1x Msft Discussion Threads

[seekerofvalue] 14/7/2011 21:23

BING usage on the increase, slow gains but gains all the same.

MICROSOFT RINGS IN BING ON THE iPAD .

Thursday, 14 July 2011 13:19





Bing gains US search share in June, AOL loses


By Steven D. Jones, Dow Jones Newswires
Thursday 14 July 2011


Google remains market leader, generating 65.5% of all search activity in U.S. last month.

[seekerofvalue] 13/4/2011 13:46

April 5 Ariel's Bobrinskoy Interview on J&J, Stocks includes MSFT

[seekerofvalue] 08/4/2011 09:08

Three reasons you should buy Microsoft today By Simon Caufield Apr 04, 2011

[seekerofvalue] 04/4/2011 16:37

I bought into MICROSOFT on 01/04/11 at $25.35c.
It is a solid behemoth company and one that numerous Hedge and Institutional Investors hold. Apr 28, 2011 Q3 2011 Corp Earnings Conference Call should confirm that I was not an April fool for buying the stock. Short-term 3-6 months the stock should return back to above $26.50c and long-term the stock should eventually drive towards $30 last seen in April 2010.

[po0h bear] 22/1/2009 15:56

breaking down. is it all over?

[washbrook] 04/2/2008 14:59

My view is that microsoft is a sell.

[dgo1] 29/3/2007 17:19

Hmmm, save the planet or have my PC start back up quicker.

PC start quicker it is.

[sklogw] 29/3/2007 16:13

straight from the larder cupboard

hops go on the compost heap

btw turns out hops are good fertiliser for home grown smokes

if you get my drift

[wcjan25] 29/3/2007 16:12

scary one that

[wcjan25] 29/3/2007 16:05

locally produced beer i hope
kyuck

[sklogw] 29/3/2007 16:04

I'll drink to that !

[sklogw] 29/3/2007 16:00

P.S

with usb external hard drives, may be safer to go thru the closing routine

depends on your read/write cache

[sklogw] 29/3/2007 15:58

save the planet ?

lol

[wcjan25] 29/3/2007 15:37

Please copy / paste and e-mail to your address book

Microsoft Vista's default "OFF" button (short-cut key) is to STANDBY your machine, rather than power it down

In the days of global warming hysteria, this would appear to be a little short-sighted

Quick solution:

1. add a new shortcut to your desktop
2. right click the shortcut and click properties
3. paste the following :
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -f -s -t 00
in to the target field

Hey presto, in future, shut down by clicking the new icon on your desktop

I think this also works for XP - shuts straight down and avoids a menu

Vista will eventually have over 300m installed bases; each laptop on standby wastes 2.9w/h and desktop 15w/h of power.

With conservative estimates on how many hours a day a machine is left on standby, that comes to over a million tonnes of CO2 a year just from Vista's little glitch alone (100,000 british people's annual total, or 3 americans)

Two other things:
1. Turn power off to your laptop when battery is charged
2. Check out standby devices like

[energyi] 16/6/2006 05:51

Gates To Transition Out of Microsoft Operations
June 15, 2006... John Guilfoil

Microsoft Corporation has announced that Bill Gates will leave his day-to-day role in the company. The departure, occurring in a two-year phase out, will result in a step up for Chief Technical Officer Ray Ozzie, who will become chief software architect. Microsoft reported that Ozzie will work very closely with Gates to ensure that the company faces a smooth transfer of power by July, 2008 when Gates fully transitions out of his current role.

Gates will remain chairman of Microsoft Corp., and stay on as an adviser, but he plans to work more intimately with his charitable foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

"Our business and technical leadership has never been stronger," Gates said in a press release, "and Microsoft is well-prepared for success in the years ahead ... I remain fully committed and full time at Microsoft through June 2008 and will be working side by side with Ray and Craig to ensure that a smooth transition occurs."

"This was a hard decision for me," Gates added. "I'm very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever."

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[bletherer] 03/5/2006 22:25

Wow - so much for the dead-cat bounce. Straight through $24 without any kind of struggle and still on very high volume. The 10-year lows at the $21-22 level are now rapidly coming into the picture and with the downward momentum this has built up I'm not sure even those will hold it up. Meanwhile I see the broker consensus according to Squaregain is currently 12 buy, 1 overweight, 1 hold. Well called, guys. Dontcha just love American analysts?

[bletherer] 01/5/2006 18:18

I could see a short-term bounce as $24 is the bottom of a very long established trading range, but the fact it went from the upper end of that range right to the bottom in 1 day on near-record volume suggests to me it may be holed beneath the water-line. A break below $24 would be disastrous IMHO.

[mkearns] 01/5/2006 16:03

no comments on last weeks drop?
don't normally follow msft, but taking a small long here.