Six of the patches fix critical vulnerabilities that could give an attacker full control of a machine.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - August 14, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next version of Microsoft Office for the Mac platform has been delayed until next year.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - August 02, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With this week's Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft kicked off its monthly patching exercise with three critical security bulletins.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - July 10, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Massachusetts has decided that Microsoft's latest format may meet its standards. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - July 02, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft said it expects to have Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, its virtual collaboration and conferencing software, released to manufacturing later next month, with availability some time this fall. The company made the announcement at the Tech Ed Conference taking place this week in Orlando, Florida. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - June 05, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When Google announced its latest foray into an area of software in which Microsoft holds dominance, it was hard to miss the swipes aimed at Redmond. The search giant has decided that it will no longer confine itself to online-only technologies, but wants to live in the offline world and compete with Microsoft there as well.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - June 01, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A sneak peek at the upcoming Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, the channel's biggest networking opportunity of the year. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - June 01, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Salesforce.com Inc.'s stock price climbed by more than 4 percent Monday in response to a report that the online software pioneer is poised to team up with Internet search leader Google Inc. in a double-barreled attack on Microsoft Corp.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
 - May 21, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is supporting a chief rival to its Office suite for approval to a national standards board.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - May 17, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's unified communications picture is making one more push before seeing the light of day this summer in the form of deployable products.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - May 15, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 08, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. today published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 08, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - May 04, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A niche software company says it will rename one of its programs, admitting 
  defeat in a three-year effort to win money from Microsoft Corp. after it claimed 
  the name was too close to Excel. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
 - May 01, 2007
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft to put Project exam through paces with beta testers for two weeks starting Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
 - April 19, 2007