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Microsoft's Annual Revenue Surpasses $50 Billion — Double-digit revenue and EPS growth fueled by Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system — REDMOND, Wash., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today announced revenue of $13.37 billion …
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft earnings today: Xbox 360, Windows Vista — Microsoft's recently announced $1 billion charge for Xbox 360 malfunctions is expected to take its toll when the company reports financial results for its fourth quarter and 2007 fiscal year after the stock market closes today.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Microsoft earnings hit target; client, business divisions shine
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Ooma wants voice to be free — Voice over the Internet, so far, has been a game of cheap minutes, shoddy quality, and unreliable connections. It's also been a money-losing proposition. The promise of voice being free has remained just that - a promise. Palo Alto-based startup Ooma promises …
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Google Slides 5% After Hours As Q2 EPS Comes In Light — Google (GOOG) shares are falling what turned out to be a slightly disappointing second quarter. — Revenues were $3.87 billion, or $2.72 billion ex-TAC, with pro forma EPS of $3.56; the Street was looking for $2.68 billion revenues ex-TAC, and $3.59 a share.
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Google Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2007. — "Our performance once again demonstrates the strength of our core search and ads business. The growth in our global traffic combined …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Sources: Apple set to grow iPhone family pre-holidays — Apple Inc. this fall plans to accelerate its assault on the 1 billion unit worldwide cell phone market with a second incarnation of its iPhone handset that will likely appeal to an even larger audience, AppleInsider has learned.
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Senate looking at Google-DoubleClick — Executives from search engine firm, its target DoubleClick, and competitors expected to appear at antitrust hearing. — WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Lawmakers in Congress plan to hold hearings to air concerns about Google Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Web advertising supplier DoubleClick Inc.
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PC Shipments Accelerate In the United States And Asia/Pacific, Lifting Growth Above 12%, According To IDC — Worldwide PC shipments grew by 12.5% in the second quarter of 2007 (2Q07), according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) returned …
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Sprint:
Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to Partner to Accelerate and Expand the Deployment of the First Nationwide Mobile Broadband Network Using WiMAX Technology — Consumers, Businesses and Public Safety Agencies to Benefit from More Coverage Sooner and Enhanced Network Capabilities
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:WiMax goes mainstream: Sprint, Clearwire to build national network
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Pageflakes Blizzard Release Launches — Customized home page startup Pageflakes launched a slew of new features this morning under what it is calling its "Blizzard" release. — Among all of the new features, the two that are important to highlight are social networking and customizable themes on pages.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
It is time to stop the spread of Vista SP1 misinformation! — Microsoft wants you to be informed about the current state of the Windows Vista SP1 beta. — (Not really, but they are pretending they do....) — Here is the latest official missive on Vista SP1 from Microsoft headquarters:
Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
LOOKS LIKE YOUTUBE IS GOING WIDESCREEN — While perusing YouTube last night, I noticed the thumbnails for all the YouTube videos had all of a sudden switched from the regular standard dimensions to more of a widescreen size. You can see the change in the screenshot, something Gizmodo noticed, too.
Tony Smith / The Register:
The IBM ThinkPad: 15 years old today — Receive the day's biggest stories by email, sign up here — Forgotten Tech The ThinkPad is 15 today. Sort of. Launched by IBM and now made by Lenovo, the black-clad laptop family quickly established itself as an icon, in many ways re-establishing …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Acquires InviteShare — Getting invitations to private betas can be a frustrating experience for early adopters. If you don't know someone who's already in the beta it could end up being a very long wait. Over the last few years invitations for some betas were so hard …
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