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Microsoft’s news Office 365 takes on Google’s cloud-based of...

In what apparently is Microsoft’s determined attempt to make its cloud-based services a big success, the company Tuesday launched Office 365 - a hosted, subscription-based version of its ubiquitous Office suite. The new Office [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Unveils Subscription Version of Office (Video)

Microsoft is no stranger to offering services via the cloud, but Office 365 represents a rebranding of the company's BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) that suggests the Redmond-based company is determined to make its cloud-ba [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft launches Office 365 cloud suite a day after Ozzie ...

Microsoft launched Microsoft Office 365, a comprehensive cloud-based productivity suite that offers Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online, for a minimum price of $6 per user/per month. Microsoft's [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft updates patch specifically for Office 2004

Microsoft has issued a patch for Office 2004 only, to enhance security and correct problems with a previous patch. Version 11.6.2 covers the same issues as 11.6.1 -- covering MS security bulletins MS10-079 and MS10-080 -- covering a tota [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft to Make Office-Related Announcement on Tuesday, Oc...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft will reportedly make an Office-related announcement on Tuesday, October 19 at 8:00 AM Pacific Time — 11:00 AM Easter Time. The information comes from an official statement by Microsoft sent out t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

New Microsoft browser boosts online security

Microsoft Bahrain yesterday unveiled the beta version of its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser in the kingdom which it claims will be a watershed in enhancing online security. Microsoft Corporation developer evangelist Ramon Bosch s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Windows Phone 7 review: email, calendar and Microsoft Office

Windows Phone 7 is about to hit retail and there has been a lot of talk about its potential as a consumer-focussed operating system with relatively little mention of its viability for business users. The whole look and feel of Windows Ph [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's OpenOffice Attack Video

It's not very common for an established industry leader to trash competitor; that kind of dirty politics is usually considered below them. This week Microsoft decided to buck that trend and create what some have called an attack vide [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Patch Tuesday: Critical flaws haunt Microsoft Office, IE bro...

Microsoft dropped its largest ever batch of security patches today to cover a record 49 security vulnerabilities, including several browser flaws that could expose Internet Explorer users to drive-by malware downloads. The Internet [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft to stake Office 2010 beta on Halloween

A spooked Microsoft is doing its level best to morph into a cloud-dwelling company, but it still has shrink-wrapped software to flog. That’s why the vendor put out a reminder yesterday that the beta version of Office 2010 will be k [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

A Closer Look at Microsoft: Undervalued or Unsustainable?...

For over 25 years, Microsoft (MSFT) has been a dominant force in the computer software market – from DOS in the 80’s, Windows and Office in the 90’s, to Internet Explorer at the turn of the century. With each successive [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Fruity girl accidentally gets media interested in Microsoft ...

PowerPoint is certainly a useful tool. From the simplest of bullet point displays in a classroom to detailed business pitches, Microsoft’s product is a solid if unspectacular piece of software, rarely worthy of a second thought. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Office Web Apps has 20 million users

Office Web Apps, Microsoft's competitor to Google Docs, has 20 million users. Betsy Webb, general manager of Microsoft Online Services, said that many people have used the free Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the first [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Google Apps Subs for Microsoft Office in New York Schools

Google is replacing Microsoft in a bid to provide collaboration software for more than 3.1 million students in New York state. The NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) has agreed to use the Google Apps for Education for all K-12 schoo [...]