The Microsoft sign at the entrance of the Dubai Microsoft campus, Dubai Internet City. Microsoft has developed Arabic versions for most of its products.
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation based in Redmond, Washington, USA and founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing. Due to the scope and size of the company, it encompasses a broad range of topics mostly revolving around critical analysis and the company's products and services.
Lists
Analysis
- Criticism of Microsoft
- Microsoft litigation
- Microsoft interview
Networking
Events
- Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC)
Devices
- Actimates − Set of toys (discontinued) developed by Microsoft.
- Pocket PC
- Microsoft Mouse
- Microsoft Natural keyboard
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
- UMPC
- SideWinder family
- Digital Sound System 80
- Microsoft Zune
- Microsoft Surface
Segments and subsidiaries
- Microsoft Services Asia − A subsidiary responsible for services across Asia.
- Microsoft Studios − A division responsible for the creation of video content for Microsoft and its partners.
- Microsoft Research - A division responsible for the research of computer science.
- MSNBC - A television station formerly co-owned by Microsoft; Microsoft is still a shareholder.
- Slate - Current affairs magazine created by Microsoft and later sold to the Washington Post Company.
Partnerships and specifications
- Infrastructure optimization
- PCsafety − Part of Microsoft's technical support that deals with malware and virus issues.
- Virus Information Alliance – An international partnership created by the Microsoft Corporation in association with various antivirus vendors.
- Ultra Mobile PC − Joint specification by Microsoft and others for a small form factor tablet PC.
- Volume license key
- Microsoft Partner Ecosystem - The hundreds of thousands of Microsoft partner companies who build solutions on top of Microsoft Software or who resell Microsoft Software.
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