October 23, 1996 Alexey Pajitnov, Creator of TETRIS, Joins Microsoft Games Group New Relationships With Monolith, Rebellion and SSG Also Announced
October 22, 1996 Microsoft Expedia Travel Services Debuts on the Web Customers Can Win 100 Flights, 100 Nights Sweepstakes And Receive Bonus Frequent Flier Miles
October 22, 1996 Microsoft Awards $100,000 In Technology Grants To Eight K-12 Schools In National Web Contest More Than 2,000 Schools Enter Web Sites In Registry At Global Schoolhouse; Site Expanded To Support Access To Quality Online Educational Resources
October 22, 1996 Announcing the Picture It! Presidential Poll: One Part Politics, One Part Technology and a Major Departure From Any Presidential Poll in History Innovative Presidential Poll Inaugurates Exciting New PC Photography Technology
October 22, 1996 Microsoft Contributes More Than $1.5 Million Im Software To Assist Low-Income College Students Microsoft Manager Receives National Council of Educational Opportunity Associations Distinguished Service Award
October 22, 1996 Microsoft Licenses Sound Canvas Sounds From Industry Leader Roland Corp. Advanced GS Format With Customizable Sound Synthesis to Transform Interactive Content on Microsoft Internet Explorer
October 21, 1996 Microsoft Announces Record First-Quarter Revenues and Income Continuing success of Windows 95 and Windows NT accelerate earnings growth to 22% Revenues totaled $2.30 billion, representing a 14% increase compared to the $2.02 billion during the same quarter last year.
October 21, 1996 Microsoft Tells Burger King: “Have It Your Way”; Microsoft BackOffice-Based POS Solution Offers Unprecedented Openness, Flexibility Burger King Corp.’s Company-Owned Restaurants Worldwide Moving to Microsoft-Based Retail Solution Extends Enterprise Architecture From Corporate Office to Front-Line Operations
October 18, 1996 Microsoft and American Institute of CPAs Help CPAs Expand Their Services Accounting Professionals and Small Businesses Benefit From Industry Alliance
October 18, 1996 Microsoft and Texas Instruments Software Hold Repository Design Review, Release Beta Implementation to More Than 50 Software Vendors Component Reuse Model Developed With Select Software Tools and Rational Also Shown