Microsoft Tuesday said it has begun offering Webcam functionality on its MSN Messenger instant messaging software, heating up the battle of features against America Online and Yahoo.
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Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, announced this week that its Vector CC Holdings arm has signed an agreement with Microsoft to buy the company's 22.89 million preferred shares in Corel. The deal will be completed by March 24.
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European Union experts have concluded that Microsoft has violated EU antitrust rules, but their proposed remedies need refining to withstand court scrutiny, sources familiar with the case said.
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Microsoft has released the following Office 2003 videos:
- Excel 2003 XML Mapping Video
- Word 2003 XML Mapping Video
- Building Managed Solutions Behind Excel 2003 Workbooks Video
- Building Managed Solutions Behind Word 2003 Documents Video
- Excel 2003 XML Mapping Video
- Word 2003 XML Mapping Video
- Building Managed Solutions Behind Excel 2003 Workbooks Video
- Building Managed Solutions Behind Word 2003 Documents Video
PC Mag has posted an article on Office 2003
The MS Office 2003 Beta 2 kit is now available on Microsoft's website:
Companies installing Microsoft's new customer relationship management software say they are grappling with some flaws in the company's much-hyped product.
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Microsoft on Monday plans to rebrand its flagship productivity suite "Office System," as the company attempts to reposition its ware as a base around which businesses build custom product.
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Microsoft's top sales and marketing executive Orlando Ayala will leave that position to help lead the company's push to sell more software to small and medium-sized businesses, Microsoft said Thursday.
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Microsoft is set to make a showing in the enterprise instant messaging (IM) and collaboration market Thursday with the release of a beta version of its real-time communications server software technology, code-named Greenwich.
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When Windows Server 2003 ships in April, it will use .Net Framework 1.1 to get rid of one of the biggest headaches for users and administrators alike, says Microsoft
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New business-oriented server software is aimed at bridging the divide between corporate and consumer instant messaging, but some significant stumbling blocks remain.
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Microsoft plans to reappoint its head of worldwide sales in a reorganization of its sales group, a company representative confirmed Wednesday.
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Microsoft next week will release the first widely available beta of InfoPath, a new application for organizing and sharing data that will be included in Office 11, but analysts say the learning curve will be steep.
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Microsoft plans to officially launch Office 2003 Beta 2 on Monday, a release that will include a public preview available to several hundred thousand beta testers and businesses, said sources.
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The leaked version of the upcoming desktop operating system, code-named Longhorn, hints of major changes under the Windows hood, as Microsoft radically improves file management and searching features in Windows and in Yukon, the code-name for the next version of SQL Server, due out later this year.
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MicrosoftWatch has published an article on Windows Longhorn
Microsoft said late Monday said it has signed up more than 350,000 subscribers worldwide for its Xbox Live online video gaming service, as it prepares to bring the platform to Europe.
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Microsoft announced a new name and new integration plans on Monday for its collaboration software.
SharePoint Team Services, server software that gives workers a common environment in which to share information and documents, will now be known as Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft said.
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SharePoint Team Services, server software that gives workers a common environment in which to share information and documents, will now be known as Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft said.
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Microsoft is pushing a new set of tools that will make it easier for developers to build peer-to-peer (P2P) applications for the Windows XP environment. But analysts have claimed that P2P adoption in the corporate space is still at least three years away.
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