AP - European Union regulators said Thursday they will consider Microsoft Corp.'s promise to make its Office productivity programs work more seamlessly with competing software.
AP - Google billionaire co-founder Larry Page said Thursday the Internet search leader opposed a Microsoft-Yahoo deal because it would monopolize the online communications market, stifle innovation and curb competition.
AP - The European Commission on Thursday cautiously welcomed Microsoft Corp.'s announcement it will make its file format for storing documents compatible with that of rivals but the latter termed the move insufficient and a delaying tactic.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft expects half of all Exchange e-mail customers to subscribe to a software-as-a-service version within five years. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC Magazine - Windows SideShow, one of a handful of neat technologies that were supposed to debut with Windows Vista, had a release schedule that would have made Duke Nukem Forever proud. Well, finally Philips has joined the party. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:16:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft plans to entice advertisers and users of its search engine with savings on online purchases on a site called Live Search cashback. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Previous Internet reports have suggested Microsoft is working on a Nintendo Wii-style controller for the Xbox 360 under a project code-named Newton. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft had claimed that Alcatel-Lucent products stepped on its patents for unified communications tools. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 18:38:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Despite its recent ISO approval, however, Microsoft will not support the standardized version of its own Open XML format until the release of Office 14. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering cash rebates when people make purchases after using its search engine as the software maker begins to reveal how it plans to take on Google Inc. following the failure of its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 19:37:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - Microsoft executives laid out additional aspects of the company's search strategy on Wednesday and said its goals may take... -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Wednesday it launched a new "cashback" search service that pays
users a rebate for buying products they found through the
company's Windows Live search engine.
PC World - Volvo Group's business is all about getting from one place to another. The company sold its car division to Ford Motor in 1999... -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 23:50:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AFP - Microsoft said Wednesday it will reward US Live Search shoppers with cash for purchases, essentially trying to buy market share it tried to win with its failed bid to take over Yahoo.
Reuters - The EU executive said on Thursday it
would investigate if steps announced by Microsoft to
make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with
Microsoft Office give consumers greater choice.
