Microsoft On The Issues

Successful Legal Action Helps Protect Microsoft Customers from ‘Spim’

mscorp — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:04 GMT

Posted by Tim Cranton Associate General Counsel As you may recall, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit last July filed a lawsuit alleging that Funmobile Ltd., a Hong Kong-based company owned by brothers Christian and Henrick Heilesen, had improperly...(read more)

Delivering Broadband Accessibility for People with Disabilities

mscorp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:40 GMT

Posted by Laura Ruby Director, Accessibility Policy & Standards for Trustworthy Computing How can the United States ensure that people with disabilities share fully in the benefits of broadband technologies and services? This was the focus of a conference...(read more)

Important Progress for the 520 Bridge

mscorp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:59:57 GMT

Posted by Brad Smith Senior Vice President and General Counsel We recently reached out to the people of the Puget Sound area to help advance a critical local and state issue: the timely replacement and expansion of the SR-520 bridge across Lake Washington...(read more)

Telecentre.Org Launches to Bring Internet Access to the Next Billion

mscorp — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:02:21 GMT

Posted by Akhtar Badshah Senior Director, Global Community Affairs Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Global Community Affairs A milestone event took place last week in Manila, where Telecentre.org Foundation was officially launched as an independent organization...(read more)

Elevating America one veteran at a time

mscorp — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Earlier today while speaking to the annual conference of the National Association of Workforce Boards in Washington...(read more)

Steve Ballmer’s Thoughts on Cloud Computing

mscorp — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Posted by David Bowermaster
Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues

In late January, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on the burgeoning field of cloud computing. Brad outlined specific industry and legislative actions that Microsoft believes should be acted upon promptly to advance the potential of cloud computing, while protecting users’ privacy and enhancing the security of their data.

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UPDATE: The Browser Choice Screen for Europe

mscorp — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:45:48 GMT

Posted by David Bowermaster Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues The European Commission issued a statement this morning welcoming Microsoft’s rollout of a browser choice screen for Windows PC users in Europe who have Internet Explorer as their default...(read more)

Liberate the Data Part II – Perspectives from Eclipsys and Microsoft on Health IT

mscorp — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:17:00 GMT

Posted by Peter Neupert Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group (Cross-posted from Neupert on Health ) Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group It was just about a year ago at last year’s HIMSS (Health Information Management...(read more)

U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit 2010: Government in the Cloud

mscorp — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Posted by Curt Kolcun Vice President, U.S. Public Sector More than 300 chief information officers (CIOs) from public-sector organizations around the United States were gathered on the Microsoft campus this week for presentations and to share their experiences...(read more)

Competition Authorities and Search

mscorp — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Posted by Dave Heiner Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Government competition agencies are increasingly focused on Google’s growing power in search and online advertising. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and...(read more)