Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype deal lifts stocks The State | NEW YORK - Corporate deals and strong earnings are credited with sending stocks higher this year - and Tuesday saw a bit of each. | The biggest news, that Microsoft Inc. said it would buy Internet telephone service Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, helped advance the sentiment that companies are spe...
Microsoft buys Skype, plans to add support to Kinect and Xbox Live Joystiq Next time Microsoft purchases a company, we know how it'll contact its new acquisition to begin negotiations. Microsoft just entered into an agreement to purchase Skype for "$8.5 billion in cash." There's good news involved, even if you're not a Skype investor: "Skype will support Microsoft devices ...
Whitlock Comments on Microsoft's Pending Skype Purchase redOrbit | Whitlock, a global audiovisual solutions provider, believes that Microsoft’s pending acquisition of Skype will accelerate the adoption of videoconferencing for consumers and enterprises worldwide. | Richmond, VA (PRWEB) May 13, 2011 | Julian Phil...
Virginia Beach Microsoft The Examiner As the second quarter of this year begins and with the annual technology shakeout well under way ...Rynard MooreVirginia Beach Web 2.0 ExaminerApril 04, 2011 Halo: Reach get defiant with "Defiant" Map Pack | William CaseFebruary 14, 2011 La...
Skype's the limit as Microsoft waves its chequebook again The Observer | 'A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" is an aphorism frequently attributed to the late Everett Dirksen, the celebrated Republican senator from Illinois, who died in 1969. | While intensive research has failed ...
Skype's the limit as Microsoft waves its chequebook again The Guardian | After the acquisition of Skype, some wonder whether yet another disruptive mouse is about to be sat on by the software elephant? | 'A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money" is an aphorism frequently attributed to ...
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PC Sales Off, Games Buoy Microsoft Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft, once the dominant technology company, saw revenue from its core operating system software slip in the first three months of the year as consumers begi...
Nokia Q1 beats forecasts, nails Microsoft deal Hartford Courant | HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj's earnings fell less than expected in the first quarter and the company signed a final agreement to start using Microsoft Corp software, sending it...
Microsoft UK launches the Windows Collection TechRadar | Microsoft is launching the Windows Collection, with the UK initiative aiming to showcase 30 selected computers from a range of major manufacturers and simplify the old problem of...
For Microsoft, Skype opens vast new market in telecom Deccan Herald Steve Lohr, The New York Times : Saturday, May 14, 2011 --> | Microsoft has peered into the future, and placed a bet that people the world over want to stay in touch with someone anytime and anywhere — preferably at no cost. | In agreeing on Tuesday ...
Microsoft is poised to expand the reach of Skype Houston Chronicle | Imagine using your Xbox and switching from a game to a video chat with a faraway friend holding an iPad. Or going into your office email to invite Grandma to a virtual family reunion beamed on TV sets to relatives across the country. | Microsoft's ...
Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 Gets Competition from Omek Interactive Forbes | Lenovo is entering a very large gaming market in China with EEDOO Technology’s iSec Sports & Entertainment Center, which has been designed to bring video games to a market plagued by piracy. The device bypasses the traditional console busines...
Nokia's Symbian: The deposed king of the smartphone market m&c; | Berlin - Symbian is both a pioneer among the smartphone operating systems and a product without a clear future. Finland's Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, has announced plans to move away from its own Symbian system as the primary software for its smartphones. | The company will instead be marketing devices using Windows Phone from ...
'Iran, North Korea trade missile technology' Al Jazeera | A leaked UN report says North Korea and Iran have been exchanging ballistic missile technology in violation of UN sanctions, according to Reuters news agency. | "Prohibited ballistic missile-related items are suspected to have been transferred between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Islamic Republic of Iran on regu...
