AP - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:26:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
NewsFactor - Microsoft is ready to put its popular Microsoft Office suite online, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Called Microsoft Equipt, the suite will join the software giant's online offerings of Windows Live Mail, Messenger, OneCare and Photo Gallery. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:49:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
NewsFactor - Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed it has reached an agreement to buy Powerset, a natural-language search firm in San Francisco. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but some industry watchers estimate the transaction at $100 million. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:50:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - Microsoft has eased hardware requirements for PC makers to load Windows XP Home on ultra-low-cost PCs to allow touchscreens... -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:11:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Investor's Business Daily - Yahoo's stock had its biggest percentage gain in nearly two months on Wednesday, on reports that Microsoft is yet again trying to find a way to buy at least part of the company. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:49:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - Microsoft Equipt, a new bundling of Microsoft Office and other applications, will debut in July for an annual subscription rate. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:31:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo
Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media
partners after their negotiations with each other broke down,
sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on
Wednesday.
AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.
AFP - Microsoft is considering a new attempt to buy part of Yahoo in a deal with other media companies that would likely see a break-up of the Internet firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
AP - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:00:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
InfoWorld - Micro Focus and Microsoft are working to bolster efforts to enable Cobol-based mainframe applications to run on Windows and also plan a version of CICS for .Net. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is preparing a
new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has
approached other media companies about joining it in a deal
that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street
Journal said.
