Speculation that Microsoft is planning to shortly relaunch its search engine in Australia under the "Bing" name has intensified after the software giant registered the bing.com.au domain name.
Australia appears to have largely escaped the Microsoft job cuts announced overnight, with just a single worker losing their spot.
Rumour-mongers have marked January 15 as the day Microsoft could carve up to 17 percent from its workforce, but US financial analysts are doubtful the software giant is in any financial trouble.
Major security companies have criticised Microsoft's OneCare security software and the software giant's decision to stop charging for the offering.
Microsoft has announced a version of Windows that runs over the internet from inside Microsoft's own datacentres.
Energizer chief information officer Randy Benz would be happy if he never had to run another server inside his company ever again; most of his company's services are already run by Microsoft as part of the software giant's emerging online model.
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As right-hand man to Red Hat's chief executive Matthew Szulik, Alex Pinchev has access to a lot of the strategic insights afforded to his boss, but is unencumbered by the diplomatic restraints placed on the chief executive. He speaks his mind.
For the second time in as many weeks a group of security professionals has released a third-party fix for a Windows flaw that is actively being used in cyberattacks.
Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie have some big shoes to fill. The two execs talk to about how they plan to take over for Gates.
At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, explains how Microsoft plans to apply Web 2.0 technology, such as self-service and groups of people contributing to applications, to the enterprise. In an interview with Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Elops also details Microsoft's plans to release ad-supported programs.
Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.
A new version of Microsoft Office for Mac is due in a couple of weeks. Here are our impressions after testing the release candidate for a month or so.
Microsoft Expression Web is a solid Web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs, although we'd like more help for newbies.
Microsoft plans to mark the business launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007 with an event in New York on November 30.
The software maker launches its first major update to the browser in years, offering tabbed browsing and security additions.
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