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A little over a year ago, Apple overtook Microsoft Corp. , grabbing the title of the world's most highly valued technology company.

Mr. Lee, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, said the Chinese Internet sector still has much to offer.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it has made a patent cross-licensing deal with the online retailer Amazon. com.

Mr. Allen's new memoir, in which he accuses Mr. Gates of scheming to take shares in Microsoft Corp. , is another version of the tale.

In 10 weeks, Microsoft Corp. will begin retiring Windows XP by shifting the operating system into a more limited support plan.

It took Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc several years to find common ground on the best way to team up in the Internet search market.

H-P, meanwhile, entered into a series of partnerships with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), which makes some software that competes with Oracle's.

In its home market, South Korea, Samsung tops the list, ahead of Apple and Microsoft Corp. of the U. S.

Even competitors from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. lined up to sing his praises.

Russia may be filled with talented IT people, but entrepreneurship is not their strongest side, a Microsoft Corp. executive said.

Apple's device pushes the notion the furthest, dispensing with Microsoft Corp. 's Windows operating system and a keyboard.

Microsoft Corp. is looking for a Chinese partner to help make the U. S. company a major player in China's Internet-search market.

During the 1980s, Microsoft Corp. 's Windows users were able to use third-party programs to get it.

A year later, Yahoo signed a 10-year search partnership with Microsoft Corp.

Apple Inc. overtook Microsoft Corp. as the most valuable technology company Wednesday, marking a changing of the guard.

Microsoft Corp. 's Outlook offers a standard template that users can elect to get a warning if they try to email to more than 50 people.

Microsoft Corp. said it will slash up to 5, 000 jobs over the next 18 months.

Starting this week, Microsoft Corp. will try to change the way Hotmail is perceived by rolling out a revamped version.

Microsoft Corp. : U. S. computer firm, the leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications.

The CEO said also Apple is adding Microsoft Corp. 's Bing search engine to the iPhone, although Google will remain the default option.

That followed complaints in recent months from other top executives of General Electric Co. , Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.

The deal gives it more of the online travel business and helps it compete with rivals Microsoft Corp. and Kayak. com.

If Google Inc. decides to close the door on its search engine in China, it might open a door for Microsoft Corp.

The users have run into one of Microsoft Corp. 's latest anti-piracy efforts.

Still more earnings are due out later in the day, including from American Express Co. , Microsoft Corp. and Amazon. com Inc.

Microsoft Corp. and the Justice Department have reached an agreement to settle their long-running antitrust dispute.

The company -- which is controlled by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq NM: MSFT ) co-founder Paul Allen -- currently employees 18, 700 people.

In Microsoft Corp. 's ever-tougher battle for global IT supremacy, Andrew Pickup is charged with taking the fight to Asia.

The charitable sector in China is still at a very early stage of development, said Gates, 54, co-founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp.

Craig Mundie is chief research and strategy officer of Microsoft Corp. , reporting to CEO Steve Ballmer.

and William Gates Sr. , a Seattle lawyer and father of America's richest man, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates.

Chrome OS's most obvious target is Microsoft Corp. , which has long dominated sales of operating systems for PCs.

Operating systems from Microsoft Corp. , Google Inc. and others need to be written to allow the two processors to work in tandem.

That's a turnabout for the industry, which had a series of layoffs last year, when some tech giants -- notably Microsoft Corp.

Hon Hai Precision Industry generates more revenue each year than Microsoft Corp. , Apple or Dell Inc.

June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang's five-month conflict with Microsoft Corp. ended yesterday.

Microsoft Corp. and Travelers Cos. were also dragging down the Dow.

Microsoft Corp said Tuesday that its new Windows 7 operating system will go on sale October 22, in time for the holiday shopping season.

Meanwhile, Facebook is tussling with Google and Microsoft Corp. for top engineers.

Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. is emerging as another potential threat.

Employees are contemplating defecting to such rivals as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), according to recruiters.

Sony and Microsoft Corp. are betting new additions to their console games systems will also do well.

A federal judge ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U. S. antitrust laws.

It recently surpassed Microsoft Corp. in market value.

He recently joined Rovio after a stint at Microsoft Corp. 's Bing search engine.

Mr. Payne, a former Microsoft Corp. Internet search executive who joined eBay in 2009, also couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Would Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have become giants?

In corporate news, Microsoft Corp. is set to unveil its first batch of Windows Phone 7 smart phones.

On Tuesday, Dell Inc. said it plans to release later this year a 10-inch tablet that runs on Microsoft Corp. 's Windows 7 operating system.

Sony Corp. 's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Corp. 's Xbox 360 already offer high-definition and motion controls.

In the meantime, the career investment banker advised clients such as Microsoft Corp. on its proposed $45 billion bid for Yahoo Inc.

Microsoft Corp. unit Skype, and Yahoo to lobby on Internet policy issues around Asia, such as Thailand's computer crimes law.

Yahoo! Inc. plans to reject a $44. 6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp, a source said.

The case is set to go to trial in October. Microsoft Corp. is also challenging the trademark.

Microsoft Corp. 's 1. 3 percent fall made it the Dow's laggard.

One company pursuing Google staffers in China is Microsoft Corp. , says a person familiar with the situation.

Microsoft Corp. introduced a dividend in 2003 and now pays a 2. 1 percent annual yield.

Microsoft Corp's (MSFT. O) Xbox 360 trails the pack, with sales of 10, 964 units.

Microsoft Corp. , for example, has built up its cash levels to $60. 9 billion, including equity and others investments as of March.