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Microsoft notes how Office 365 will benefit Apple customers

Business people are increasingly accessing files stored in the "cloud," and Microsoft wants in on the action. A new suite of online tools called Office 365, still in beta, is meant to appeal to those users. A recent post on the [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Wow! These young girls are Microsoft Office specialists

The partnership between New Horizons Systems and Vivian Fowler Memorial Girls College, sealed six months ago has yielded fruits. As a result, six young pupils have become proficient in the use of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, with one of t [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft welcomes CentOS Linux onto virtualized Windows

OSBC Microsoft is taking a swing at Red Hat, promoting freebie Linux CentOS on Windows Server via its hypervisor and offering technical support for service providers. On Monday, the software giant announced that CentOS now runs as a &q [...]

Posted On : May, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

With So Many Alternatives, Why Does Microsoft Office Still R...

It's been more than two decades since Microsoft's now-ubiquitous suite of office productivity software was released. Although we've seen numerous free or low-cost alternatives arrive on the scene since then - OpenOffice.org, G [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: No Date for Mac Office Patch

Mac Office users awaiting a fix for an "important" PowerPoint bug will have to exercise patience because there's no patch date in sight. While Microsoft released the MS11-036 patch for Windows users this Tuesday, the softwar [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft leaves Mac Office users in the lurch, says researc...

Microsoft yesterday told Mac Office users it doesn't yet have a fix for a PowerPoint bug that it patched for Windows customers. "Security updates for Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac, Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML F [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Fixes Critical Windows Internet Name Service Flaw ...

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) issued a light load for its Patch Tuesday security update, releasing two security bulletins that repaired three flaws in Windows and Office PowerPoint. Microsoft designated just one of the two patches in its May r [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office Live Hit by 'Intermittent' Access Issues

Buckle up, because there's turbulence in the cloud. With its transition to Office 365, Microsoft has said that its soon-to-be-grounded Office Live service has struggled with access for its small business customers. "This past we [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft-hosted ERP and Dell vStart top the April 2011 chan...

While Hewlett-Packard dominated readers’ attention in March, SearchITChannel.com’s April news stories proved to be more diverse. Talk that Microsoft would put ERP on its own cloud infrastructure had come and gone for years, an [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Plans Two Security Bulletins for Tiny Patch Tuesda...

Microsoft will be giving IT administrators a break with only two security bulletins in May’s Patch Tuesday. The company had released 17 bulletins in April. Both scheduled bulletins in May’s Patch Tuesday release will addres [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft To Issue Two Patches In May Update

Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) is anticipating a light patch load for its May release on Tuesday, repairing just three vulnerabilities in two updates affecting Windows and Microsoft Office. The first bulletin, designated with the highest severity [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Office 365 has 'huge quarter' as Microsoft announces 13% rev...

Microsoft Office 365 has had a "huge quarter" and has exceeded everyone's expectations as more companies look to use the software. That is according to Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft, who said that the cl [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office 2010 takes on all comers

Ask most people to name a productivity suite and chances are they'll say Microsoft Office, but they might also name one of the numerous competitors that have sprung up. None have completely displaced the Microsoft monolith, but they&# [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Microsoft quarter rescued by Microsoft Office

Microsoft enjoyed strong income and revenue growth for its third fiscal quarter despite sluggish PC sales, with Xbox and Office doing well, the company reported Thursday. For the quarter that ended March 31, Microsoft reported net inco [...]