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Microsoft, Intuit team up on the cloud

News The companies will integrate the Intuit Partner Platform and Windows Azure to enable developers to create apps for Quickbooks users [21 Jan 2010]

Microsoft to plug IE hole on Thursday

News The software giant will issue its out-of-band patch for the flaw in Internet Explorer used in the recent attack on Google [21 Jan 2010]

BMC moves Remedy suite to the cloud

News The company has made its latest move towards software-as-a-service by taking the Remedy IT management suite to the cloud [20 Jan 2010]

Integrating Microsoft with Moodle Video icon

Integrating Microsoft with Moodle

Video The software maker is building bridges between its products and the open-source e-learning platform, according to Microsoft's Ray Fleming [19 Jan 2010]


Google demos 'Earth' app for Android Video icon

Google demos 'Earth' app for Android

Video At Google's Mountain View headquarters, senior product manager Erick Tseng demos Google Earth for the Android OS [15 Jan 2010]


SAP ditches customer shift to pricier support

News The business software firm will give its customers a choice between standard and enterprise support, following complaints by user groups [15 Jan 2010]

Salesforce.com cloud tools get a facelift

News The Spring '10 update to the company's enterprise cloud-computing software will include a raft of features, including a new user interface [14 Jan 2010]

Firefox 3.6 set to emerge this month

News The final version of the browser could arrive as soon as next week and will be followed by a stability update code-named Lorentz [14 Jan 2010]

Windows Mobile date problem appears limited

News Microsoft says 'only a small percentage' of phones are encountering the bug, which causes text messages to show up as if they were sent in 2016 [12 Jan 2010]

Office, Windows get 'rental rights' licensing option

News The software maker has added a licensing option for places such as internet cafes that rent out PC time [12 Jan 2010]

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Microsoft halts Office sales as injunction begins

News Most versions of the Office suite were temporarily unavailable from Microsoft's online store as a court injunction went into effect [12 Jan 2010]

Glitch leaves Microsoft customers out in the cold

News The company's efforts to update its online volume licensing service centre have left many customers unable to download software and manage licences [11 Jan 2010]

Microsoft files further appeal in i4i case

News The software maker says it will comply with the injunction against Word, but is asking a full appeals court to hear its case [11 Jan 2010]

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Developers angry at lack of Nexus One SDK

News Developers are not able to test their apps against the latest version of Android, which runs the Google smartphone, and Google has no release date for the SDK [08 Jan 2010]

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'GodMode'-like strings abound in Windows

News There are several developer shortcuts hidden within the operating system that can be triggered using text strings, according to Microsoft's Windows chief [07 Jan 2010]

Ballmer demos Windows 'Slate PCs' at CES

News Microsoft's chief executive has unveiled three different small form factor devices that use the touch and mobility capabilities of Windows 7 [07 Jan 2010]

CES: Microsoft confirms Project Natal plan

News The software maker has announced that it will release its Xbox add-on, which allows people to play games using their bodies as a controller, later in the year [07 Jan 2010]

Dell signs cloud deal with Chinese company

News The agreement between Dell and Infobird will see cloud-based call-centre systems provided to enterprises in China [06 Jan 2010]

Windows Mobile glitch dates 2010 texts 2016

News Microsoft says it is working with mobile partners to fix a problem causing SMS messages sent after New Year's Day to appear as if they were sent from the future [06 Jan 2010]

Opera appoints new chief executive

News Lars Boilesen, who returned to the browser company last year after a period at Alcatel-Lucent, will take over from co-founder Jon von Tetzchner [05 Jan 2010]

Microsoft Research head awarded OBE

Microsoft Research head awarded OBE

News Andrew Herbert, a 35-year research veteran, has been recognised in the Queen's New Years Honours list for services to computer science [04 Jan 2010]


Microsoft Word update to skip the UK

News Microsoft is stripping some XML functionality out of Word to avoid a court injunction on sales, but British buyers will not receive the amended software [04 Jan 2010]

Microsoft loses appeal in Word patent case

News Microsoft says it will change code in Word 2007 to avoid having an injunction halting sales, after a three-judge panel upholds an earlier patent verdict against it [23 Dec 2009]

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Visual Studio launch delayed by 'a few weeks'

News Microsoft says it is still working to resolve some performance issues related to the Visual Studio 2010 developer tool suite, which was slated for a March release [21 Dec 2009]

Microsoft may face legal action over copied code

News Microblogging site Plurk says that Microsoft's apology over code a contractor copied for its MSN China site is not enough to settle the matter [18 Dec 2009]

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