Windows and Halo boost Microsoft
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Microsoft sees strong quarterly profits, following demand for its Halo 3 video game and computers using Windows.
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Microsoft sees quarterly profits, rise 23% following demand for its Halo 3 video game and Windows operating system.
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Microsoft, the world's largest maker of computer software, reports a doubling of quarterly profits.
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Windows, Office software lead Microsoft to record stronger-than-expected sales, as online rival Google stumbles.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year estimates and posted a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, topping investor expectations on strong demand for "Halo 3" and Windows Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp. , the world's largest software maker, on Thursday said its first quarter profit climbed as personal computer sales and business demand fueled higher sales.
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Efforts by Microsoft Corp. and the PC industry to expand into to the living room will get a boost next week as they show off technologies that try to balance Hollywood's piracy fears with the appeal of digital media.
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According to Microsoft&#39;s Trustworthy Computing Group, the software giant&#39;s latest operating system is far more secure than competing platforms -- or even previous Windows iterations.
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Microsoft Corp  has  cemented its reputation among hardcore gamers with the launch  of alien shoot-out &quot;Halo 3,&quot; but it is still struggling to  attract the mass market audience that has flocked to Nintendo  Co Ltd&#39;s (7974.OS) Wii console.
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Microsoft reported surprising strong quarterly sales and profit growth, well ahead of Wall Streetâs expectations, which sent its stock up 12 percent in after-hours trading.
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Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 release candidate is now available to anybody and everybody who wants to confirm reports that XP with SP3 is significantly faster than Windows Vista.
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Earlier this year Microsoft released a major security update for Windows XP, which was designed to strengthen the operating systemâs defences against attack from viruses and hackers.
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Two months after the heavily hyped release of Microsoft&#39;s Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company has exceeded its delivery projections for individual users and small businesses.
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Windows computing environments are cheaper, more secure, and lower risk than those based on Linux and open-source software, CEO Steve Ballmer asserts in an E-mail sent Wednesday to Microsoft&#39;s customers and partners.
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Microsoft Corp geared up on Monday to  launch &quot;Halo 3,&quot; the acclaimed science-fiction video game that  it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp in the battle  for industry dominance.
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Windows XP users have until early next year to update business systems and applications before the operating system&#39;s Service Pack (SP) 2 is fully unleashed.
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Strong sales of new and old products led Microsoft to its fastest-growing Q1 since 1999, the company reported today.