Gates met Melinda French 10 years ago at a Microsoft press event in Manhattan.
Microsoft Press has issued a book called Writing Secure Code, now required reading in the company's crash security courses for programmers.
Analysts on Thursday may press Microsoft for more details about the response to its Surface tablet, which is supposed to showcase the appeal of Windows 8.
When we heard Microsoft was holding a press event called "Give Hotmail a Second Look, " we wondered if a full-on redesign was in store.
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Since Kinect employs cameras to determine the position of various limbs, it can offer video calling and "reaction shots" as demoed in Microsoft's E3 press conference.
The Lumia 820 was a little starved of publicity at Nokia and Microsoft's big press event, with the emphasis mainly on new technologies being introduced with the Lumia 920.
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Yet with release after release, vendors add features that no one uses or cares about -- a problem that reached a nadir with the Microsoft Office Assistant, which was so universally reviled that Microsoft actually sent out press releases announcing Clippy's death when it was removed.
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"We will not appeal the Court of First Instance's decision to the European Court of Justice and will continue to work closely with the commission and the industry to ensure a flourishing and competitive environment for information technology in Europe and around the world, " Microsoft said in a press release on Monday morning.
In January this year, the Associated Press reported that Microsoft had offered a blogger cash to alter Wikipedia articles.
Sure enough, today's the 27th, and Microsoft's issued a press release explaining the pricing for Office 365 ProPlus, Midsize Business and Small Business Premium.
In the old Microsoft days, that kind of press release would have been celebrated as a gala event.
Microsoft just came out with a press release saying that users of its Xbox Live game network spend more than 1 billion hours every month on the service.
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The press release is provided for informational purposes only, and Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the press release or the information contained in it.
The earnings report caps a busy week, with Microsoft Chief Executive SteveBallmerSteve Ballmer continuing to press his bid for struggling online portal Yahoo!
The earnings report caps a busy week, with Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer continuing to press his bid for struggling online portal Yahoo!
So if it is as simple as that he wants to go off and do something else, why did Microsoft not make that clear in its press release?
At its E3 press conference Monday morning, Microsoft announced the official price and launch date of its expected Kinect system, a controller-less add-on to the Xbox 360 game console that players control using their hands and gestures.
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But corporate good works receive little press and moreover are overshadowed by Microsoft's intensely competitive streak.
Another ugly scenario: Microsoft could refuse to raise its bid and press for a hostile takeover.
The big news from Microsoft was upstaged by its own pre conference press event.
Committee staff briefed the press this morning on the ways Microsoft and Hewlett Packard, for example, are using the tax code and offshore entities to shift billions in net income to low tax countries.
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Nokia has been working behind the scenes on its Microsoft smartphone partnership, however, and issued a press release Thursday to detail its efforts.
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Nintendo and Sony may debut new games that get people talking (and they should), but Microsoft will have the luxury of being the one press conference everyone is looking forward to for the entire show.
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"Microsoft is creating end-to-end solutions for partners and customers to win in a changing industry where business agility and the use of information technology to drive revenue and profit growth have become critical, " says Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer , 43, in a press release.
With all the press and anticipation for the new platform, Microsoft is going to be looking for a decent return on their investment.
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Microsoft chief executive Steve Balmer made an appearance at a Hong Kong press conference in October to announce a partnership to sell software and services.
Microsoft clearly does not want any details of the event being leaked to the press.
The tech press is looking for signs of vision from other companies, including Microsoft.
Microsoft showed a teaser trailer for Gears of War: Judgment at its E3 press conference Monday, and while it gave away as close to no new information as possible, it appears to be more of the same.
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Epic Games is having a very big E3 with its Gears of War Judgment prequel debuting during the Xbox 360 press conference at the USC Galen Center and on display at the Microsoft booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center throughout the week.
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