Microsoft (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Microsoft" in English language version.

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On10.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"On10.net homepage". Microsoft. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2006.

adweek.com (Global: 1,117^th place; English: 624^th place)

Schmelzer, Randi (January 9, 2006). "McCann Thinks Local for Global Microsoft". Adweek. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2008.

afp.google.com (Global: 4,811^th place; English: 3,769^th place)

"AFP:EU hits Microsoft with record 899 million euro antitrust fine". Google News. Agence France-Presse. February 27, 2008. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2008.

aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

McCready, Alastair. "Microsoft cuts Israeli military's access to some cloud, AI products". Al Jazeera. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
Lawal, Shola. "Why has Microsoft cut Israel off from some of its services?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

anandtech.com (Global: 1,383^rd place; English: 878^th place)

Cutress, Ian; Frumusanu, Andrei. "Microsoft at MWC 2015: Lumia 640 and 640 XL Announced, 4K 120Hz Surface Hub Demoed". Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
Howse, Brett (July 29, 2015). "Windows 10 Launches Worldwide". AnandTech. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

apnews.com (Global: 129^th place; English: 89^th place)

"Internet Global Outage: CrowdStrike and Microsoft Downtime". Associated Press. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
"Microsoft's largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions". AP News. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
"The IRS says Microsoft may owe about $29 billion in back taxes. Microsoft disagrees". AP News. October 12, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
"How US tech giants supplied Israel with AI models, raising questions about tech's role in warfare". AP News. February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
O’BRIEN, MATT (October 25, 2024). "Microsoft fires employees who organized vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza". AP News. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Allan, Roy A. (2001). A History of the Personal Computer. Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9689108-0-1. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
Pietrek, Matt (March 1996). Windows 95 Programming Secrets. IDG. ISBN 978-1-56884-318-6. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

Hutchinson, Lee (September 15, 2014). "It's official: Microsoft acquires Mojang and Minecraft for $2.5 billion". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
Reimer, Jeremy (January 23, 2006). "Microsoft set to launch new marketing campaign". Ars Technica Digital. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.

atarimagazines.com (Global: 9,786^th place; English: 5,945^th place)

Staples, Betsy (August 1984). "Kay Nishi bridges the cultural gap". Creative Computing. 10 (8): 192. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2010.

axios.com (Global: 1,716^th place; English: 973^rd place)

Geman, Ben (January 28, 2021). "Microsoft backs direct air capture player Climeworks". Axios. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

bbc.co.uk

"Microsoft sees shares hit record high". BBC. October 21, 2016. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.

news.bbc.co.uk

"Bill Gates: A Timeline". BBC News Online. BBC. July 15, 2006. Archived from the original on June 22, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Microsoft confirms takeover of Skype". BBC. May 10, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
"Microsoft to build 'hyperscale data centre' near Leeds". BBC News. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
Kleinman, Zoe (September 27, 2024). "Microsoft re-launches 'privacy nightmare' AI screenshot tool". Retrieved September 29, 2024.
"Microsoft to cut up to 9,000 jobs as it invests in AI". www.bbc.com. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
"Microsoft cuts off some services used by Israeli military unit". www.bbc.com. September 25, 2025. Retrieved October 19, 2025.

betanews.com (Global: low place; English: 7,673^rd place)

"Microsoft announces Project Mu, an open-source release of the UEFI core". December 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

biography.com (Global: 253^rd place; English: 220^th place)

"Bill Gates". Biography.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.

bisnow.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Nagel, Allison (January 25, 2016). "Microsoft To Buy, Expand Mountain View Campus". Bisnow Media. Archived from the original on February 4, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.

bloomberg.com (Global: 99^th place; English: 77^th place)

"Microsoft Cloud Technical Outage Updates". Bloomberg. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
Eidelson, Josh (July 24, 2024). "Microsoft's 'World of Warcraft' Gaming Staff Votes to Unionize". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
"U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms". Bloomberg. June 15, 2013. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2017.

bnnbloomberg.ca (Global: low place; English: 6,587^th place)

Stolton, Samuel (June 25, 2024). "Microsoft Risks EU Fine After Antitrust Warning Over Teams App". Retrieved June 25, 2024.

boerse.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Microsoft Fundamentalanalyse | KGV | Kennzahlen". boerse.de (in German). Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"Microsoft 2008-2016". boerse.de (in German). Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

boingboing.net (Global: 3,475^th place; English: 2,144^th place)

Doctorow, Cory (January 22, 2020). "The sordid tale of Microsoft's epic tax evasion and the war they waged against the IRS". Boing Boing. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Allen, Paul (2011). Paul Allen: Idea Man. Penguin Group. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-14-196938-1.
Engines That Move Markets: Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond. John Wiley & Sons. 2002. ISBN 978-0-471-20595-1. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
Strebe, Matthew (February 20, 2006). Network Security Foundations: Technology Fundamentals for IT Success. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780782151367. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
Jha, Lakshman (2008). Customer Relationship Management: A Strategic Approach. Global India Publications. p. 218. ISBN 978-81-907211-2-7. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (1991). InfoWorld. InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. p. 26. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

boston.com (Global: 310^th place; English: 208^th place)

Finucane, Martin (December 30, 2008). "Harvard Square newsstand sold the magazine that started a revolution". Boston.com. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009.
Bray, Hiawatha (June 13, 2005). "Somehow, Usenet lumbers on". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2006.

businessinsider.com (Global: 140^th place; English: 115^th place)

Blodget, Henry (August 23, 2013). "And Microsoft Is Giving Up On The Software Business!". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
Stewart, Ashley (June 3, 2024). "Microsoft is laying off hundreds in its Azure cloud business, sources say". Business Insider. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
Stewart, Ashley. "Microsoft laid off a DEI team, and its lead wrote an internal email blasting how DEI is 'no longer business critical'". Business Insider. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
"Tech billionaires including Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg promised 18 million masks to fight COVID-19". Business Insider. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

businessweek.com (Global: 712^th place; English: 526^th place)

Greene, J; Hamm, S; Brady, D; Der Hovanesian, M (September 26, 2005). "Troubling Exits At Microsoft". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007.

cbsnews.com (Global: 108^th place; English: 80^th place)

"Microsoft Chronology". CBS News. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 5, 2008. Retrieved August 5, 2010.

channelnewsasia.com (Global: 1,127^th place; English: 691^st place)

"Big Tech to invest about $650 billion in AI in 2026, Bridgewater says". CNA. Retrieved February 27, 2026.

cityam.com (Global: 5,872^nd place; English: 3,264^th place)

Taylor, Guy (April 8, 2024). "London set for AI tech boost as Microsoft to open state-of-the-art Paddington hub". CityAM. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

cnbc.com (Global: 220^th place; English: 155^th place)

Capoot, Ashley (January 23, 2023). "Microsoft announces multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI". CNBC. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
"Ousted OpenAI head Sam Altman to lead Microsoft's new AI team". CNBC. November 20, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
Novet, Jordan (January 12, 2024). "Microsoft tops Apple as world's most valuable public company". CNBC. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
Novet, Jordan (January 15, 2024). "Microsoft brings Copilot AI assistant to small businesses and launches a premium tier for individuals". CNBC. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
Novet, Jordan (June 3, 2024). "Microsoft confirms layoffs in mixed reality but will keep selling HoloLens 2 headsets". CNBC. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
Clifford, Catherine (June 28, 2022). "From milligrams to gigatons: Startup that sucks carbon dioxide from the air is building a big plant in Iceland". CNBC. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
Olick, Diana (December 5, 2022). "Microsoft-backed start-up Heirloom uses limestone to capture CO2". CNBC. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

news.cnet.com

Borland, John (April 15, 2003). "Victor: Software empire pays high price". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
Fried, Ina (October 27, 2008). "Microsoft launches Windows Azure". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
"Funky Friday: More than $32 billion in Microsoft stock value wiped out | Microsoft—CNET News". News.cnet.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
Mills, Elinor (June 6, 2008). "Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener?". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 3, 2010.

reviews.cnet.com

Vamosi, Robert (January 23, 2007). "Windows Vista Ultimate review". CNET. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

money.cnn.com

Schlender, Brent (October 2, 1995). "Bill Gates & Paul Allen Talk Check Out The Ultimate Buddy Act in Business History". Fortune. Time Inc. Archived from the original on May 3, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
Morris, Game Over is a weekly column by Chris. "Microsoft sets price for Xbox 360—Aug. 17, 2005". money.cnn.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
"Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7 partners – Oct. 11, 2010". money.cnn.com.

cnn.com

"Microsoft hit by record EU fine". CNN. March 25, 2004. Archived from the original on April 13, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
Maher, Kit; Tapper, Jake; Jaramillo, Alejandra. "White House releases list of donors for Trump's multi-million-dollar ballroom". CNN. Archived from the original on October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.

computersourcemag.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Dyar, Dafydd Neal (November 4, 2002). "Under The Hood: Part 8". Computer Source. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

computerworld.com (Global: 2,429^th place; English: 1,561^st place)

Perez, Juan Carlos (October 29, 2014). "Microsoft is 'almost' done with its largest-ever layoff sweep". Computerworld. International Data Group. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.

computerworld.com.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

""Google and other titans form Open Networking Foundation." Noyes, March 23, 2011". Computerworld. IDG. March 23, 2011. Archived from the original on April 6, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.

csis.org (Global: 2,367^th place; English: 1,825^th place)

Pusztaszeri, Aosheng; Harding, Emily (September 16, 2025). "Technological Evolution on the Battlefield". Center for Strategic and International Studies.

cwacanada.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Bethesda Game Studios Workers Win Labour Board Certification, Officially Join CWA Canada". CWA Canada. August 16, 2024. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

datacenterdynamics.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Moss, Sebastian (December 7, 2021). "Microsoft adds Rigetti quantum computing to Azure cloud". Data Center Dynamics. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

dawn.com (Global: 354^th place; English: 207^th place)

Malik, Abdul Moiz (July 5, 2025). "Microsoft closes office in Pakistan, lays off staff". Dawn. Retrieved February 18, 2026.

dnaindia.com (Global: 250^th place; English: 153^rd place)

Borges, Andre (April 21, 2014). "Nokia phone division to be renamed Microsoft Mobile, reveals leaked letter". dna. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

doc.gov (Global: low place; English: 8,528^th place)

ntia.doc.gov

Heiner, David. "Request for Comment: Big Data and Consumer Privacy in the Internet Economy" (PDF). National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Microsoft. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Birch, Kean; Bronson, Kelly (2022). "Big Tech". Science as Culture. 31 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1080/09505431.2022.2036118.
Joppa, Lucas; Luers, Amy; Willmott, Elizabeth; Friedmann, S. Julio; Hamburg, Steven P.; Broze, Rafael (September 29, 2021). "Microsoft's million-tonne CO₂-removal purchase — lessons for net zero". Nature. 597 (7878): 629–632. Bibcode:2021Natur.597..629J. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-02606-3. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 238229298. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

economist.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 236^th place)

"Deadly embrace". The Economist. March 30, 2000. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018.

engadget.com (Global: 466^th place; English: 349^th place)

"Microsoft's cloud focus could mean yet more layoffs". Engadget. July 3, 2017. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
Souppouris, Aaron. "Microsoft plans 7,800 layoffs, $7.8 billion Nokia write-down". Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
Topolsky, Joshua (July 22, 2010). "New Microsoft brand logos, company tagline revealed at MGX event? (update: no new logos, the tagline is a go)". Engadget. AOL. Archived from the original on August 16, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

epa.gov (Global: 882^nd place; English: 600^th place)

US EPA, OAR (May 14, 2021). "Green Power Leadership Awardees". United States Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved June 29, 2023.

etnews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

english.etnews.com

Kim, Jiseon (October 17, 2017). "South Korea Oracle Establishes Its First Labor Union". ETNEWS. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

euronewsweek.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Wenzel, Esther (May 23, 2025). "Europol helps disrupt malware threat Lumma". Euronewsweek. Retrieved November 1, 2025.

europa.eu (Global: 68^th place; English: 117^th place)

eur-lex.europa.eu

"Commission Decision of 24.03.2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 82 of the EC Treaty (Case COMP/C-3/37.792 Microsoft)" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. April 21, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2005.

fiercemobileit.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Microsoft's sweeping reorganization shifts focus to services, devices". July 11, 2013. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

finsmes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Nuance". FinSMEs. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.

flapship.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Eric, Steven H. (August 23, 2012). "NEW MICROSOFT LOGO REVEALED". Flapship.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.

fortune.com (Global: 433^rd place; English: 284^th place)

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