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Microsoft releases 2012 fiscal first quarter earnings for the fiscal year, the report shows, Microsoft first-quarter revenues of us $ 17.372 billion, over the same period last year 16.195 billion rose cent; net profit of US $ 5.738 billion, $ 5.41 billion over the same period last year increased 6%. PC sales continued to slump. Microsoft first-quarter results broadly in line with Wall Street analysts had been expecting. Market research company FactSet Research survey shows that average analyst expectations Microsoft first-quarter earnings of 68 cents per share, revenue was 17.24 billion dollars.

Microsoft first-quarter results showed that 2% Windows sales growth over the same period, consistent with the downturn in PC sales. Windows still dominates the global PC market share above 90%. Although the Windows operating system sales over three consecutive quarters of decline, it is still lower than some analysts had expected.

United States Investment Bank Pacific Crest Securities analyst bulandeng·banike view that Windows operating system sales once again fell short of expectations, but the gap and not as big as the past few quarters. Relatively stable since 2009 comes out, Windows 7 sales.

Growth now depends largely on the core of Microsoft’s enterprise customers, despite the economic growth rate slows, but enterprise customers continued investment in technology. In contrast, consumers are waiting for Windows 8 release next year, indefinitely postponed the purchase plan, or choose to buy the Apple iPad tablet.

Microsoft expects fiscal 2012 operating expenditures: US $ 28.6 billion to $ 29.2 billion. In July this year, Microsoft had planned for fiscal year 2011 operating expenses amounted to us $ 28 billion to $ 28.6 billion, than growth in fiscal 2011 3% per cent.

Microsoft CFO bide·kelaien (Peter Klein) says, a commercial PC replacement cycle is still in the “intermediate point”, in his view, such demand will still continue to a certain momentum of growth. Klein, analysts on a conference call, expected commercial PC grew faster than the consumer PC machine at least trend will continue in this fiscal year.

On that day, Microsoft shares fell $ 0.09 in regular trading on the NASDAQ, closed at $ 27.04, or 0.33%.

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Human resources consulting company of New York announce global multinationals the best top 25 in the workplace. Microsoft won the first prize, which lists almost all United States technology companies in the world.
Best career Institute (Great Place to Work Institute), tuoluowei (Jose Tolovi), said: “Microsoft’s first choice to trust as a business rule, regardless of company size or industry, national culture, and was voted as the best multinational company in the world. ”

Software developer SAS, network domain storage devices Corporation (NetApp) and search engine Google disaggregate the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, followed by Federal Express (FedEx), Cisco Systems (Cisco), Marriott (Mariott hotels) and McDonald’s (McDonald’s).

There are also gold company Cadbury Carat (Kimberly-Clark Corp.) ranked 9th, semiconductor giant Intel (Intel) row 14,3M 16th, Roche pharmaceutical companies (Roche Laboratories Inc.) 21st, coke (Coca-Cola Co.) the 23rd.

Ranked the highest in the European companies are United Kingdom drinks group Diageo (Diageo), ranked 11th, Germany ranked 15 construction equipment manufacturer Hilti, Spain ranked 17 telecommunications operators Telefonica.

Asian companies fail in an examination, tuoluowei through e-mail told AFP: “for us, Asia is still relatively new, we expect the Asian transnational companies must list in the future. ”

United States Bank (American Express), ranked 12th, is the only financial institutions.

Object of the survey more than 2.5 million of them, they represent 10 million workers. The survey of more than 5,500 companies conducted an analysis of corporate culture, the target was recently named the world’s largest and most respectable companies, they have excellent working environment and management practices. Major multinationals are competing to strive for finalists of this list, because if selected, will help to significantly improve the impact of enterprises and promote talent recruitment.

According to foreign media reports, the United States leading financial website MarketWatch wrote on Tuesday, Wintel (Microsoft + Intel) with two other members of the Alliance, held respectively on both sides on Tuesday industry conference, announced plans to enter the mobile market. In this area, the two companies have lagged behind competitors in the market. Following is a summary of the article content: in the United States Build 2011 Developers Conference to be held in Southern California, Microsoft unveiled the next-generation operating system Windows 8 mystery. According to Microsoft’s design, Windows 8 will not only among PC and laptops, but also be able to run on the tablet.

At the same time, the Intel information technology Summit in San Francisco (Intel Developer Forum), Intel and Google announced that it would jointly optimized for the Intel low power Atom processor family of products a future version of the Android system, which means that future versions of the Android platform will support Intel’s technology and other architecture. This move will help Intel into the mobile market, sales of all products from smart mobile processors server processors. In the fast-growing mobile market, Android has become the main competitor of Microsoft Windows operating system.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini (Paul Otellini) says, “the computer industry has been at a constant normal for innovation. “Alliance with Google, mainly mining market potential of Intel Atom processor. Atom processor has been in the short-lived popular NetBook market, but rarely as a mobile processor market. Google Mobile Senior Vice President, business Andi·Lubin (Andy Rubin), accompanied by Paul Otellini also attend Intel’s session on Tuesday. Rubin said, “Google’s plans for a future version of the Android operating system for the atom processor family to ‘ optimize ‘. ”

Intel was found in the mobile processor market, the company is working with Nvidia and Texas instruments and Qualcomm work more intense competition. Nomura Securities analyst luomite·SAHE (Romit Shah) says, “we believe that the Alliance with Google, will help Intel official involved in eco-system to Android devices. ”

It is not clearly aligned with Google, Intel will be how to deal with MeeGo operating system. MeeGo has previously developed by Intel, Nokia and some other company. But earlier this year after Nokia announced that it will use Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, MeeGo operating system suffered badly. Intel spokesman said on Tuesday that the company “will continue to honour their commitments to MeeGo” will continue to develop the MeeGo platform.

Processor category boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred. For example, Microsoft and Qualcomm announced Tuesday, the two companies will jointly develop Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, enabling it to be used in the first generation Windows 8 PC. Snapdragon processor has supported a number of previously manufactured by Samsung and HTC Windows Phone device.

Microsoft to Build 2011 Developers Conference to be held on Tuesday, the company unveiled the next-generation operating system Windows 8 mystery. Microsoft hopes that the operating system until the official release, encourages application developers and hardware vendors to support this operating system. Independent technology analyst luojie·kaiyi (Roger Kay) emphasized that the Wintel Alliance two members on Tuesday held offsite industry conference, does not change the two companies in the PC industry’s long term relationship. He said that “relations between the two companies ‘ core is still intact. ”

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United States Patent and Trademark Office recently released a document showing, Microsoft filed a patent search technology, the technology according to friends, or even Hollywood personalities and preferences to provide search results. Microsoft Maili·sailesi (Miley Cyrus), taile·siwei Miss puff (Taylor Swift), Megan Fox (Megan Fox) and Jessica Lange (Jessica Lange) stars such as, for example to search, the search results which gave them to reflect their style or preferences, such as color, style, designers and trim.

At present, there is no indication that Microsoft’s Bing (Bing) deployed the technology in search engine, but this search idea shows that, in order to challenge Google and Microsoft have been working hard.

Currently, Microsoft Bing can already search results according to the preferences of the user’s Facebook friends, and the submission of new technologies on the basis of this one step further. Microsoft’s patent application was submitted in April 2010, but not public until last week. (Text/Sina technology)

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft today announced first quarter financial report fiscal year 2012. Results showed that because of the strong market development, Microsoft first quarter revenues and net income rose, but only managed to reach the expected level of analysts. During the first quarter, poor performance of Microsoft’s core business PC market, which is why Microsoft first-quarter results dragged down surge. Affected by this, in today’s after-hours periods, Microsoft shares fell slightly.

Citigroup analyst woerte·pulitechade (Walter Pritchard) via e-mail, said: “overall, this is a dull boring quarter. We already expect that, due to investors to focus to Windows 8 above, so Microsoft’s fiscal first quarter was relatively tame a lot. ”

Awaited new version of Microsoft Windows 8 operating system in the industry is expected to be launched next year. At a meeting last month, had taken the lead in showing a developer edition of Microsoft Windows 8 System. If this system is successful, you will help Microsoft better foothold in fast-growing Tablet market, current Tablet market dominated by primarily by Apple’s iPad.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, one of Microsoft’s core business performance of the PC operating system and software product lines is not satisfactory, and sent a Microsoft performance jump as an advantageous situation.

First quarter of fiscal year 2012, Microsoft revenue: US $ 17.37 billion, over US $ 16.2 billion in the same period last year; net income of $ 5.74 billion, and diluted earnings of 68 cents per share, compared with net income of $ 5.4 billion, profits of 62 cents per share dilution. Market research firm FactSet Research survey shows that analysts ‘ average estimate of the Microsoft first-quarter revenue was 17.24 billion dollars, diluted earnings of 68 cents per share.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, thriving enterprise technology market has become the main driver of Microsoft’s growth. Microsoft’s business sector (including Microsoft Office, business) fiscal first quarter revenue of $ 5.62 billion, an increase of 8%.

Kelin·jilisi, analyst at research firm BGC (Colin Gillis), said that Microsoft first-quarter earnings report also highlights the company gaining strong momentum in the enterprise market, so while PC market failed to stimulate growth of Microsoft, but the market still makes up for insufficient number of PC market. Colin also said in an interview: “the PC market environment is still very fragile. ”

Microsoft’s server and Tools Division first-quarter revenues of us $ 4.25 billion, an increase of 10%. At the same time, Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Live Division first-quarter revenues amounted to us $ 4.87 billion, an increase of 2%. Microsoft’s entertainment and devices Division (, including the Xbox video-game business) fiscal first quarter revenue of us $ 1.96 billion, an increase of 9%, the sector’s operating profit of us $ 352 million.

Microsoft’s Online Services Division continued losses, first-quarter operating loss of $ 494 million, revenue increased by 19% to us $ 625 million, this Department, including Microsoft and Yahoo’s search business.

In addition, the market research firm Crowell, Weedon&Co. company analyst zhanmusi·ligen (James Ragan) also said that Microsoft first-quarter period, the performance seems to have reached the expected, the performance of the sector looks very good, but Windows business seems to be slightly lower than expected level of income.

In Thursday’s NASDAQ stock market during normal trading, Microsoft shares fell $ 0.09 per cent to us $ 27.04, but after this earnings release during after-hours trading, Microsoft shares fell $ 0.18, representing a decrease of 0.67%.

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In addition to Omnitouch, Microsoft research also has another technology called PocketTouch, which lets users across the clothing can also be placed in pockets of smart phone or any other touch device to operate.

The Project Leader for Microsoft Redmond, research fellow, Institute of Scott Saponas, the project will be a custom sensor behind the stick in the Smartphone, can be detected over a thick sweater or jacket pocket for touch operation. Microsoft has made a working prototype, this project is expected to be held this week in California of the United States computer Symposium on user interface software and technology demos.

However, the mobile phone in your pocket or bag usually has a great deal of arbitrariness, the team and how to solve this problem? From the Microsoft Web site, we can understand that define unlock gesture in the direction for the project to determine the coordinate plane, approach to solving this problem, after initial Setup, users can choose according to their habit of operating in any direction, just consistent and PocketTouch is background noise separation and finger strokes entered into the device.

If you look at the prototype diagram above, it is estimated that no one wants to have been in his pocket this stuff out, however, most Microsoft Research’s research project is focused on the technology itself, for if and when will this technology into products, Microsoft research has not too much to consider.

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Beijing time on November 10, 2012, Microsoft and hardware Alliance partner readiness to launch $ 250 brand computers, for low-income families.
As part of a new project, United States Federal Communications Commission (the FCC) wants to improve United States the number of users of broadband Internet access. Project named “Connect to Compete”, put forward last month.

As instructed, the United States family if there is one people attended the free school lunch program, you are eligible to participate in the “Connect to Compete”. In the United States, about 15 million homes to meet the requirements.

These fees be discounted home broadband network, only 10 dollars a month, Comcast, Cablevision, Charter, Cox and Time Warner etc provided. Families can also be purchased from Redemtech refurbished PC, price US $ 150, which use high speed Internet.

Starting next year, for the program, Microsoft will launch a new brand of low end PC, starting at $ 250, install Windows and Office, educational software.

Microsoft about hardware partners, also did not disclose the specifications of the PC, don’t even know what PC containing a version of the software.

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said: “for the entire United States economy, enterprises in the broadband economy as a whole, this is a win-win plan. If broadband penetration increased to 100%, United States online market will double. ”

Beijing time on 29th, foreign media wrote an article commemorating the 20 anniversary of the Microsoft research today. Reads as follows: one day Bill Gates had envisaged the computer watching, listening, reading and learning. In 1991, under the impetus of this vision, Gates co-founded Microsoft research together the other two executives, technical innovation and dedicated to research and development in the sector.

1991 is destined to be an extraordinary year in that year, Linux kernel release, birth of the embryonic form of the Internet, Java language and Windows 3.1 is released. Production of these new technologies changed the way people and way of life, and Microsoft research is established in the year, it not only shoulder the important mission of the Microsoft Corporation, also have a major impact on the entire industry.

This week, Microsoft research has ushered in its 20 years old. The Division recently held a series of celebrations, and launched a special Web site, review the 20 anniversary of the journey taken by.

Microsoft Research’s 20 anniversary: bright future
Microsoft Research timeline interactive released official website page, complete telling of its 20 year history of Microsoft Research’s official website published interactive timeline page, from 1991 through 2011, complete tells the development process of their 20

Microsoft Senior Director Steve Clayton wrote in the blog: “Microsoft research affect many companies and users, if you use Office speech recognition, Bing search, spam cleanup, or play Xbox network games, then you are benefiting from Microsoft research. I used in writing this post to the Office spelling checker, which is also invented from Microsoft research. ”

Kinect Fusion of photos showing the Microsoft research project, the project Kinect sensor data can be used to create high quality 3D models

In addition to these new technologies associated with Microsoft’s own products, Microsoft research is also involved in other areas, including finding a cure for Alzheimer’s (also known as the Alzheimer ‘s) and treatment for AIDS and vaccine development. At the same time, also in improving the quality control of food industry technology, prevention of deforestation, such as active exploration and research.

Windows Phone 7 key technology from Microsoft research

At present, Microsoft research has more than 850 researchers in more than 60 more engaged in research work in the area. Microsoft submits to its distribution in 12 branch and laboratories around the world invest $ 9 billion, for technological innovation and development. In addition, Microsoft research has also established more than 30 joint research institutions to support research projects around the world.

Distribution branch of Microsoft Research Microsoft Research Asia headquarters and laboratories around the world are located near Zhongguancun, Haidian, Beijing, is one of the Microsoft research, as well as Microsoft’s largest Research Institute and the first Asian Research Institute.

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Prior to the world’s largest spam botnet Rustock Heli destroyed by global law enforcement agencies, to convict the leaders of this botnet Cosma2k, also need enough evidence of it.
This botnet 30 million spam messages a day, FBI before getting to the evidence, including at the United States managed device of Kansas City, Missouri, but the harm is required Microsoft to prove that the botnet development was at its peak had control of the 1.6 million computers worldwide.

Microsoft says, there are still 700,000 machines in the world now is the botnet malware infection. Today the company has submitted to the FBI evidence of a large number of technologies to facilitate xiecha. Microsoft had planned for before, this time after legal action against botnet, global computer crimes related to a decrease of 75%.

Microsoft also wants before by means of a cash bonus to collect more evidence. The company has two Russia’s announcement in the newspaper, civil actions to warn Rustock operators.

Remember Microsoft’s Courier Tablet project top secret? Courier is equipped with two screens, like a book-closing, before releasing the product to Apple iPad leaked, Courier Tablet PC designers for J. Allard, Microsoft’s Xbox was also his work. Courier Tablet PC concept is good, because basically all Tablet PC designs are directly copied from Apple’s iPad. But if the then Courier Tablet market you’ve successfully logged, then today’s Tablet market pattern may be a single iPad is not the case.

What about Courier plan exactly what happened? Actually Bill Gates at the time of found it does not run the Outlook mail client just kills it. Allard’s vision is to Courier and cannot replace the notebooks and Smartphones, tablets, media consumption and creation of devices. But in the end Bill Gates did not listen to his views, and killed the plan.

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