Microsoft’s announcement, nothing to do with Barnes & Noble
June 19th, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The scheduled announcement that Microsoft is planning to issue later today has generated increased media attention. Rumors have claimed that the company would announce today the ... Read more...
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Court acts on Microsoft plea on software piracy
June 16th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, on a plea by Microsoft Corporation, has restrained the sale of branded computers with pirated software by a Mumbai computer ... Read more...
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Focus on IT industry’s issues: Microsoft urges Indian government
May 11th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) In spite of its tremendous potential, India's information technology (IT) industry has been suffering due to several issues which the government needs to focus on, a ... Read more...
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Spreading awareness about tech innovations the Microsoft way
February 10th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft has launched its annual DreamSpark Yatra to to share knowledge and spread awareness about innovations in technology that aims at targeting 60,000 ... Read more...
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Microsoft ‘disappointed’ with hold back on retail FDI
December 9th, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 8 (IANS) Microsoft Thursday said it is "very disappointed" with the central government's decision to hold back Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trade, stressing "FDI in ... Read more...
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Bill Gates to testify in Utah in the Novell Inc. suit
November 21st, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, will take the stand and testify in a suit filed by Novell Inc. The suit against the world’s largest software ... Read more...
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Bengal invites Microsoft India to invest in state
July 29th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday urged Microsoft Corporation India to invest in the state, and the company described the proposal as "interesting".Speaking at an IT ... Read more...
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Microsoft launches Office 365 in India
June 30th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Microsoft Wednesday launched Microsoft Office 365 in India to enable easy access to cost effective business productivity solutions.According to the company, the launch is a ... Read more...
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Buy original software, Microsoft tells people in Lucknow
April 6th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Emphasising upon the use of original software and products, Microsoft Corporation Wednesday carried out a road show in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow to educate customers about ... Read more...
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Attachmate Corp. buys Novell Inc. for $2.2 billion
November 23rd, 2010 - 12:48 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Attachment Corporation is all set to buy Novell Incorporation for $2.2 billion. It may be recalled that Novell was having a hard time recently and ... Read more...
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Google Sues US Government for Exclusion of Contract
November 3rd, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to a report released from Reuters, Google has filed a lawsuit against the government of the United States for excluding their product from consideration in a fifty-nine ... Read more...
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Google sues US government
November 2nd, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mountain View, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Google has filed a lawsuit against the US government for failing to consider it in a 5-year contract that is worth some $59million. The project involves ... Read more...
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Kudos to 38 US Billionaires who have promised to at least give half of their wealth away
October 21st, 2010 - 9:33 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) 38 billionaires in the United States have promised to give at least half of their fortune away. United States has the highest number of billionaires in ... Read more...
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Chinese Vice Premier Li met with Microsoft’s Bill Gates to strengthen cooperation
September 29th, 2010 - 1:57 am ICT by BNO News
BEIJING, CHINA (BNO NEWS) – Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday met with Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates in order to strengthen cooperation between the software giant and China, the state-run ... Read more...
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No More Wait For “Waiting For Superman”
September 27th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez,
Sep 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The documentary film "Waiting for Superman" directed by Davis Guggenheim released this weekend in limited theaters around the United States of America. The documentary based on ... Read more...
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Government steps in for more Hindi on computers
September 17th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Those who prefer to use Hindi over other languages can rejoice. The government has requested Indian and international IT giants to prioritise developing software that will facilitate ... Read more...
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Software firm chief arrested for forging Microsoft products
December 25th, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) A managing director of a city based software firm, a gold certified partner of Microsoft, and his associate have been arrested for cheating and forgery of Microsoft ... Read more...
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Capital cost for Microsoft: court says pay up
December 13th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) It's a capital cost all right! Delhi High Court has asked Microsoft Corporation to shell out Rs.800,000 ($16,000) for choosing to fight four copyright violation ... Read more...
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New Microsoft CFO is Peter Klein as Chris Liddell quits
November 26th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Redmond, Nov 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Microsoft Corporation has announced on Wednesday that Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell has quit after 4 1/2 years in Microsoft. He said that he is leaving to ... Read more...
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Paul Allen Undergoing Chemotherapy For ‘Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma’
November 17th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Seattle, Nov. 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) 56 year old Paul Allen who jointly founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates has been recently diagnosed with a cancer, precisely 'non-Hodgkins lymphoma' ... Read more...
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Microsoft launches Windows 7 in India
October 22nd, 2009 - 7:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): World's leading IT major, Microsoft Corporation, today launched its latest computing operating system Windows 7 here.With this unveiling, Microsoft in its most important release for more than ... Read more...
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Senator wants US companies to fire foreign workers first (Repeating for all needing)
January 27th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) An influential senator has asked US companies to make efforts to fire foreign workers first while making lay-offs during the current economic downturn - a move that could ... Read more...
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Senator wants US companies to fire foreign workers first
January 27th, 2009 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) An influential senator has asked US companies to make efforts to fire foreign workers first while making lay-offs during the current economic downturn - a move that could ... Read more...
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Microsoft says Internet Explorer users at risk of hacking
December 17th, 2008 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
London, December 17 (ANI): World''s most popular web browser Internet Explorer has some security flaw due to which people using it may have their computers hijacked, says its developer Microsoft Corporation. ... Read more...
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Bill Gates to help Indonesia develop human bird-flu vaccine
May 7th, 2008 - 9:08 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Jakarta, May 7 (Xinhua) Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, will help Indonesia develop a human bird-flu vaccine, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday. According to the report, the funds will be ... Read more...
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Inauguration of Medvedev live on Internet
May 7th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Moscow, May 7 (RIA Novosti) The inauguration of Dmitry Medvedev as Russia's third president is being broadcast live on the Internet Wednesday. A deal to broadcast the inauguration ceremony has been ... Read more...
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Chinese institute award for Indian at Microsoft
March 11th, 2008 - 8:47 pm ICT by admin
Bangalore, March 11 (IANS) Smart Indian techie S. Somasegar, an employee of Microsoft India in Hyderabad, has been honoured with the Asian American Engineer Award, instituted by the US-based Chinese Institute of ... Read more...
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Microsoft, NIIT in partnership for developing IT talent pool globally
February 20th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb.20 (ANI): Microsoft Corporation and NIIT, have agreed to deepen their ongoing alliance to make available a large pool of Microsoft Certified professionals for global talent requirement.
As per the agreement, ... Read more...
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Yahoo to spurn Microsoft’s 44 billion dollar offer
February 10th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb.10 (ANI): The board of Yahoo Incorporated has decided to spurn Microsoft Corporation's 44.6 billion dollar takeover bid.
News reports said Yahoo's decision could lead to a showdown between two prominent technology ... Read more...
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