Microsoft to Acquire Parlano
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Microsoft said Wednesday it will buy a small Chicago-based technology company and add its group-chat software to a broad vision for integrated office communications programs.
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Microsoft announced today that it had bought New York software company Giant Company Software, which produces a robust anti-spyware tool.
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Microsoft will take a 240-million-dollar stake in the wildly popular social networking website Facebook as part of an expansion of the two firms' strategic alliance, the companies said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Microsoft Corp.  is in  talks to buy Tellme Networks Inc., the privately owned voice  recognition technology company, two sources familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday.
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Washington Post Co., the publisher of Newsweek and the owner of educational services firm Kaplan, said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase online magazine Slate from Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has signed definitive agreements to acquire Sybari Software, an Internet security company that provides software embedded in the server infrastructure.
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Microsoft said it plans to buy Fast Search & Transfer of Oslo for $1.2 billion to expand into Internet-search systems for businesses.
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The acquisition will bring Microsoft powerful high-end search technologies to complement its enterprise infrastructure offering, Microsoft said.
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SEATTLE/BOSTON  - Microsoft Corp  said on  Monday it bought a start-up company called Calista Technologies  and expanded its alliance with Citrix Systems ,  targeting the fast growing virtualization market.
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Washington Post Co. WPO.N on Tuesday  said it would buy Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O online magazine  Slate, whose mix of politics, news and culture has built a  loyal following but failed to yield significant profits.
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DECEMBER 16, 2004  - Microsoft Corp. has acquired antispyware vendor Giant Company Software Inc. in New York for an undisclosed amount.
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Washington Post Co. on Tuesday said it  would buy Microsoft Corp.'s online magazine Slate, whose mix of  politics, news and culture has built a loyal following but  failed to yield significant profits.
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IBM has reached an agreement to purchase Venetica, a privately held developer of content-integration software. The acquisition will enable IBM to provide improved ability to integrate unstructured
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The latest rumor to sweep the world of high tech claims that Microsoft has its eyes on eBay for a possible buyout. Last week, a report in the New York Post said that Microsoft has engaged in preliminary talks with eBay about acquiring the online auction company and merging it with MSN.
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Microsoft Corp  on Friday said  it had offered to acquire Yahoo Inc  in a proposed cash  and stock deal valued at $44.6 billion.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , pushing to bolster its Internet security offerings, has acquired anti-spyware maker Giant Company Software Inc.
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Microsoft Corp. plans to concentrate on acquisitions valued at between $50 million and $1 billion over the next five years, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the Web 2.0 Summit.