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
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
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
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Linspire produced Click'N'Run as a way of finding, reviewing, and downloading a copy of desktop software available on the Internet, including the Linspire Linux distribution. -- read full article
Reuters - Microsoft Corp
has had no new negotiations on deals involving Yahoo Inc
, but preliminary talks with media companies continue,
a source familiar with the software giant's thinking said on
Wednesday.
PC World - We've redesigned the Downloads section of PCWorld.com to make it simpler to find the software you want with better search tools, more user reviews and easier navigation. -- read full article
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
Reuters - Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser
Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record
for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours. -- read full article
PC Magazine - Over 600 million users are surfing the Web with a potentially unsafe browser, according to a Swiss study released this week. The solution? An "expiration date" for the software, the authors suggested. -- read full article
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
USATODAY.com - Tech junkies looking to pinch pennies in today's economy can scour the Web for a bounty of free software - for word-processing and photo-editing, online storage and more. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Many computer users -- especially businesses -- have decided to forgo upgrading to Vista, citing its cost, resource requirements, and incompatibilities with older software. -- read full article
