Microsoft on Monday released the public beta of the widely anticipated Office 365, the company's cloud-based productivity suite, as well as announced the Office 365 Marketplace.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 18, 2011
Eight U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments from Microsoft on Monday, the latest turn of events in the company's long-running patent infringement dispute with Canada-based i4i LLP.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 18, 2011
Microsoft plans to deliver the first service packs for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 in mid-summer, while Mac users can expect SP1 of Office for Mac 2011 to arrive next week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 11, 2011
"The big migration" from Windows XP and Office 2003 is coming, according to research firm Gartner, and IT pros should be prepared.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2011
WEB EXCLUSIVE: With so many licensing choices available, IT pros can expect to have at least a few questions if they decide to migrate to Office 365. Consultancy Directions on Microsoft recently shed some light on the ins and outs of Office 365 licensing in an online discussion.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 29, 2011
i4i LLP, which is currently embroiled in a patent infringement case against Microsoft at the U.S. Supreme Court level, has obtained some significant supporters.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 22, 2011
Microsoft has released add-ons for Word and PowerPoint as part of the company's push to improve accessibility in Office 2010, and a wider initiative to help improve Internet and software accessibility.
- By David Nagel
- March 18, 2011
Continuing the legal battle over "custom XML" technology, i4i LLP has filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief contesting Microsoft's appeal.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 16, 2011
In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft panned the recently released Google plug-in for Microsoft Office, which allows document sharing and collaboration.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 25, 2011
On Thursday, Google made globally available its free Microsoft Office plug-in that enables document collaboration and sharing.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 24, 2011
IBM made a few announcements at its Lotusphere 2011 event today, including some upcoming social networking improvements plus the debut of a new cloud-based productivity suite called "LotusLive Symphony."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 31, 2011
Microsoft mostly beat financial analyst expectations in its fiscal second quarter, reporting overall earnings of $19.9 billion.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2011
The Document Foundation today released LibreOffice 3.3, calling it the first "stable release" of the free, open source productivity suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 25, 2011
The Interior Department can't award a noncompetitive contract to Microsoft, a federal judge has ruled.
- By Matthew Weigelt
- January 05, 2011
A three-judge federal circuit court issued an opinion today that will like renew a legal skirmish between Uniloc and Microsoft over patented software product activation technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 04, 2011