Microsoft Research VP Gives a Look into the Process
Microsoft senior vice president Rick Rashid has been the steady hand at the helm of Microsoft Research for nearly 17 years. Under Rashid’s guidance, Microsoft Research has grown into an organization modeled after academia, yet it has also contributed to Microsoft’s bottom line. SD Times sat down with Rashid to learn about what drives research and how projects surface in shipping products.
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Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
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AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent.
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Indictments in huge hacking & theft case
A federal grand jury returned indictments today on 11 defendants in one of the largest hacking and online theft cases ever. The Department of Justice charged 11 individuals from around the world with stealing 40 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking the networks of nine retailers and stealing an...
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Smaller Businesses Embrace Blade Servers
Vendors like HP and IBM are hoping to cash in on the interest by designing blade server systems specifically for smaller businesses.
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