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Article | 3/09/2009 Microsoft to drop all Zunes except for HD model

Microsoft plans to drop all of its Zune models except for a new high-definition (HD) version that is due out in two weeks, the company confirmed Wedne...

Article | 2/09/2009 Microsoft tests Windows 7-based embedded OS

Microsoft on Tuesday released a test preview of its Windows 7-based OS for embedded devices.

Article | 1/09/2009 Microsoft: Making purchases not Bing's online focus

Microsoft on Monday refuted a post by a prominent blogger that said the company designed the first iteration of Bing specifically to help people find ...

Article | 31/08/2009 Microsoft misses target date for Office Web Apps preview

Microsoft will miss its target date for releasing a technical preview of Office Web Apps, the Web-based versions of software in its Office productivit...

Article | 28/08/2009 Analysts: Windows 7 could spur enterprise PC sales

Windows 7 could inspire businesses to begin spending money on PC upgrades again because it repairs major problems enterprise users had with Vista when...

Article | 28/08/2009 Windows 7 Family Pack available for pre-order early online

A special Windows 7 upgrade package for households with more than one PC is now available for pre-order online ahead of schedule and at a discount fro...

Article | 27/08/2009 Forrester: Social networking grows up

Companies can begin to target people over the age of 34 with media campaigns that leverage social networks as that age group has become the largest se...

Article | 25/08/2009 Microsoft extends Windows 7 Family Pack to Europe

Microsoft on Monday stepped up plans to push Windows 7 upgrades to European users. The company said its decision to keep Internet Explorer 8 in the OS...

Article | 21/08/2009 Microsoft to backport Windows 7 'ribbon' interface to Vista

Microsoft plans to backport a "ribbon" user interface feature it introduced in Windows 7 to Windows Vista, according to the company's developer Web si...

Article | 20/08/2009 As Exchange grows up, it plays more strategic role

Long an important product for Microsoft, Exchange Server going forward will play even more of a key role in the company's plan to extend its collabora...

Article | 18/08/2009 Red Hat expands partner program to juice reseller business

Red Hat has expanded its partner program to give companies more options for how they can work with the Linux vendor, more ways to demonstrate their ar...

Article | 17/08/2009 Report: Andreessen invests in browser startup RockMelt

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, perhaps still stinging after losing to Microsoft in the browser wars in the mid-1990s, may be looking to get back in...

Article | 14/08/2009 Microsoft: Outlook will replace Entourage in Office for Mac

Microsoft on Thursday said that starting next year it will include Outlook in its version of the Office for the Mac platform, replacing Entourage, the...

Article | 13/08/2009 Microsoft, Nokia team to put Office apps on mobile phones

Microsoft and Nokia are working together to put a version of Microsoft's Office productivity applications on Nokia handsets, the companies said Wednes...

Article | 12/08/2009 Microsoft, Nokia may strike apps alliance Wednesday

Microsoft and Nokia are set to unveil an alliance on Wednesday that will likely reveal a plan to deliver Microsoft's Office applications on Nokia hand...