Position:  President and chief executive of Quest Software’s public sector, an information technology company based in Rockville. Career highlights:  Vice president of state and local government and higher education, Quest Software; vice president of sales, public sector, Quest Software; sales manager, Veritas Software; district manager, Metiom; enterprise sales manager, Microsoft; North America sales manager, Lotus/IBM. Read full article > >

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BRUSSELS — The European Commission approved Friday the proposed $8.5 billion acquisition of the Internet phone and video communication provider Skype by Microsoft Corp., saying the deal would not significantly impede competition in Europe. The approval appears to be the final step in the technology company’s effort to acquire Skype. The European Commission is the EU’s executive branch. Read full article > >

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European Union approves Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype

Shares in internet portal firm Yahoo leap on rumours that Microsoft is considering a second attempt at a takeover.

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Advocates are pushing Apple, Microsoft and Wal-Mart to end indirect funding of anti-gay religious groups.

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Companies Get Gay-Rights Heat Over Christian Donations

Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, faced a barrage of questions from lawmakers Wednesday about whether his company’s search engine stifles competition as he insisted it has not violated its famous “don’t be evil” motto. Schmidt, who had never testified on Capitol Hill, began his highly anticipated testimony by invoking the memory of Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who walked the same gantlet before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel during the 1990s. Read full article > >

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Google chairman faces Capitol Hill heat for first time

Last week, at a large developers’ event, Microsoft formally introduced its next operating system to the world, and it’s nothing like the Windows you’re used to. It’s clear the company has watched and learned as Apple stormed into the marketplace with the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 looks and feels like it’s built from the ground up to do away with the noisy, dated interfaces of the desktop computer, replacing them with a touch-friendly experience that’s focused on a new way of computing. Read full article > >

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Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

Last week, at a large developers’ event, Microsoft formally introduced its next operating system to the world, and it’s nothing like the Windows you’re used to. It’s clear the company has watched and learned as Apple stormed into the marketplace with the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 looks and feels like it’s built from the ground up to do away with the noisy, dated interfaces of the desktop computer, replacing them with a touch-friendly experience that’s focused on a new way of computing. Read full article > >

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Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

Last week, at a large developers’ event, Microsoft formally introduced its next operating system to the world, and it’s nothing like the Windows you’re used to. It’s clear the company has watched and learned as Apple stormed into the marketplace with the iPhone and iPad. Microsoft’s new Windows 8 looks and feels like it’s built from the ground up to do away with the noisy, dated interfaces of the desktop computer, replacing them with a touch-friendly experience that’s focused on a new way of computing. Read full article > >

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Microsoft breaks with PC world, reinvents itself with Windows 8

LOS ANGELES — The nation’s economic woes don’t appear to be hurting Bill Gates, who tops Forbes’ list of the 400 richest Americans for the 18th year in a row. The magazine said Wednesday that the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist’s wealth amounts to $59 billion, ranking him ahead of all the other billionaires who make up this year’s list. Read full article > >

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Bill Gates tops Forbes’ 2011 list of wealthiest Americans

Hundreds of millions of Microsoft users were left unable to access some online services overnight because of a major service failure.

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Microsoft services hit by failure

Chairman and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates says he was strongly behind the company’s plan to takeover loss-making firm Skype.

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Bill Gates behind Skype takeover

In agreeing to pay $8.5 billion to buy Skype, Microsoft is embracing a technology that is transforming the way people communicate at home and at work.

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For Microsoft, Skype Opens Vast New Market in Telecom

Microsoft said Tuesday it agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, the company’s biggest bet yet against Google, Apple and Facebook, who are leading the race to bring Internet services to any device. Through its acquisition of Luxembourg-based Skype, Microsoft bought the world’s biggest Internet voice and video calling service, with 170 million users around the globe. In a conference call with reporters, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Skype’s service will meld with the Redmond, Wash., company’s diverse range of businesses to help it woo more customers who play games, socialize and conduct work over smart phones, tablets, PCs and televisions. Read full article > >

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Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 billion

The deal, Microsoft’s largest acquisition ever, will give it a boost in voice and video communications.

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DealBook: Microsoft Announces $8.5 Billion Deal to Acquire Skype

PlayStation has sold more than eight million units of its new Move controller since last September, two million fewer than rival Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect.

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PS Move loses out to Xbox Kinect