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Microsoft vs. Google: Chasing Butts While Running From Risks
2014-05-05 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Google and Microsoft are positioned against each other as primary competitors, and that could mean trouble. I remember past dynamics similar to theirs that didn't end well for either company. Apple focused on IBM (the 1984 ad) and didn't see Microsoft coming. Microsoft focused on AOL and didn't see the Internet coming. Intel focused on AMD so much it missed both Transmeta and ARM.
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Gates cedes Microsoft shareholder crown to former No. 2, Ballmer
2014-05-05 12:59:08| InfoWorld: Top News
Bill Gates last week ceded his title as Microsoft's largest individual shareholder to former CEO Steve Ballmer. It was the first time in Microsoft's nearly 40 years that Gates, 58, was not the company's top shareholder.Gates, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975, served as CEO until 2000 and only stepped down as chairman in February, sold a total of 7.85 million shares in transactions on April 29 and 30, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Ballmer Overtakes Gates as Largest Individual Microsoft Shareholder
2014-05-05 03:38:46| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
At Gates's rate of selling shares, he'll be completely untangled from his pool of Microsoft stock by mid-2018.
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Microsoft Gives XP One last Hug
2014-05-03 20:15:12| TechNewsWorld
When Microsoft included Windows XP in the Internet Explorer zero-day browser vulnerability patch it issued this week, some industry observers were stunned. Had the company decided to backtrack on its assertion that it would no longer support XP? Had it knuckled under to user protests? Not really. Redmond has not decided to backtrack on killing support for Windows XP; it made a one-time exception.
Microsoft patches IE bug in Windows XP, but its a huge mistake
2014-05-02 16:16:11| Extremetech
Microsoft, after officially retiring Windows XP back in April, has decided in its infinite wisdom to issue a patch for the Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that affected all versions of IE across Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8. While this might seem like the right thing to do, it's actually a huge mistake that undercuts Microsoft's efforts to get the hundreds of millions of Windows XP holdouts to upgrade. After all, if Microsoft fixed this bug in Windows XP, who's to say it won't do it again? IT admins, faced with the harsh reality of finally having to upgrade to a modern operating system, will sleep well tonight knowing that Microsoft is a push over and will continue to support XP while it has a significant number of users. The status quo is preserved.
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