Stories about: Waggener Edstrom

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    Microsoft shows off Bing tool for measuring ad effectiveness 22/09/2009 06:31:00

    Microsoft on Monday demonstrated a new tool for its Bing search engine that will allow advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ads with online users.
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    Microsoft: We're not gouging Europe on Windows 7 pricing 01/07/2009 05:20:00

    A top Microsoft executive today denied reports that European users will pay more for Windows 7 because of the company's wrangling with antitrust regulators.
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    Microsoft and Yahoo dismiss report of search deal 02/12/2008 07:50:00

    Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.
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    More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP 19/05/2008 09:27:49

    In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, the count was 200,805 signatures, excluding duplicates and fake signups.
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    No change in XP plan despite Ballmer comment, Microsoft says 28/04/2008 07:50:05

    Comments by Steve Ballmer at a press conference in Europe last week have led to speculation that Microsoft is reconsidering its June 30 deadline to stop selling most new Windows XP licenses. A spokeswoman from Microsoft's public relations firm said that there is no plan for a change in deadline, however.
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    Gates: Vista key to multimedia computing era 07/02/2007 11:41:26

    Just as Windows 95 ushered in the Internet era, Windows Vista, which will be released to U.S. consumers at midnight on Tuesday, sets the stage for the multimedia hub the PC is set to become in the future, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Monday in New York.
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    E-mail reveals Microsoft exec would buy a Mac 13/12/2006 11:35:01

    Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company co-founder Bill Gates that the software vendor had "lost sight" of customers' needs and said he would buy a Mac if he wasn't working for Microsoft.
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    Music publisher to profit from Zune hardware sales 10/11/2006 09:59:28

    When Microsoft launches its Zune music player and online music store next week, it will pay Universal Music Group a license fee for each Zune player sold.
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    User pressure spurs Microsoft to revise program 28/06/2006 08:13:44

    Responding to pressure from irked Windows users, Microsoft on Tuesday released an updated version of its antipiracy program that changes the frequency with which the program checks for pirated or counterfeit copies of its client operating system.
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    Former 'Get the Facts' leader leaves Microsoft 21/06/2006 13:08:32

    Martin Taylor, best known for his role in leading Microsoft's anti-Linux "Get the Facts" campaign, has abruptly left the company, Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday.
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    Microsoft WGA program continues to irk users 19/06/2006 07:53:06

    Microsoft's program for testing whether a PC is running a genuine copy of Windows, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), has drawn considerable fire from users since it was launched last July.
 
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