TechWeb - InformationWeek - Gains came mostly from users upgrading from Firefox 2, while only a small portion came at the expense of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is counting on Equipt's convenience factor to help it fend off threats from Google, IBM, and others that are offering free desktop productivity suites. -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is now being used to steal system-administrator passwords... -- read full article
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:20:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC Magazine - Microsoft announced on Tuesday that the next revision of Internet Explorer 8, beta 2, will have two new security features: the SmartScreen Filter, and the Cross Site Scripting (XSS) filter. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:33:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Coming to IE8 is a set of cross-site scripting defenses to defeat hackers looking to steal cookies and browser history, logging keystrokes, stealing credentials, or just evading phishing filters. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft is working with Circuit City to offer a consumer software subscription service that includes its Office, Windows Live OneCare, Messenger, and Photo Gallery applications and services. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The global market share for Linux jumped in the past 10 months, while Microsoft's Windows lost a few points, says Net Applications. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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.
