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    Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Take to the Ice: Children with Cancer are Winners in Microsoft Hockey Challenge Image

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    03-07-01

    Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Take to the Ice: Children with Cancer are Winners in Microsoft Hockey Challenge

    The competition between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems could be described as "passionate" -- and that’s just the companies' ice hockey teams. The two teams will face off Sunday in Seattle’s Key Arena in one of the featured games of the Microsoft Hockey Challenge tournament. ...

    Microsoft Lends a Helping Hand to At-Risk Teens in Costa Rica Image

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    01-02-01

    Microsoft Lends a Helping Hand to At-Risk Teens in Costa Rica

    It all started in September 1999 with 168 teens -- 59 girls and 109 boys aged 12 to 18 -- who aimed for a better life.

    All were from at-risk communities in the San José metropolitan area of Costa Rica. Several had dropped out of school. ...

    Nonprofit Software Company Helps Thousands of Children this Holiday Season Image

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    12-18-00

    Nonprofit Software Company Helps Thousands of Children this Holiday Season

    This holiday season, as many people are digging deeper into their pockets for charitable contributions, Blackbaud remains committed to the nonprofit community. On top of its year-long focus on philanthropy, Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of softw...

    Microsoft and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Announce Club Tech Initiative To "Technology Enable" Clubs Across the United States With $100 Million Donation Image

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    12-04-00

    Microsoft and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Announce Club Tech Initiative To "Technology Enable" Clubs Across the United States With $100 Million Donation

    Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates and Boys & Girls Clubs of America President Roxanne Spillett will be joined today by First Lady and Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton as they announce the Club Tech initiative, a joint pro...

    Microsoft Is a Major Sponsor of Hispanic Business Magazine's 10th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award Image

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    11-07-00

    Microsoft Is a Major Sponsor of Hispanic Business Magazine's 10th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award

    On Nov. 15, Microsoft Corp. will join Hispanic Business Magazine in celebrating the success of 10 of the nation's most outstanding Hispanic entrepreneurs at the publication's 10th Annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award event at the Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave.

    Microsoft Furthers Commitment to Employment of People With Disabilities Through $250,000 in Grants Image

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    10-26-00

    Microsoft Furthers Commitment to Employment of People With Disabilities Through $250,000 in Grants

    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...

    A World Of Change: Microsoft Donations Bring Filipino Students Into The Information Age Image

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    10-16-00

    A World Of Change: Microsoft Donations Bring Filipino Students Into The Information Age

    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...

    Technology Business Incubator Helps Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Start and Maintain Businesses Image

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    09-21-00

    Technology Business Incubator Helps Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Start and Maintain Businesses

    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...

    Technology Business Incubator Helps Entrepreneurs With Disabilities Start And Maintain Businesses Image

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    09-21-00

    Technology Business Incubator Helps Entrepreneurs With Disabilities Start And Maintain Businesses

    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...

    Microsoft Expands Nonprofit Access to Technology With $25 Million 25th Anniversary Gift Image

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    09-12-00

    Microsoft Expands Nonprofit Access to Technology With $25 Million 25th Anniversary Gift

    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...

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