Microsoft looks to academia for talent
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Although Bill Gates&#039; massive philanthropic foundation tends to get the most attention for its efforts to transform education, the company he co-founded also is paying close attention to the world of academia.
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AJAX, .Net, PHP and other Web 2.0 programming skills top the in-demand list.
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HYDERABAD: Microsoft will hire several hundred new staff at its new campus here in the next year, its chief executive said on Monday -- a move aimed at strengthening its presence in the country.
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Microsoft Corp.  will hire several hundred new staff at its new Indian campus in the next year, its chief executive said on Monday, in a move aimed at strengthening its presence in Asia's fourth-biggest economy.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker unravels the trends in university applications.
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Software giant Microsoft is joining the ranks of companies offer blogs or online journals.
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Arizona State University is exploring the area where entertainment meets technology, with the idea of preparing young professionals to work in the warp-speed world of a changing Hollywood.
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BOSTON/VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Microsoft  Corp.  said on Thursday it will open a software  development center in Vancouver, giving it a place to employ  skilled workers snagged by U.S. immigration quotas.
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Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates.
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The move comes at a time when Microsoft is sharpening its own tools and expertise in the area.
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Microsoft will hire hundreds of new staff for its operations in Hyderabad, south India over the next 12 months. The company&#39;s chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer said the hiring of more staff for its software
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Microsoft will spend $235.5 million in schools in developing countries over the next five years, part of a plan to increase the number of people trained on its software.
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LONDON - Wanted: bright graduate student to assist world-famous scientist. International travel, developing computer systems and dealing with the press required.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates presented a plan backed by his software company in cooperation with European science bodies to create a network of elite research centres.
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(InfoWorld) - Word that Microsoft had a crack team of developers in Silicon Valley working on a cutting-edge search project is news to the company's head of search and advertising. "When they get it done, I hope they'll send me a link to it so I'll know about it," Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of Microsoft's search and advertising platform group, jokingly said late on Monday at the Search Marketing Expo in Seattle. He was responding to a question about a rumor making the rounds online that a team of engineers at Microsoft's Mountain View office is working on a new search engine to replace its existing one. While Nadella denied any specific effort to build a new search engine, he did say that his group, as a very young search operation compared to some other giants, would need to take risks in order to improve its position. Microsoft search is just over 3 years old and has about 10 percent of the market, he said. "We'll experiment," he said. One way that Microsoft may work to improve its search ranking is by trying to leverage its position as a content provider. The MSN portal has around 500 million unique users globally, he said. His group is trying to find ways to encourage them to use Microsoft's Live search. The MSN A-List is an example of that effort. The A-List is a page that shows top searches on Live search. In addition, the main Microsoft.com page only recently got a Live search bar, he said. Microsoft will also have to differentiate its search product from the others to get ahead, he said. Offerings like 3D maps, where he thinks Microsoft is in the lead, as well as mobile and image search could help the company gain users. Longer term, Nadella wants to experiment with and "reconceptualize" the search user interface. There's a "ton" of innovation that can be done on the user experience side, he said. In addition to innovating on new products, Nadella's group will get more scientific in researching how customers use Live search. "The crux of our problem is how do we get existing searchers to use it more," he said. To figure out how to do that, he wants to have more data about things like abandonment rates. Microsoft has an uphill battle to fight as it competes against current search leaders. Microsoft's Live search trails far behind Google, which has about half of the search market share. Yahoo, the second largest search provider, had nearly 27 percent share in April, according to ComScore Networks.
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Microsoft has trained 200,000 teachers in India on the use of computers, ahead of its original target to train 80,000 teachers in the country during the five-year period ending December this year, it said.
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HYDERABAD, India  - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O will  hire several hundred new staff at its new Indian campus in the  next year, its chief executive said on Monday, in a move aimed  at strengthening its presence in Asia's fourth-biggest economy.