Microsoft Corp. will test a free, advertising-supported version of Works, an already inexpensive package of word processing, spreadsheet and other programs, but would not say whether it is exploring a similar Web-based suite.
- By The Associated Press
- August 03, 2007
Deconstructing the most common statistics and figures about the Microsoft Partner Program.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 01, 2007
Microsoft calls Windows Vista its fastest-selling OS yet. Partners are waiting -- patiently -- for that momentum to reach the channel.
- By Rich Freeman
- August 01, 2007
Microsoft's continuing infatuation with Windows Vista secrecy continues, with the company posting some updates on its Windows Connect site, then pulling them down.
- By Keith Ward
- July 31, 2007
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has provided a slightly clearer look at the underlying development infrastructure set to power the company's "software-plus-services" initiative.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- July 27, 2007
According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Windows Vista has outsold Apple's entire installed base in the six months that Vista has been available.
- By Keith Ward
- July 27, 2007
An e-mail scant of details from a Microsoft spokesperson reveals that Windows XP SP3 will see release in the first half of 2008.
- By Keith Ward
- July 26, 2007
Microsoft is changing, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with new frontiers opening in the areas of advertising, hardware and electronics.
- By Keith Ward
- July 26, 2007
Windows Vista is gaining market share and is poised to become the second-most popular OS, surpassing Apple's Mac OS X.
- By Keith Ward
- July 25, 2007
Windows Vista could mark a turning point for Microsoft: it may be the first desktop operating system from Redmond that suffers on the sales side because its predecessor works so well.
- By Keith Ward
- July 23, 2007
Windows Vista has barely been in the hands of consumers six months, but its successor already has a ship date.
- By Keith Ward
- July 23, 2007
There's growing confusion as to when Windows Vista SP1 is going to be released to the public, and even confusion about when it will be tested, and by whom.
- By Keith Ward
- July 19, 2007
Chris Pirillo leaned away from his webcam and pointed to his printer/scanner/fax machine, which stopped scanning and faxing after he installed Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista operating system.
- By The Associated Press
- July 13, 2007
Microsoft has jumped with both feet into the software plus services end of the pool, announcing the unveiling at its Worldwide Partner Conference this week of Microsoft Dynamics Live CRM.
- By Keith Ward
- July 12, 2007
The next version of Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft's home and small-business security product, has been released for a live public beta.
- By Keith Ward
- July 12, 2007