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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about Microsoft

Higher Learning - 5-15-2008

It's called the high school of the future. But can it live up to its name?

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...a partnership between the school district and Microsoft, opened in September 2006, the buzz was mostly...

... certified in at least two subject areas. Because Microsoft wanted the project to be replicable in other...

...program is also in the works. The aim, says Microsoft’s Partners in Learning academic...

Philanthropy 2.0 - 6-15-2001

Honchos at high-techs are writing a new chapter in charitable giving and tearing up some old rules in the process.

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... During Lily Kanter''s five and a half years with Microsoft, the tech-driven New Economy spawned scores of...

...in point: While serving as business manager of Microsoft''s San Francisco retail outlet, Kanter, 35, took...

...the high-tech industry," says Kanter, who left Microsoft last year. "But with all they knew about PCs and...

Career - 12-1-2003

RIDDLE ME THIS What was once a Microsoft innovation has now become a trend, and we’re not talking operating systems here. The newest Microsoft spawn is the “brain teaser” job interview question — such as: Why are soda cans tapered? How ...

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...ME THIS What was once a Microsoft innovation has now become a trend, and...

...not talking operating systems here. The newest Microsoft spawn is the “brain teaser”...

... Fuji? , found that they’ve spread from Microsoft to Wall Street to Silicon Valley and points in...

The Oracle Speaks - 5-1-2002

CEO Larry Ellison says new software gave Oracle the tools to integrate, communicate, and save a billion every year. And now he wants to do the same for your company.

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... a latecomer to some of these markets. ELLISON: Microsoft was a latecomer to word processing, which was...

...to spreadsheets, which was dominated by Lotus. Microsoft was late to graphics, dominated by Harvard...

...all the pieces linked together, and they buy Microsoft Office. People want you to engineer...

Get A Third Opinion - 5-1-2005

To diagnose and treat your companys problems, you can't stop with a second opinion.

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... at the world that leaves things out. I worked at Microsoft, and Microsoft looks at the world through a very...

...leaves things out. I worked at Microsoft, and Microsoft looks at the world through a very...

...and Microsoft looks at the world through a very Microsoft-centric lens. When you''re there, that''s very...

Managing The Edge - 8-15-2002

Futurist Watts Wackers new book shows how money and markets are made from "dangerous" ideas.

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... Wacker: He''s a wonderful case study. He and Microsoft both were deviant at the beginning. Now he''s...

...still deviant, and the Justice Department sued Microsoft, he would have just said, "I''m moving my company...

6 C. Liquid Nitrogen, 3 Tbsp. Meat Glue, 1 Sonic Wave Blaster - 4-1-2007

That's part of the recipe for geek gourmet, a strange brew of science and food.

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... Myhrvold, the former chief technology officer at Microsoft, is probably about as close as you could get to...

...of Cambridge before eventually landing at Microsoft. (Myhrvold also has degrees in geophysics, space...

Executive Reading - 2-15-2001

Fast Growth: How to Attain It, How to Sustain It By Laurence Weinzimmer PhD; Dearborn Trade, $25 There’s no one secret to growing a business — there are many, says Laurence Weinzimmer, and you must master them all to expand your compa...

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...The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era By John Heilemann; HarperCollins, $25 Wired...

...and many more under-the-covers reports about Microsoft’s celebrated antitrust case. What Do...

Classy Tablets - 9-15-2002

Laptops may fall into the pass pile this fall when early adopters hit class sporting notepad computers with write-on touch screens. Pushed hard by Microsoft, developer of the Tablet PC Windows operating system due out in early November, a slew of th...

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...with write-on touch screens. Pushed hard by Microsoft, developer of the Tablet PC Windows operating...

...with write-on touch screens. Pushed hard by Microsoft a slew of the biggest computer makers plan to...

...LINE: PaceBlade didn’t wait for Microsoft’s OS, so users can buy it now. Maybe a...

Microsoft Mice - 8-1-2004

Cool and hip. Those aren't words usually used to describe products from nerd-central Microsoft. Still, their latest wireless optical mice can only be described as, well, happenin. They have an ergonomic design and come in three funky colors for $45 t...

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...used to describe products from nerd-central Microsoft. Still, their latest wireless optical mice can...

Feeling Taxed? - 4-15-2007

Let's survey the casualties of April 15: two dozen pencils (snapped in two), one calculator (smashed against wall), 2,007 hairs (pulled from head), and one bank acco...

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...financial-management software like Quicken or Microsoft Money, get a January-through-December accordion...

Products For Work And Play - 1-1-2001

Intel Pocket PC Camera ($149) You can have it both ways. Tether Intel’s camera to a PC and send visual mail, create Web pages, send e-postcards, and make video phone calls. Or unhook the USB cable and hit the road to photogra...

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...software or your own copy of Microsoft Outlook. Plus you can download MP3s. Doctors and...

Television - 3-15-2001

THE BIG POTATO It’s called Microsoft Ultimate TV and it could make you the ultimate couch potato Imagine a DirecTV satellite receiver that also puts the Internet on your TV. Add to that a hard-drive recorder that allows you...

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...THE BIG POTATO It’s called Microsoft Ultimate TV and it could make you the ultimate...

Facts & Figures - 10-15-2001

THINKING BIG 20% of business professionals, when asked which American company they would like to run, chose Wal-Mart. The company ranked first in the survey, followed by Microsoft with 15% 26% chose Exxon Mob...

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...company ranked first in the survey, followed by Microsoft with 15% 26% chose Exxon Mobil Corporation as...

Executive Reading - 12-15-2001

THE FUTURE OF IDEAS: THE FATE OF THE COMMONS IN A CONNECTED WORLD By Lawrence Lessig, Random House, $30 The Internet, perhaps the mightiest engine of creativity ever, is already being transformed into an equally potent obstacle t...

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...just as scary. Quite likely, he speculates, Microsoft and AOL Time Warner will dominate the online...

The Write Stuff - 6-15-2002

The latest generation of "digital pens" trounces the old idea of simply scanning handwriting into computer text. These tools promise to substitute stylus and paper for keyboard and screen. And they're wireless, too. One caveat: It pays to know whats ...

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...light. Partnerships with heavyweights like Microsoft and Motorola ensure multisystem...

Personal Profits - 7-1-2002

WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE Should you invest in Microsoft or Mazel Stores? IBM or Kilroy Realty? For many investors, small-cap companies like Mazel and Kilroy are welcome ports in a stormy market. Last year, Small-Cap Funds (in...

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...TO SMALLVILLE Should you invest in Microsoft or Mazel Stores? IBM or Kilroy Realty? For many...

Merger Mania Mania - 8-1-2002

Our heads are spinning with all the cool phone-plus-PDA-plus-wireless-messaging-plus-kitchen-sink devices on the market. We hear the new Kyocera 7135 smartphone, coming late this year, will combine superior telephony, a full Palm Pilot, MP3 player, ...

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...syncs with office e-mail programs such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino. Optional large-font...

If You Have Received This By Mistake... - 2-15-2003

E-mail was supposed to make your life easier, faster, and cheaper — not messier, uglier, and cheesier. Here’s how to keep the spam off your plate. Free money. Herbal Viagra. Urgent requests for assistance from obscure Nigerian royalt...

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...complaint buttons. Look for future versions of Microsoft Outlook and other e-mail clients to add similar...

Is Spam Driving You Insane? - 4-1-2003

Some observers believe that the rising tide of unsolicited commercial e-mail, known and loathed as spam, might actually kill off the e-mail medium. Repel those get-rich scams and manhood enhancers with these new keys to a cleaner inbox.

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... that protects all users. Cons : Works only with Microsoft Outlook; may encounter problems with some...