Assessing Ray Ozzie’s impact at Microsoft
Bringing change to Microsoft has been likened to getting an ocean liner to change course. By all accounts though, the company has made several such adjustments. While the changes took time, the key ones can often be traced to a moment in time
Patent suit targets Apple, Microsoft, others over digital distribution
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Microsoft promotes three to division president
Microsoft has chosen to fill its executive vacancies from within, elevating three current business unit heads to president of their respective divisions. In a statement this morning, the company said it is naming Kurt DelBene to head the Microsoft Office Division, Don Mattrick to head the Interactive Entertainment Business, and Andy Lees to head the Mobile Communications Business, effectively leaving things as they have been following the departure of Stephen Elop (who was named Nokia CEO last month ) and the announced retirement of Robbie Bach
Windows Phone 7 won’t support tethering
Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Phone 7 won’t act as a hot spot, after all. A Microsoft official recently suggested that it would be up to cellular carriers whether to allow so-called “tethering,” but Microsoft confirmed to CNET on Friday that Windows Phone 7 doesn’t support the feature at all