The state of Massachusetts has finalised a proposed move to an open format for office documents, a plan that involves phasing out versions of Microsoft's Office productivity suite deployed in the state's executive branch agencies.
Palm, Microsoft, and Verizon plan to hold a press conference in San Francisco on Monday (US time), which will probably be the stage for the introduction of a Windows-based Treo smart phone that has been rumoured on enthusiast websites for weeks.
Microsoft has acquired Alacris, a vendor of certificate management and identity assurance software products.
I saw my first demo of Microsoft’s Cairo OFS (Object File System) back in 1993. It was briefly unveiled at the Professional Developers Conference that year, and then shelved. This month I installed the beta version of its successor, WinFS.
In a setback for Microsoft, a defector and high-ranking Google executive will be able to help Google set up a research and development facility in China in the coming months while a case over his hiring comes to trial in January 2006, a judge decided overnight.
Microsoft will try to gain ground on competitors Google and Yahoo by unveiling a new web development platform today on which developers can add new search, mapping and instant-messaging features to online products from the MSN division.
By Tuesday, Kai-Fu Lee should have a clearer idea of what he can and cannot do at his new job with Google over the next few months. That's when a court in Washington state will rule on whether to extend a court order forbidding Lee from working in certain areas, a Microsoft spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Who would want to police the internet? Who would want to search a virtual haystack for a million needles?
Microsoft has struck a deal to supply software to local start-up companies.
2,000 developers and IT professionals have signed up for Auckland event
Only Japan falls short of double-digit growth
Auckland company has kept some Linux servers, however
Judges' spat could further delay proceedings
Redmond's lawyers may yet run out of work
Winners to be announced at Tech Ed in August