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As people with disabilities continue the struggle to obtain meaningful employment in the face of an enormously high unemployment rate, Microsoft Corp. today announced its latest round of grants as part of a program designed to improve the employment situation for individuals...

Liza Guilbin, a teacher at Cabancalan National High School in Mandaue City, remembers clearly her students' reactions when they first saw a PC. "At first, they were eager and curious, but they were also quite scared. They were afraid to touch the computers -- they didn't wan...

During a stop in Michigan on his New Market Tour, President Clinton today addressed the growing efforts of both the public and private sectors to bridge the digital divide. Joining him on stage was Janice Hertz, director of the Accessible Technologies Group at Microsoft. The...

During a stop in Michigan on his New Market Tour, President Clinton today addressed the growing efforts of both the public and private sectors to bridge the digital divide. Joining him on stage was Janice Hertz, director of the Accessible Technologies Group at Microsoft. The...

As part of the 25th anniversary celebration of Microsoft Corp., president and CEO Steve Ballmer will today announce a $25 million commitment of cash and software to fund the Microsoft & NPower National Partnership. The partnership is a national rollout of NPower, a nonpr...

Microsoft Corp. today announced the donation of $7 million in software to nine national nonprofit organizations. Microsoft Technology Leadership Grants, awarded annually, provide nonprofits with software solutions that improve their ability to deliver services and help them ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced it has awarded a Technology Leadership Grant to The ASPIRA Association Inc., a national nonprofit organization devoted to the education and leadership development of Latino youth. ASPIRA is one of nine organizations to receive a Technology Lea...

When children in seven schools in rural Poland return to their classrooms in September, they will experience something many never dreamed possible: access to a computer.

In Korsze and Barciany—two disadvantaged communities in northern Pol...

Today during a reception for the "Spirit of the ADA" Torch Relay, Microsoft accessibility strategist Greg Lowney accepted on Microsoft’s behalf the Ron Mace Designing for the 21st Century International Award, which honors the company’s visionary leadership in designing produ...

Today in front of a backdrop of a 16-by-16-foot wall made of counterfeit software, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to donate $300,000 from anti-piracy recovery efforts to the Boys & Girls Club of Westminster, Calif., over the next three years. To show the extent of the s...