsoft's purchase of Skype has stunned analysts and shocked the technology world... more

Microsoft's quarterly earnings rise 31% despite drop in Windows sales

29.04.11
Microsoft Corp.'s latest quarterly earnings rose 31% even as sales of its Windows operating system sagged... more

New Nokia boss sells his shares in Microsoft

18.02.11
Stephen Elop, Nokia's chief executive who recently said his firm was like a blazing oil rig, sold all his shares in Microsoft yesterday and spent €1 million (£840,000) buying 150,000 in the mobile phone giant... more

Nokia announces 'substantial' job cuts ahead of restructuring

11.02.11
Nokia is to cut 'substantial' numbers of employees around the world... more

Hi-tech giants Nokia and Microsoft unite to challenge mobile rivals

11.02.11
Nokia and Microsoft are to join forces in a bid to topple Apple and Google in the mobile phone market... more

Security flaw opens Windows to data thieves

01.02.11
Microsoft has issued a 'critical' security alert which could affect about 900million computer users... more

Microsoft can break into mobile market with our help, says ARM Holdings chief

07.01.11
Microsoft’s plan to use ARM Holdings microchips in its smartphones and tablet computers will help the software giant establish a major presence in the market, ARM’s president says... more

Microsoft and Nvidia deals propel ARM Holding shares

06.01.11
Microsoft confirms it is teaming up with microchip designer ARM Holdings to attack Apple in the growing tablet computer and smartphone market... more

ARM Holdings leaps as Microsoft 'chooses' its chips for tablet computers

22.12.10
Shares in chip designer ARM Holdings soar almost 9% on reports that its technology has been chosen by Microsoft to relaunch its attempts to get into the handheld market... more

Google delays its Chrome laptops to mid-2011

08.12.10
The first laptops powered by Google’s Chrome operating system will not reach stores months later than expected because of software issues... more

Tech Know: The secrets are out of the box

06.12.10
Microsoft’s Kinect, a device originally designed to let gamers play by jumping around in front of their TVs, has been the subject of an amazing cyber battle as hackers slave to unlock its secrets... more

Kinect for Xbox 360 'will sell out by end of week'

10.11.10
New computer game controlled by waving your arms will sell out before the end of the week, retailers warn... more

We have no right to be treating our students like this

04.11.10
As a society, we expect our children to seek letters after their names. But now we deny them the means to do so... more

Microsoft profits jump 51% to allay Apple iPad fears

29.10.10
Microsoft reports 51% jump in quarterly profit, as higher sales of Windows and Office software knock down fears Apple's iPad would take a bite out of its main business... more

Microsoft seer Ray Ozzie calls for new strategy as technology rivals make gains

26.10.10
Shares in Microsoft tumble more than a half per cent after top executive warns that the software giant must embrace “cloud computing” as consumers look beyond personal computers... more

Bill Gates successor Ray Ozzie quits Microsoft

19.10.10
The successor to Bill Gates as Microsoft's top technical thinker is leaving the company after five years... more

Microsoft phone looks to take on Apple and BlackBerry with new window of opportunity

11.10.10
Microsoft unveils the mobile phone it hopes will take on Apple and BlackBerry in its latest bid to break into the mobile market... more

Console Wars: The games machines fighting over Christmas

08.10.10
With celebrity users ranging from the PM to Helen Mirren, computer games have never been more in vogue. And as Mark Prigg reports, that means fierce competition this Christmas... more

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer bonus halved over mobile and iPad failures

01.10.10
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer only got half his annual bonus last year as the software giant rapped him over the knuckles for a less-than-glittering performance... more

Microsoft plans to gatecrash the mobile party

16.08.10
Microsoft has been showing off the mobile-phone software it claims will take a massive bite out of Apple when it is released this Christmas... more

Microsoft profits strong but analysts worry about shares

23.07.10
Microsoft shares barely move despite it easily beating forecasts, as signs of a rebound in global tech spending fail to show... more


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