Microsoft Creates a 3D Commercial for Office 2010
06 oct 2010
Enjoy this impressive 3D commercial film for Office 2010 that has come out of Microsoft Germany.
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If Microsoft Switched to Google Apps..
02 jun 2010
If Microsoft switched to Google Apps today, they could save around $277 million in costs per year according to a report card from Google.
Microsoft vs Sun – The War on Office Patents
10 mar 2010
Jonathan Schwartz of Sun recalls an interesting meeting on “patents” that he had with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft:
..Bill skipped the small talk, and went straight to the point, “Microsoft owns the office productivity market, and our patents read all over OpenOffice..
Tablet PCs – Victim of Internal Competition at Microsoft
04 feb 2010
Dick Brass shares how internal politics competition impacted the development of Tablet PCs in the early days at Microsoft.
When we were building the tablet PC in 2001, the vice president in charge of Office at the time decided he didn’t like the concept.
A Screen That Will Help Save Microsoft a Few Billion Dollars
16 dec 2009
If you already use Windows or buy a new Windows PC in Europe, you’ll see a browser ballot screen via Windows Updates to help you pick an alternative to Internet Explorer browser.
Microsoft Offers Web Designers Free Tools to Build and Host New Websites
08 oct 2009
This article describes a Microsoft program for web professionals and web design companies that will help them receive free software licenses for Express Studio, Windows Web Server and SQL Server Web Edition to design and host new websites.
Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" Award Banned at Google?
02 oct 2009
The MVP Award is an annual award that is given to people who actively share their technical expertise with the world. A Google employee was recently asked to decline his MVP award.
Microsoft Wants Your Opinion on Google Chrome OS
23 sep 2009
All that we know about Google Chrome OS today is based on a couple of blog posts and therefore it’s fairly early to predict if the Chrome operating system will make any impact on the market-share of Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft’s Marketing Mistake Turned Into an Internet Meme
26 aug 2009
Microsoft pulled down the altered image from their website but TechCrunch has started an interesting LOCcat like meme around this whole controversy – the winner gets a Bing t-shirt.
A Student’s Guide to Microsoft DreamSpark
20 aug 2009
DreamSpark is a Microsoft program that provides free software tools to high-school, college and university students worldwide.