Microsoft reported sales of 90 million copies of Windows 7 at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
 - March 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has published closely held technical documentation on Office's proprietary protocols and file formats.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - February 26, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta of Outlook Social Connector, which lets users view the activities of their LinkedIn contacts within their Outlook inbox.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 17, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release marks one of the final testing stages before RTM.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - February 15, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced fixes for its Outlook 2010 beta to address an e-mail message bloat problem.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's controversial "ribbon" user interface will be coming to the Apple Macintosh platform when Office for Mac 2011 arrives sometime this year.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - February 11, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT shops using Active Directory rights management services will need to install an update before Feb. 22, according to Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 10, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's February security update marks another notable Patch Tuesday, with 13 patches addressing more than 26 vulnerabilities.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 09, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A key Microsoft executive answered questions about the company's business prospects at the Thomas Weisel Technology & Telecom Conference on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 08, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to eventually discontinue offering its standalone versions of FAST enterprise search products for Linux and Unix.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 05, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office 2010 reached the release candidate milestone this week, bringing the development process one step closer to the product's planned June release.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - February 04, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle Cloud Office is the next generation of Sun's OpenOffice, company officials revealed.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 28, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A former Microsoft employee apparently disclosed RTM dates for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 27, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described the hardware requirements for Office 2010 late last week.
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
 - January 26, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's court loss to i4i LP has spawned a make-shift tool to check for patent-infringing technology in Word files.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 22, 2010