 | Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later The American Red Cross, with Microsoft expertise, builds disaster response solution KatrinaSafe.org -- a foundation for the ‘Safe and Well’ Web site, a tool that will be the standard for exchanging welfare information in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. |
Highlights | August 28
Rich Feldmann, managing director of Microsoft’s U.S. Financial Services team, provides insight into the new organization's structure, goals and plans beyond the Gartner Financial Services Technology Summit. |
 | August 22
New lawsuits allege defendants illegally registered domain names to intercept Internet traffic and profit from it.
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 | August 14
Microsoft’s summer camp offers high-school girls a glimpse of what’s possible in the IT industry.
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 | SpeechTek 2006 The corporate vice president of Microsoft's Unified Communications Group discusses the future of speech technologies and how customers and partners will benefit from unified communications solutions that include speech capabilities. |
Recent Press Releases and Feature StoriesA complete list from the last two weeks. For older content, search the PressPass archives. August 29, 2006| • | Animals run wild in "Zoo Tycoon 2" Inside Young Minds study results. |
| • | KatrinaSafe.org provides a foundation for ‘Safe and Well’ Web site, a tool that will be the standard for exchanging welfare information in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. |
| • | Co-branded Windows Live services will bring Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS Consumer Broadband customers more personalized Internet experiences. |
August 28, 2006| • | Q&A: Rich Feldmann, managing director of Microsoft’s U.S. Financial Services team, provides insight into the new organization's structure, goals and plans beyond the Gartner Financial Services Technology Summit. |
| • | Site offers more than 60,000 Windows-compatible software titles online for safe, secure downloads. |
| • | Microsoft’s Get Net Safe tour to deliver Internet safety guidance and tools to help secure area residents. |
| • | The revised Custom Support Agreement program now supports customers’ individual budgetary and IT requirements by providing longer support timelines. |
August 25, 2006| • | Events with Microsoft leadership slated for September. |
| • | Ann McLaughlin Korologos, chairman of the RAND Corp. board of trustees, has decided not to seek re-election to Microsoft’s board of directors at the company’s 2006 shareholder meeting. |
August 24, 2006| • | Company repurchases $3.8 billion of its common stock |
| • | Playable games, demonstrations, and exclusive announcements for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows take over the Games Convention. |
August 23, 2006| • | Microsoft’s game platforms show unstoppable momentum. |
| • | Companies to collaborate on developing and marketing a new Citrix WANScaler™ branch office appliance based on Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft ISA Server. |
August 22, 2006| • | Combination of Microsoft’s and Facebook’s consumer assets provides potent offering for advertisers. |
| • | Company boosts gaming offerings with top-of-the-line gaming mice and wireless controller. |
| • | Microsoft Hardware and Razer meet growing demand for PC gaming devices. |
| • | Microsoft’s Get Net Safe tour to deliver Internet safety guidance and tools to help secure area residents. |
| • | New lawsuits allege defendants illegally registered domain names to intercept Internet traffic and profit from it. |
| • | To commemorate "Maddenoliday," NFL greats Jerry Rice, Marshall Faulk and Warren Moon deliver free Xbox 360 consoles to all Madden residents in small-town celebration of top-selling EA SPORTS title. |
August 18, 2006| • | Company expects to acquire 155 million shares at $24.75 per share; boosts ongoing share repurchase program by $16 billion. |
August 16, 2006| • | Initiative to assist women, minority graduate students preparing for entertainment technology careers. |
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