Paying for word processing software may soon be a thing of past if Microsoft competitors Adobe, Google and IBM have any say.
- By Becky Nagel
- June 03, 2008
SharePoint's sales now put it alongside Office and Windows in any discussion having to do with Microsoft's technology and sales successes.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 01, 2008
Microsoft's suite of online tools focused on education has been expanded to include a "hosted" Exchange service with prototype features not yet available to the public.
- By David Nagel
- May 27, 2008
Microsoft released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week.
- By David Nagel
- May 23, 2008
Microsoft Wednesday posted plans for expanding file format support in the next major revision of Office 2007.
- By David Nagel
- May 21, 2008
As reported last week, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), a group that advises the British government on education technology issues, referred a complaint to the European Commission about the impact of Microsoft's interoperability issues in education.
- By David Nagel
- May 19, 2008
A preview version of the server for small-to-medium businesses is now available, according to a Microsoft announcement that included pricing and licensing details.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2008
On Tuesday, Redmond rolled out four patches for the month of May as expected, with three deemed "Critical" and one "Moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- May 13, 2008
Microsoft Office 2007 users will be able to get a new service pack delivered automatically via Microsoft Update as early as mid-next month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 12, 2008
Three patches will target critical remote code execution exploits in Microsoft Office, Publisher and the Jet Database Engine.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- May 08, 2008
Microsoft revealed "Albany," a consumer-oriented hosted service that provides Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications, plus security and collaboration tools.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 18, 2008
In a shot across Microsoft's bow, Google and Salesforce.com have integrated some of their hosted solutions.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2008
Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was accepted as an international standard, according to an announcement issued today by the International Organization for Standardization.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2008
Apparently, it's not a joke on this April Fools day that Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was approved as an international standard.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 01, 2008
Microsoft confirmed "very limited, targeted" attacks on an open Word security flaw. The company is researching a patch.
- By Becky Nagel
- March 24, 2008