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Bill Gates, the co-founder and CEO of Microsoft, has become one of the richest men in the world through his vision and strategic planning. At just 38 years old, he has achieved unparalleled success, making him America's youngest-ever billionaire and the richest man on the Forbes list. With
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The US Justice Department is poised to file an anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, following a 37-month investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, which had reached a deadlocked decision on whether to take action against the software company. The case centers around allegations of anti-competitive practices, including offering discounts to
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Microsoft Corporation has announced broad industry support for its Digital Signal Processor (DSP) software architecture, with several key vendors pledging to support the Microsoft Resource Manager Interface specification. The move is aimed at accelerating the adoption of DSPs in the PC marketplace by providing a common interface to all DSP
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Microsoft Corporation announced a series of police raids in several states, uncovering a vast amount of counterfeit software worth over $2 million. The raids, which spanned from February to March, targeted multiple businesses across the US, disrupting a large-scale counterfeit software distribution ring. The seized counterfeit products included MS-DOS and
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Microsoft Corporation has agreed to license Stac's technology and acquire a minority equity stake in Stac, bringing an end to a closely watched patent infringement suit brought by Stac Electronics Inc. The settlement comes after a jury in Federal District Court in Los Angeles found that Microsoft'
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Industry analysts are warning of a significant shortage of 16MB DRAM chips, with demand outpacing supply by as much as 20% in the first quarter of 1995. This shortage is fueled by a 15% growth in worldwide PC unit shipments for 1994, with the average memory per desktop PC expected
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As the leading computer firms continue to advance their processor architectures, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have decided to merge their systems at the 64-bit level using VLIW technology. This advancement will allow for the creation of highly efficient processors that can execute a large number of instructions in a single cycle,
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WordPerfect Corp. is gearing up for a massive expansion into new markets, including communications and innovative approaches to understanding languages, following its merger with Novell Inc. The merger, which is set to be completed this month, has been described as a strategic move by WordPerfect's president, Adrian Rietveld,
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Market participants remained cautious yesterday, with most of the usual movers lacking force in recent weeks. The Nasdaq composite index fell 9.51 points, to 729.79, driven by a rout in computer stocks ahead of a release of a computer-industry indicator today. The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard
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Stock traders showed little to no reaction to the Federal Reserve Board's likely decision to hold off interest rate hikes, sending bond prices higher. However, as the afternoon progressed, traders began to take profits, causing shares to sell off. The major indexes closed mixed, with the Dow Jones
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International Business Machines Corporation is making significant changes to its software development efforts in an attempt to recover from a lagging position in the client-server computing market. The company, which has lost business to rivals like Microsoft, aims to reduce its estimated annual spending of $1 billion on developing software
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Microsoft has signed a letter of intent with Rogers Cablesystems Ltd. to provide software for an interactive cable system, marking a significant victory for the company. The agreement is part of Microsoft's efforts to stake out its turf in the emerging national system providing digital video, home shopping,
