Another executive shuffle took place at Microsoft after Platform & Services Division president Kevin Johnson ditched the company in favor of the CEO role at Juniper Networks.
Microsoft Looks To Users For New Xbox Games
Microsoft has announced that it will start offering user-generated games for their Xbox 360 gaming console through the online Xbox Live service.The company said it will start selling user-generated games later this year on its online Xbox Live service and share as much as 70 percent of the revenue with game developers.
Google, Microsoft Miss Estimates
Earnings reports for both Google and Microsoft disappointed analysts today sending shares tumbling. In after-hours trading, Google is seeing the worse end of trader’s reactions with a nearly instant seven percent drop.
Microsoft, Google Battle On Capitol Hill
One might suppose it’s due diligence to listen to the arguments of companies enormously invested in the outcome of regulatory decisions, so the onus of coming to a reasonable conclusion rests solely on Congress whether to believe Microsoft or Google in two hearings today in the Senate and the House.
Microsoft, Icahn Reply To Yahoo’s Rejection
Microsoft and Yahoo both employ intelligent, well-educated men and women. Carl Icahn’s pretty sharp, too. Recent acquisition dealings seem to have turned a great many people into finger-pointing fifth graders, though, and there’s been another salvo of letters and statements to support this argument.
Microsoft’s Yahoo Interest: Patently Paid Search
Way back in the pre-publicly traded days of Google, the search advertising company settled a patent case with Yahoo. Four years later, that settlement may be key to Microsoft’s interest in Yahoo’s paid search business.
Microsoft Enjoys Mild Patch Tuesday
Windows users and system administrators should breathe a little sigh of relief as Microsoft’s light package of patches for July, but a recently discovered Critical problem with Snapshot Viewer still lacks a solution.
Microsoft Snapshot Viewer Exposes Users To Trouble
An ActiveX control used to view Microsoft Access report snapshots poses a potential avenue for exploitation.
Microsoft & Yahoo Trying To Get Time Warner On Their Side
You’ve heard said "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer," now Yahoo wants to test the boundaries of that maxim to the full.
Microsoft’s Pro Photo Summit
My pal Robert Scoble has a blog post up entitled "Is Microsoft Trying to Capture the Photography Market?" Robert’s post is in part a reaction to Microsoft’s invite only Pro Photo Summit which is taking place this week up on Wednesday and Thursday at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond. Scoble is going to be attending as am I.