Microsoft should get a tablet partner, report says
Microsoft's Windows consumer empire is at stake if it doesn't quickly find a tablet device manufacturing partner.
Microsoft-Yahoo search deal gets regulatory approvals
Microsoft and Yahoo got approvals from U.S. and European regulators to proceed with their search-advertising business deal.
CDW small-biz team wrangles large Microsoft win
CDW Government teams with TCK Integration Services to win a $200 million contract to supply Microsoft products across the Energy Department.
Feds could get access to advanced cloud-computing technologies
Microsoft and National Science Foundation team up to provide cloud-computing tools to certain users.
Microsoft to Congress: Time to seed cloud computing
Privacy, security, and international sovereignty issues need congressional attention, says Brad Smith, senior Microsoft executive.
Microsoft will maintain its great firewall in China
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says his company will continue to comply with China's censorship rules, despite Google's recent suggestions that it might exit that market due to Chinese government censorship practices.
Microsoft and HP ink cloud, virtualization pact
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard disclosed a $250 million, three-year partnership to develop and market next-generation data center technology and application infrastructure that combines virtualization, system management and cloud computing.
Microsoft issues Word patch, appeals i4i decision
Microsoft issued a patch this week for Word 2007 to comply with a court ruling that enjoins the use of i4i's proprietary "custom XML" technology in Microsoft's product. Microsoft plans to seek additional legal remedies in the case.
Microsoft CEO highlights two screens at CES keynote
To kick off the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer referred to filling "all of the screens of our lives," but his talk mostly centered on TV broadcasts, video-on-demand, and games running on televisions and Xbox 360 consoles, as well as PCs.
Microsoft launches tech policy Web site
Microsoft today announced that it has launched a new Web site to engage the public in discussion about major technology policy issues including privacy, security, cloud computing and intellectual property rights.
Federal appeals court upholds ban on Microsoft Word sales
Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling its Microsoft Word software starting Jan. 11.
Internet Explorer users face new zero-day threat
Just before Thanksgiving Day, Microsoft released a security advisory on a vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers, based on "new public reports."
14 tech firms form cybersecurity alliance for government
A new testing center, part of an effort led by Lockheed Martin and 13 IT companies, will allow for collaboration on developing better cyber defenses.
Windows 7 upgrade 'hacks' not legal, Microsoft suggests
Microsoft has been trying to clarify details on upgrading to Windows 7 for individual users, but it's been a bumpy ride at best.
Microsoft investigates Windows 7 upgrade troubles
The complaints started late last week in the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows 7. Users appear to be experiencing two distinct problems: Windows 7's installation process cutting short at 62 percent completion and endless rebooting.
Cloud providers push for new software-pricing model
Shared-services centers such as Interior's National Business Center want per-usage billing for cloud computing software, but vendors reluctant to revamp their current business models.
Cloud computing: Winners and losers
Technology companies that expect to beneift from cloud computing must creatively adapt licensing, pricing and revenue models.
Deja Vista: That's the impression that we got about Windows 7
With the release of Windows 7 yesterday, GCN Lab Director John Breeden responds to reader comments about his review of Microsoft's next-generation operating system.
i4i rebuts ‘each and every’ Microsoft Word defense
Plaintiff i4i files a responding brief in the Microsoft Word dispute, rebutting Microsoft’s defenses.
Microsoft can keep selling Word, judge rules
The federal appeals panel held that Microsoft can continue to sell Word during its appeal of a patent-infringement ruling.
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