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What do you get when you combine Microsoft, the planet's biggest software company, which is desperate to move into the mobile - phone industry, with Vodafone, the planet's second biggest mobile operator? Would you guess a) a mobile phone based on a Microsoft operating system, or b) a dongle? When Microsoft boss Bill Gates jetted into Geneva's ITU Telecom World Conference last week, he came up with answer...
Lawyer and philanthropist William H. Gates, Sr., father of the Microsoft founder, addressed his fellow inductees about the importance of retaining the Federal Estate...
...Microsoft is famous for getting software right on the second or third go-round, and this year marks the second try for its Windows XP Media Center Edition. When it debuted last year, Media Center was the first PC system nongeeks could operate like a combination TiVo--DVD player--music jukebox. This year's update enhances the photo slide show and adds a radio tuner. Better yet are two movie-download services and a program that lets you burn DVDs by using just the remote control. The user interface could still be improved, but with living-room-friendly PCs coming...
...least 19 dividend-oriented funds have been launched since last December, enlarging that universe by a third, reports fund tracker Morningstar. On the radar of these funds are companies like Citigroup and Microsoft, which are dramatically raising dividends. Citi boosted its payout 75%; Microsoft paid its first-ever dividend in March and then doubled it on Sept. 12. Eventually, fund investors will want to seize on this trend. The fund industry isn't exactly making things simple. Even some of the new dividend funds invest in REITs. Others trade actively and could saddle you with a tax liability. Some managers...
Dean, a native of New York, of course denied any connection to the Bronx Bombers. After all, who would want to root for the Microsoft of the American League? They’re big, they’re rich and most of the developed world hates them. Indeed, the anti-Bush agitator, showing remarkable taste (or, alternatively, fearing for his skin while campaigning in New Hampshire—Red Sox territory), insisted that he was a Sox fan and that he always supported the “under...