http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft RSS Feed for KOMO - News - Microsoft en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:11:05 GMT http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/27224374.html Microsoft Corp., expanding on an alliance with Novell Inc., has agreed to buy as much as $100 million more for subscription certificates for Novell's Linux products, Novell said Wednesday. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/26934139.html The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving its $1 million "access to learning award" to an organization in Mexico's Veracruz state. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25834279.html Microsoft Corp. says Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations, is leaving the company. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25681264.html Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25618314.html Shares of Microsoft Corp. sank more than 5 percent on Friday, a day after the company missed Wall Street's earnings forecast by a penny, and issued softer-than-expected guidance for the current first quarter. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25580144.html Microsoft says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 42 percent from a year ago, helped by strong sales of its Office and Windows software. Earnings rose to $4.3 billion, but missed expectations by a penny per share. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25553289.html A letter from Yahoo to shareholders hammered investor Carl Icahn, Microsoft's partner in the latest acquisition offer, for his lack of knowledge about the Internet business, saying the offer from "the odd couple" serves "only their very narrow special interests." http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25484534.html The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Tuesday announced plans to give $8.1 million in grants to keep library computers up-to-date in 11 states. The grants will help upgrade computer hardware in public libraries serving communities with high concentrations of poverty. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/25416089.html Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected. http://www.komonews.com/news/microsoft/24975659.html After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants.