Microsoft adds e-mail, IM hosting to Windows Live
Microsoft has introduced a test version of a hosted email and instant-messaging service (IM) as part of the beta release of Windows Live.
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Startup aims to simplify x64 Exchange upgrades
A new company started by a former Microsoft Exchange director aims to solve potential challenges Microsoft customers will face when Exchange moves to x64 hardware in the next 18 months.
Microsoft and Cisco: we’ll have ICE with that
Microsoft and Cisco Systems have teamed up to support a protocol for communicating across network address translators (NATs) that they believe will hasten the adoption of VoIP for enterprises.
IBM, Sun team up to support OpenDocument
IBM and Sun Microsystems will host a private meeting Friday to rally industry support for OpenDocument, a specification for standardizing documents that proponents hope will spur adoption of software that competes with Microsoft's Office productivity suite.
Microsoft launches Live
As widely expected, Microsoft has unveiled its software-as-a-service strategy, an effort to provide a more seamless connection between customers and their business and personal data by offering a range of services accessed over the web by various devices.
BI a boost for next version of Office: Microsoft
Microsoft has unveiled a host of new business intelligence (BI) features that will be available in the next version of Microsoft Office, code-named Office 12, which is expected to ship early next year. The move is seen as an effort to show that Office as more than just a productivity suite.
Heated debate brewing over state's OpenDocument plan
Debate among Massachusetts government officials may throw a wrench in a state proposal to migrate away from Microsoft's Office productivity suite in favor of software that supports an open-document format.
Downloads of Firefox browser top 100 million
The Firefox Web browser has surpassed 100 million downloads just before celebrating its first birthday, the Mozilla Foundation said this week.
Yahoo reportedly in talks to buy AOL stake
Yahoo is the latest in a series of companies looking to purchase a stake in American Online (AOL), The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Friday.
Microsoft, RealNetworks settle for $1.08 billion
Microsoft and RealNetworks have announced that they’ve settled their antitrust case and forged a partnership to promote digital music and games in three agreements worth US$761 million (NZ$1.08 billion).
Microsoft woos child programmers with ‘fun’ language
Microsoft is hoping to lure hobbyist programmers and young children to the Windows platform through a website and forthcoming version of Visual Studio which aims to make Windows development easy and fun, the company says.
Microsoft changes tune on Windows XP SP3
Microsoft on Thursday officially confirmed that there will be a third service pack for the current client version of the Windows OS, Windows XP.
Microsoft expects nine security fixes in October
After a quiet September, Microsoft is planning nine security fixes -- at least one of them rated as critical -- as part of October's release of security updates.
Microsoft looks to services for growth
The Windows operating system may have defined Microsoft since its inception, but it will be services that give the world's largest software company its claim to fame in the future, analysts say.
Windows XP SP3 preview surfaces on Web
While Microsoft still will not confirm there will be a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system (OS), a preview version of the software update has been made available on the Web.