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Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista

July 6, 2009 Microsoft aims to make a much different first impression with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, its oft-maligned predecessor. TAGS: Windows 7, Ina Fried, Product Spotlight, Del.icio.us, margin, Digg, Microsoft Windows Vista, software company, font, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, e-mail

Microsoft, Google in healthy competition

May 18, 2009 The rivals extend their tech battle into Web-based personal health records, an area in which they are both upstarts. TAGS: personal health record, health, health care, e-health, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Building Microsoft Office 14

March 20, 2009 In the latest update to Office, the biggest changes surrounded the software's look. The next incarnation, code-named Office 14, will have its desktop versions but will join the world of Web applica... TAGS: margin, Microsoft Office, Del.icio.us, Ina Fried, Digg, Web application, software company, Microsoft Corp., font, Web browser

Quote of the day: Microsoft to 'win on the Web'

July 28, 2005 Microsoft's Steve Ballmer claims victory over the desktop and plans to take on the Web next. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on

September 12, 2006 The free download enables Office 2007 users to save documents as Adobe PDF or Microsoft XPS formats. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, add-on, Microsoft Corp., document, Adobe Systems Inc.

Microsoft offers fix for Outlook Web in Vista

March 16, 2007 The software maker said said it has issued a patch to allow Outlook Web Access to properly run in Windows Vista. TAGS: Microsoft Outlook Web Access, patch, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft plans to give some pirates a break

May 4, 2005 People duped into buying counterfeit versions of Windows could get free licensed copies of the operating system. TAGS: copy, piracy, offer, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft cuts 62 testing jobs

January 21, 2005 Those affected by automation-related layoffs were given the option of looking elsewhere at Microsoft, company says. TAGS: Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft makes Zune Vista-friendly

December 20, 2006 Player now works with new operating system, thanks to software update that also adds unspecified security updates. TAGS: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, security

Swan song for Microsoft's music allies?

July 25, 2006 news analysis Some say Microsoft's Zune player means an end to Windows Media PlaysForSure partner program. Photos: PlaysForSure devices TAGS: Microsoft Zune, PlaysForSure, iRiver, software company, Windows Media, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows

Next version of Windows: Call it 7

July 20, 2007 Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows--known internally as version "7"--within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: business customer, Windows 7, representative, development, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft buy targets Vista transition

March 7, 2006 Microsoft purchases Apptimum, maker of tools to move software from one PC to another. TAGS: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC

Quote of the day: The Cisco-Microsoft tango

June 30, 2005 Who's leading whom as Microsoft and Cisco take to the communications dance floor? TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft testing update service

February 17, 2005 Microsoft confirmed that it will launch a beta version of its centralized patch updating service in March. TAGS: Bill Gates, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

September 10, 2008 What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants, but Yahoo continues to play hard to get. The two companies still face a formidable foe in Google--and many questions about what they'll do next. Tune in here for th... TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, bid, margin, Carl Icahn, antitrust, Wall Street, Google Inc., agreement, font, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft shutters Windows private folders

July 14, 2006 Following an outcry, Redmond is removing add-on feature allowing users to create password-protected folders. TAGS: folder, Microsoft Corp., password, Microsoft Windows

Windows and the cloud

October 29, 2008 At this year's Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft offers glimpses into the next version of its OS, the next iteration of its productivity suite, and its cloud-computing efforts. TAGS: Ray Ozzie, Ina Fried, Windows 7, margin, productivity suite, cloud, Microsoft Office, coverage, toolbar, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, video

Microsoft admits Office 2003 'mistake'

January 7, 2008 The software maker has acknowledged it was wrong when it told users certain file formats were insecure. TAGS: Microsoft Office 2003, advisory, Microsoft Office, format, Microsoft Corp., service pack

Microsoft licenses video patents

February 15, 2006 Patents cover means for artistically putting advertising or other content into IP video streams. TAGS: IP, Microsoft Corp., video

Year in review: Windows takes beating, '7' steps into view

December 19, 2008 Microsoft struggled most of the year over negative perceptions about Vista but broke its silence on the operating system's successor--Windows 7. TAGS: silence, perception, Windows 7, successor, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
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