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Business
March 7
EU fines Microsoft over web browser
The European Union has fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros ($NZ880 million) for failing to offer users a choice of web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other firms involved in EU antitrust disputes.
Business
October 25
Microsoft unveils Windows 8, Surface tablet
Microsoft Corp has launched its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet in a bid to revive interest in its flagship product and regain ground lost to Apple Inc and Google Inc in mobile computing.
Business
July 17
Microsoft looks to cloud in Office revamp
Microsoft unveiled a new version of its Office suite tailored for tablets and other touch screen devices, in the company's largest-ever overhaul of the workplace software it relies on for much of its profit.
Business
July 16
Microsoft revamps Office, looks to cloud
Microsoft Corp has unveiled a new version of its Office suite tailored for touchscreen devices, in the company's largest-ever overhaul of the aging workplace software it relies on for most of its profit.
Business
June 19
Microsoft unveils Surface tablet
Microsoft Corp has unveiled a tablet called Surface, in a move to rival Apple Inc's massively successful iPad.
Dunedin
October 5
Skills for tomorrow on road today
Microsoft New Zealand education technology specialist Karl de Borst (and inset left) presents some of the latest computer technology available to help Otago primary and secondary school teachers improve their pupils' learning, problem-solving and collaboration skills.
Business
September 13
Developers get look at Windows 8
Microsoft Corp handed out 5000 sleek Samsung tablet computers running a test version of Windows 8 at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, hoping to stoke excitement over its new operating system.
Business
May 13
Cyber attacks on the rise
Microsoft NZ national technology officer Mark Rees said a new security intelligence report highlighted a polarisation in terms of cyber-criminal behaviour.
Business
May 10
Microsoft deal should expand Skype reach
Imagine using your Xbox and switching from a game to a video chat with a faraway friend holding an iPad. Or going into your office email to invite Grandma to a virtual family reunion beamed on TV sets to relatives across the country.
Business
October 12
Microsoft in touch-phone bid
Microsoft has come to the party late, but indications are the technology giant is about to throw everything it has to try to upstage Apple, Blackberry and Google in the touch-phone market.
Business
September 15
Microsoft unveils IE9 browser
Microsoft has unveiled the "beta" test version of Internet Explorer 9 the first of a new generation of web browser programs that tap into the powerful processors on board newer computers to make websites load and run faster.
Business
July 12
Microsoft to stop some Windows updates
Microsoft this week will stop issuing security fixes for computers running the Windows XP operating system updated with Service Pack 2, resulting in hundreds of millions of PCs worldwide instantly becoming riper targets for hackers.
Business
July 12
Microsoft, PC makers to offer Azure cloud services
Microsoft is teaming up with computer makers to try to make its Windows Azure cloud computing system attractive to government and big corporate customers.
Business
July 1
We were family: Microsoft halts Kin phone rollout
For Microsoft, there will be no next of Kin.
Business
June 25
Microsoft's high school travelled a rocky road
Business
June 25
Bing's new bling: TV, music from Microsoft search
Microsoft's Bing search site is getting an entertainment section with click-to-play music, television shows, movies and casual games.
Business
June 10
European Union takes aim at proprietary software
The European Union's top internet official has taken aim at Microsoft, warning that governments can accidentally lock themselves into one company's software for decades by setting it as a standard for their technology systems.
Business
June 1
Former hacker praises Windows security
There's no safe place on the web, reports former hacker Marc Maiffret, who shared some interesting insights recently with CNET.com regarding Internet security.
Business
May 27
Apple becomes world's most valuable tech company
For the first time in the long history of the duelling computer companies, Apple's market capitalisation passed that of rival Microsoft, making Apple the most valuable technology company in the world. Apple shares closed at $244.18, giving it a market cap of $222.6 billion, compared with Microsoft, which has a total stock value of $219.4 billion.
Business
May 26
Microsoft loses top gadget guys
Microsoft says two key executives from the group that makes the Xbox 360 game system, Windows mobile phones and Zune media players are leaving the company.
Business
May 11
New features coming for Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft's next update to Windows Live Messenger will bring people more ways to keep an eye on their social network accounts.
Business
May 8
Microsoft vows to improve on annoying Vista
The next version of Microsoft Windows, the software that defines the computing experience for most people, will nag users much less than its much-maligned predecessor, Vista.
World
May 8
Vegas bar debuts high-tech table
Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment have introduced a high-tech interactive bar table that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.
Dunedin
May 8
School opts for free software
Warrington school is to stop using school management software supplied by the Ministry of Education.
Entertainment
May 8
Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will be a key pitchman in a planned $300 million advertising campaign for software giant Microsoft, a person familiar with the plans confirmed to The Associated Press on condition on anonymity because the deal has not been formally announced.
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