Microsoft Corp posted a 60 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of its new Windows 7 operating system, and said it expected business technology spending to recover this year.The world's largest software maker, whose shares rose 1.4 percent in after-hours trading, reported net profit of $6.7 billion,
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Microsoft shoots up 60 points in 2Q fiscal
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its earnings in the most recent quarter jumped 60 percent, as a rebound in the personal computer industry drove sales of the company's latest Windows operating system.But results in Microsoft's other divisions show that while consumers have resumed spending on new PCs, big corporations have not.
Read more »Twitter said to be Profitable After Making Internet Search deals with Google & Microsoft
A deal that made Twitter's messages searchable on Google's site will generate about $15 million, the sources said, while a similar pact with Microsoft's Bing search engine will earn

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Microsoft Now Must Offer Users a Browser Choice
Microsoft’s ten year anti-trust battle with the European Union over pre-installing Internet Explorer has finally come to an end. Microsoft will now offer users a choice of web browsers
Read more »Yahoo Inc Expects to Close Search Deal with Microsoft Corporation Early 2010 year
the benefits of that partnership might already be eroding as Yahoo's search share slips with each passing month.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Internet giant must stem its U.S. search-share loss to fully benefit from the deal

European Regulators Ended their Last Pending Antitrust Case Against Microsoft
Microsoft's successful settlement of its antitrust issues with the European Commission was welcomed by the software company's foes and friends alike Wednesday,
EU agrees with Microsoft's Windows 7 Ballot Screen
Finally, EU and Microsoft has come to safe grounds where in the latter will release Windows 7 with Ballot Screen for users to select and install web standards compatible browser.

Microsoft's New Windows 7 Wallpapers, Free Download
Windows 7 is the latest public release version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers,

Microsoft's Microblogging Service Juku Stolen More than 80% from Plurk
Microsoft's Juku service in China did indeed steal code from Plurk, a popular Twitter rival in Asia the software giant admitted on Tuesday
Microsoft's Bing Search Service is Now Available as iPhone Application
Bing showed off the free app at a party thrown by its mobile team in San Francisco on Tuesday night. Information about the new app is also now on Microsoft's Bing blog here.Its description on the iTunes store says: "Make decisions and get where you need to go with Bing.

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