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| Microsoft Corporation | |
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: MSFT) |
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| Founded | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (April 4, 1975) |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, USA |
| Key people | Bill Gates, Co-founder and Executive Chairman Paul Allen, Co-founder Steve Ballmer, CEO Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect |
| Industry | Computer software Publishing Research and development Computer hardware Video games |
| Products | Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Servers Developer Tools Business Solutions Games and Xbox Windows Live Windows Mobile |
| Revenue |  US$44.2 billion (2006) |
| Operating income | US$16.4 billion (2006) (36.3% operating margin) |
| Net income | US$12.6 billion (2006) (31.6% net margin) |
| Employees | 71,172 (2006) |
| Slogan | Your potential. Our passion. |
| Website | www.microsoft.com |
Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44.28 billion and 76,000 employees in 102 countries. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. These have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market, approaching fulfillment of Microsoft's original goal, "A computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software." Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.
Originally founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which netted several of its employees millions of dollars due to the ensuing rise of the stock price. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices — the U.S. Justice Department, among others, has sued Microsoft for antitrust violations and software bundling. Known for what is generally described as a developer-centric business culture, Microsoft has historically given customer support over Usenet newsgroups and the World Wide Web, and awards Microsoft MVP status to volunteers who are deemed helpful in assisting the company's customers.
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According to some blogs and news sites microsoft Vista activation looks to have been cracked. In the run up to the launch ov Vista Microsoft were saying how this was one operating system that was never going to be cracked. Now they must be eating there words after news sites have been posting how a team called Paradox have released a crack called V
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Games For Windows - Live offers PC gamers a chance to use the same system already in place on Microsoft's console, which means gamertags, friend lists and, yes, Achievements. Sure it sounds cool but PC gamers have enjoyed internet multiplay at no extra $ for over a decade. SAY NO to Windows Live! and prevent others from joining the bandwagon.
Microsoft office is a suite of productive programs (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access), created by Microsoft for windows operating systems, they are not free...