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TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft suffers first ever year-to-year revenue drop
Microsoft suffered its first ever year-to-year drop in revenue, posting $13.65 billion for the quarter ending March, compared with $14.45 billion in the same quarter last year. The software giant's recent quarter profits plunged 32% to $2.98 billion.
INTERNET
Microsoft and Yahoo resume talks
The influential Wall Street Journal's 'All Things Digital' blog reveals that, one year after their big failure, Microsoft and Yahoo are resuming talks and are aiming for an advertising deal on Web searches.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft ordered to pay $388 million in patent case
A federal jury ordered US software giant Microsoft to pay $388 million to Uniloc for infringing on an anti-piracy software patent. Microsoft announced it would seek an overturn of the verdict.
INTERNET
Wikipedia's success means the end of Encarta
Online encyclopedia Encarta, which is owned by Microsoft, will shut down all around the world on October 31, except in Japan where it will last until December 31. The success of Internet reference source Wikipedia is thought to be the cause.
30/03/2009 - THE BUSINESS INTERVIEW

Jean-Philippe Courtois, President of Microsoft International

Software giant Microsoft released Explorer 8: the main gateway to the internet for about two thirds of the world's computer users. Raphael Kahane spoke to the President of Microsoft International, Jean-Philippe Courtois.
SPACE
Exploring the cosmos online with Microsoft and NASA
Space agency NASA and Microsoft have launched a programme to publish images of Mars, the moon and other parts of the cosmos on Microsoft's online WorldWide Telescope.
INTERNET
Microsoft releases new Web browser
Internet Explorer 8 has been released by Microsoft in an attempt to stay leader of the web browser market. Microsoft's supremacy is threatened by Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari.
INTERNET
Microsoft tests Kumo, its new Web search engine
Intending to replace its unsuccessful Live Search, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday that it is testing a successor codenamed Kumo. The US software giant hopes to increase its share of the lucrative search business, massively dominated by Google.
INTERNET
EU may order Microsoft to offer a choice of Web browsers
The European Commission is to consider ordering Microsoft to offer a choice of Web browsers in its Windows operating system. Internet Explorer is the only such system to be installed automatically and it is difficult to disable.
ECONOMIC CRISIS
Microsoft expects continuing difficult conditions
CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer said he expected economic conditions to remain difficult through 2009. Microsoft cut 5,000 jobs in January, in other words 5.5 percent of the software giant's workforce.
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