NewsFactor - Is the hoopla around Microsoft Windows 7 much ado about nothing? We won't really know until the operating system is released in 2010. -- read full article
Thu, 29 May 2008 20:47:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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.
