Microsoft to Buy Mobile Software Firm
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Microsoft took a decisive step into the mobile Web arena with a deal to buy Danger, a company best known for the Sidekick, for an undisclosed amount.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Wednesday it will buy privately owned Tellme Networks, a voice  recognition technology company, as it promotes the service for  computer users and customer call centers.
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Microsoft strikes deal with Indian cell firms to deliver Hotmail and MSN Messenger over SMS.
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Microsoft offers to buy the Norwegian search software company Fast Search & Transfer for $1.2bn (Â£607m).
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Microsoft today announced that it will buy Giant Company Software, a developer of anti-spyware and Internet security offerings. The Redmond, Washington, firm will use technology from the acquisition
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Microsoft is expected to announce another partner on the eve of the Mobile World Congress.
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Microsoft is backing a new company that will help enterprises design, deploy, and manage Windows Mobile phones and services.
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The mobile device company responsible for the Sidekick smart phone, and originally co-founded by Andy Rubin -- who now heads up an open source project at Google -- will be joining the Microsoft arsenal in the mobile space.
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Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Norwegian search company for $1.2 billion, aiming to shore up its search technology for businesses against competition from Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp.
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U.S. software giant Microsoft  is  aiming to get its audio and video software into mobile phones  before it is beaten to the 650-million-handsets-a-year market  by rivals like Apple.
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Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire a Chicago-based provider of enterprise group chat software to bolster the messaging capabilities of its Office Communications Server and Office Communicator products.
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Motorola Inc. has agreed to buy MeshNetworks Inc., a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks.
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MotorolaÂ has agreed to buy MeshNetworks, a developer of technology and products for rapidly deployed, self-creating wireless mobile networks.
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Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the company's efforts to grab market share beyond the desktop.
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iAdmin Mobile has made available the final release candidate for its Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) SQL Server Mobile Management Pack.
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OSLO/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp made a $1.2 billion offer to buy Norwegian Web search software company Fast Search & Transfer in a deal that would help the world's largest software maker expand into the market for business-oriented search.
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Continuing its push into the mobile consumer market, Microsoft announced that it plans to acquire Danger, the developer of software and services that run the Sidekick.Danger&#39;s operating system and applications work in tandem with backend servers to offer such services as games, social networking, Internet access, Web e-mail, and instant messaging. T-Mobile&#39;s Sidekick, manufactured by Sharp, is perhaps the best known Danger device.Microsoft did not disclose financial terms of the deal or say if it planned to continue to support the Danger mobile operating system as Microsoft has its own mobile operating system in Windows Mobile.However, Microsoft indicated that it has plans for Danger&#39;s technology beyond mobile phones. In a statement, Microsoft suggested it could combine Danger&#39;s services with MSN, Xbox, Zune, Windows Live, and Windows Mobile. In addition, Microsoft said that Danger would join its Entertainment and Devices Division, not specifically the Windows Mobile group, which is in that division.Danger, based in Palo Alto, California, was founded by Andy Rubin, who later went on to start a company called Android that Google bought.&#160;Google&#39;s Android is a Linux-based mobile phone operating system.While Danger has a loyal following, the company hasn&#39;t turned a profit. In late 2007, it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to execute a public offering, which may have been an indication that it needed money.Sidekick fans have a mixed reaction to the news of the Microsoft acquisition. In an online forum, some people wrote that they were excited that Danger would have better financial backing in order to further its research and development. Others said they feared that Microsoft was essentially buying out the competition and would soon discontinue Danger&#39;s products and services.Microsoft has recently indicated that it is trying to attract more consumers to Windows Mobile, which the market views as primarily a business tool. It recently hired a new executive to focus on consumer marketing, and the Danger buy could help it acquire consumer customers.