TechWeb - InformationWeek - Multi-touch capabilities are expected to be part of the next Windows operating system when it is released in late 2009 or early 2010. -- read full article
Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Shares of Yahoo rose in
extended-hours trading after Chief Executive Jerry Yang said
Microsoft "has a lot of interest in buying the company
and we are listening." -- read full article
Wed, 28 May 2008 21:22:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - South Africa is appealing a decision to make Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents, officials said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 28 May 2008 22:18:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AFP - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang said Wednesday that Microsoft is "no longer interested" in buying the pioneering Internet firm, but is considering "other partnerships."
Reuters - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive
Jerry Yang said on Wednesday a potential deal with Microsoft
has tremendous power, but the software giant appears no longer
interested in a full merger.
PC Magazine - Microsoft is finally opening up about when Windows 7 will ship, but the company continues to share just a few, yet tantalizing details of what the eagerly anticipated OS update will be all about. The first? Multitouch support. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 15:42:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC Magazine - At the D: All Things Digital conference, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer talk about their changing roles at Microsoft, the role of Vista, and show off a "brief snippet" of Windows 7's multitouch capabilities. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 23:33:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
AP - South Africa is appealing a decision to make Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML format an internationally recognized standard for electronic documents, officials said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 28 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp's attempt to strike a
deal with Yahoo Inc is an "accelerator" of its online strategy,
but not the entire vision, the company's top software executive
said on Wednesday.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Are all those Windows Vista User Account Control warnings driving you nuts? Here are seven ways to make Vista's UAC less intrusive, while keeping legitimate security threats at bay. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - With Live Search Cashback, Microsoft has decided that it's willing to take some heavy losses to buy search market share. Ignoring the bribery, which inevitably will have to end, the search engine itself is actually pretty good. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 11:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft cites "increased market demand for phone-enabled devices and Windows Embedded operating systems" for the expected spike. -- read full article
Tue, 27 May 2008 14:19:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
