Microsoft confirms plans to cut another 800 employees from its worldwide payroll, as part of its longer-term plan to eliminate 5,000 positions
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Microsoft Goes On Cloud Cost Cutting Offensive
Microsoft cuts the prices of its Business Productivity Suite as it seeks to block cloud-based competition from Google, Oracle and other companies
Microsoft Invests £60K In Open Source Apache Foundation
Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the Apache Software Foundation over the next few years.
Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives exist, say open source groups
Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier
Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT developer Mark Shavlik
Conficker Infections Reach 7 Million
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million computers
Microsoft Talks Speech-Recognition Despite Windows 7 Touch
Although Microsoft integrated touch-screen capabilities into Windows 7, at least one Microsoft executive suggests that the next stage in user interaction is speech-recognition technology
Microsoft Web Apps Compatibility Issue Revealed
Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps
Microsoft Apes Apple With Windows 7 Hardware Push
The software giant says its hardware leads the industry, and has opened its first retail store... which sounds a bit like Apple talking
Microsoft Warns Against Illegal Windows 7 Upgrades
Microsoft posts a response to information drifting around the Internet that Windows 7, its new operating system, can be installed using an upgrade disk on a blank hard drive
Microsoft Issues Updates For Vista, Windows Server 2008
As the launch frenzy of Windows 7 dies down, Microsoft has pushed out platform updates for both Windows Server 2008 and Vista
Opera Boss Welcomes Browser Ballot In IE Case
The CEO of Opera, Jon Tetzchner, talks to eWEEK about some of the latest developments in the antitrust case it brought against Microsoft in the European Union courts
Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages On Consumption
Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines - but is still critical of unbridled consumption
Problems Reported With Windows 7 Downloads
Microsoft and partner Digital River are working to solve the problem of users experiencing download and install errors with the Windows 7 student edition
Microsoft Lets Netbook Owners Download Windows 7 To USB
Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it onto a DVD, in yet another move by Redmond to disseminate the operating system to as many users as possible
Google Says GMail and Wave Paving Way For Chrome OS
A Google executive said complex Web applications such as Gmail and Google Wave are paving the way for major adoption of the Google Chrome Web browser
Microsoft Launches Windows 7 Kindle E-Reader Add-on
Microsoft announced during the Windows 7 launch that it had partnered with Amazon.com to create an application, "Kindle for PC," that allows e-books to be ported from Amazon.com's proprietary e-reader to laptops or desktops
Windows 7 Finally Gets It Right
Finally it looks like we have a Windows version that will just shut up and do the job. If only Microsoft could do the same, we might have got there quicker, says Peter Judge
PC World Gives £100 Laptop Trade-In With Windows 7
DSGi's PC World promises to dispose of old laptops responsibly, when it starts offering a trade-in to celebrate Windows 7, from midnight tonight
UK Gets Windows 7 Early To Beat Post Strike
Despite upgrade worries, pre-orders have broken records, and users are reported happy with the early arrival of the new Microsoft offering
Expiring Support Will Force Windows 7 Upgrade
Microsoft's Windows 7 presents a range of potential benefits to the enterprise and SMBs, says research company Gartner
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 34 Vulnerabilities
Redmond has released its largest ever Patch Tuesday update after fixing 34 vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including six affecting its forthcoming operating system, Windows 7.
Windows 8 Will Be In The Cloud, Whatever Ballmer Says
Microsoft is working on Windows 8 - and it will be heavily based on the cloud, whatever Steve Ballmer may have said in recent announcements, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Analysts Point To Tech Refresh From Windows 7
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system could impel a massive tech refresh for businesses, a new research report suggests,
If Microsoft Screwed Up Sidekick, What Hope for Office 2010?
A Microsoft subsidiary apparently lost Sidekick users' cloud data. That's not good when the next versions of Office and Windows Mobile are so heavily dependent on cloud data storage, says Peter Judge
Ad-Supported Office 2010 Bundled In New PCs
Users will have access to a free, stripped down version of the productivity suite, Office Starter 2010, with the option to upgrade to the full version of Office 2010 with the purchase of a single-license card
Windows 7 Direct Access Review – VPN for the 21st Century?
It's billed as a seamless connection to the corporate network from anywhere - but those not running Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 should stick with traditional VPs
Microsoft Not Interested In E-Readers Say Reports
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed interest in his company producing an e-reader, saying during a trip to Europe that PCs will suffice for reading digital books
Review: Windows Mobile 6.5
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 is definitely an improvement over previous versions, but it still has too many vestiges of the past.
Microsoft Nearing Final Deal With European Commission
Microsoft's long-running battles with the European Commission over antitrust issues could end by the end of the year, with Microsoft agreeing to implement the commission's requests with regard to Internet Explorer and product interoper ...