19 Jan 2005
at Microsoft UK....Kunhardt has worked at the company for 10 years, most recently heading MSN UK's image and reputation team. In her new job she will create policy and develop perceptions of the Microsoft brand. ...
29 Jun 2005
Microsoft has signed a £750,000 deal to sponsor GCap Media's radio music-download service...The Hear It, Buy It, Burn It service, which originated on GWR before its merger with Capital and uses Microsoft technology, will now be extended to GCap Media's flagship stations, including 95.8 Capital FM and Xfm.
Microsoft Windows XP will sponsor live streaming media via an audio message on GCap ...
29 Sep 2000
Paul Allen, co-founder with Bill Gates of Microsoft, and the US’s third richest man, has resigned...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Paul Allen, co-founder with Bill Gates of Microsoft, and the US’s third richest man, has resigned from the software giant’s board of directors.
Allen will step down from ...
sold 3bn of his Microsoft shares and invested in cable companies. His fortune is estimated at around ...
20 Mar 2001
| by Louise Banbury
Microsoft has unveiled a new system, called Hailstorm, that will offer internet services to help...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Microsoft has unveiled a new system, called Hailstorm, that will offer ...
by Microsoft’s competitors, such as Apple and Palm, and is the first concrete example of what the company intends to do with its .NET strategy.
The system builds on Microsoft’s free product, Passport, which ...
24 Aug 2000
Investors have cut back on their share holdings in Microsoft on the back of concerns about the anti...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Investors have cut back on their share holdings in Microsoft on the back of concerns about the anti-trust trial and possible break-up the software giant is facing, according ...
the April-June period, after Microsoft was found guilty of abusing its monopoly power.
The sell ...
16 Mar 2000
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
Microsoft last week fuelled the hype surrounding its much-touted
entry into the gaming console...Microsoft last week fuelled the hype surrounding its much-touted
entry into the gaming console ...
machine,
including Eidos, Konami, Namco, Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive.
Microsoft said ...
agency. Microsoft
also faces competition from Nintendo s next generation console, Dolphin,
and Sega ...
16 Jul 1998
| by BINNUR BEYAZTAS
Microsoft is embarking on a major distribution drive to sell its
software packages in clothing...Microsoft is embarking on a major distribution drive to sell its
software packages in clothing ...
and Comet to sell Microsoft software products.
Dale Borland, director of the consumer business unit at Microsoft, said:
We want to supply products to the right people, at the right places and
for the right ...
03 Oct 2000
Microsoft is to invest 135m in beleaguered Canadian software rival Corel, making the software...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Microsoft is to invest 135m in beleaguered Canadian software rival ...
software, which is a long-time rival to Microsoft’s own desktop office range.
Microsoft is buying 24m non ...
products related to Microsoft’s internet-based .NET initiative.
Corel has this year been beset ...
28 May 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
is to receive the backing of
Microsoft....is to receive the backing of
Microsoft.
Sega unveiled the console, Dreamcast, in Japan last week, where ...
.
The Microsoft and Sega collaboration marks a huge step forward in games
console technology as, for the first time, Microsoft Windows CE will be
the operating system.
This will allow the console ...
19 Nov 1998
| by STEVE BELL
Microsoft begins its pounds 2m, pre-Christmas advertising push this
week, with a campaign produced...Microsoft begins its pounds 2m, pre-Christmas advertising push this
week, with a campaign produced by a group of six above- and
below-the-line agencies, co-ordinated by ad agency Euro RSCG Wnek ...
releases, including Microsoft Encarta
Reference 99 and Windows 98.
The posters ...