07.198.2012 - Media Alert: Microsoft to Make Announcement

SAN FRANCISCO — July 16 , 2012 — Microsoft Corp. will announce news live from San Francisco via webcast on July 16 at noon PDT:

Microsoft Announcement

When : Monday, July 16, at noon PDT

What: News from Microsoft

Who: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will share the news.

Where: Live via webcast at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news (available for

viewing in the following languages):

• Chinese (Mandarin)

• English

• French

• German

• Italian

• Korean

• Portuguese (Brazilian)

• Russian

• Spanish (Latin American)

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