Microsoft

Latest initiative targets High-Performance Computing, empowering customers to balance server workloads using both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Windows HPC Server for greater IT efficiency

WALTHAM, Mass., June 1, 2010 -- High-performance computing (HPC) continues to gain in popularity as businesses face increasing pressure to process data faster and with greater precision. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Novell Inc.

Strategic Relationship Provides Agencies Single Platform Solution for Planning, Reporting and Creative Support

March 23, 2010 -- Unicast, provider of online interactive rich media and video advertising management and services solutions, today announced a partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Advertising to offer a rich media solution for online advertising through Atlas.

RESTON, VA, March 10, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In February 2010, Americans conducted 14.5 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.5 percent search market share.

February 2010 U.S. Core Search Rankings

Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in February with 65.5 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (16.8 percent), and Microsoft Sites (11.5 percent). Ask Network captured 3.7 percent of the search market, followed by AOL LLC with 2.5 percent.

Average YouTube Viewer Watched More than 93 Videos in January, up 50 Percent vs. Year Ago

RESTON, VA, March 8, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released January 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that nearly 173 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month. Video viewers at YouTube.com watched 93 videos on average during the month, representing an increase of 50 percent versus year ago.

Top 10 Video Content Properties by Videos Viewed

Findings reveal Europe, Middle East and Africa on board mostly for finding resources; the Americas value knowledge transfer capabilities.

HOUSTON -- March 10, 2010 -- Oil and gas industry professionals in Asia Pacific lead the industry in the use of social media and collaboration tools at work, reports recent Microsoft Corp. and Accenture survey findings unveiled at CERAWeek 2010, with three out of four respondents from that region saying social media tools improve their work performance.

Move to Improve the Effectiveness of Ad Delivery in the CPG Industry

RESTON, VA February 25, 2010 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that Microsoft Advertising will use the comScore Audience Advantage™ platform to help consumer packaged goods (CPG) advertisers in the U.S., including Campbell Soup Company and Alberto Culver, reach their desired audiences across Microsoft’s online properties, such as MSN and Windows Live.

SUNNYVALE, CA and REDMOND, WA - Feb. 18, 2010 – Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq “YHOO”) announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the process of implementing the deal.

REDMOND, Wash. -- Feb. 9, 2010 -- Microsoft Corp. and Interpublic Group (IPG), one of the world’s largest advertising holding companies, today announced they have entered into a partnership agreement in which IPG will designate Microsoft’s Atlas as a preferred ad-server solution.

The agreement covers IPG’s North American agencies and puts into place preferred pricing agreements for Atlas enterprise technology for IPG clients, while Microsoft will benefit from increased opportunities for collaboration between the two companies.

Oslo, Norway - March 2, 2010 -- Starting immediately, Microsoft is promoting alternative browsers to millions of Windows users across Europe. One of the top alternatives in the Choice Screen is the Opera browser.

"200 million Europeans now have a chance to find a new browser. We are convinced that people who try Opera will see that our product is better, because it is fast, powerful, easy to use and has the best security record in the industry," said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera.

Key features of the Opera browser include:

Windows 7 demand drives record revenue and profit.

REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 28, 2010 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced record revenue of $19.02 billion for the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 billion, $6.66 billion and $0.74 per share, which represented increases of 43%, 60% and 57%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.