Microsoft was last week hit by an injunction stating it could no longer sell Word, an integral part of Microsoft Office, in its current form. This was due to a patent infringement lawsuit by i4i concerning XML. However, it looks as though the situation isn’t as serious as first thought and Microsoft could have a couple of very easy options to solve the legal woes.
Either through Bing being a better brand than anyone thought it was or the lure of cash back, Bing Shopping has managed to grow a phenomenal amount since the site launched at the beginning of June. Which must have put noses out of joint at long-standing price comparison sites such as Pronto and Pricegrabber. Not to mention Yahoo Shopping.
Court records in the Microsoft Word/XML case show that Microsoft lawyers cost the firm an extra $40 million through shady practice. The trial judge added the penalty to a jury award after concluding the firm repeatedly misrepresented the law.
The Zune HD is shaping up to be everything the original Zune was not. HD video and radio are added to a bigger high-quality touchscreen. And the addition of the Nvidia Tegra chip with built-in graphics processing means the Zune HD is a powerful bit of kit. But will this be enough to allow the Zune HD to compete with the Apple iPod and iPod Touch?
Microsoft Word is an integral part of Microsoft Office and is used by upwards of 500 million people around the world. However, Microsoft has effectively been banned from selling Word in the United States because of an alleged patent infringement.
Windows 7 is now out in the wild and only a couple of months away from being available to everyone who wants it. Which means the Windows Vista era is over, that is if it ever actually existed in the first place. Sure, Vista had a couple of years as Microsoft’s leading operating system, but it didn’t exactly set the world alight in that time.
Windows 7 is being talked up with nothing but the utmost praise. In that sense it’s the antitheses of Vista. In fact, Vista would have given a few limbs to have even half the positive press Windows 7 has been blessed with. But this doesn’t mean consumers will pay over the odds for Microsoft’s new operating system. So, with interest waning, could new cheap Windows 7 pre-order deals be on the way?
Bing is a great search engine. It’s the first search effort from Microsoft that I’ve found can almost compete with Google for relevant results to queries. And I’ve started using it alongside Google on a daily basis. However, that may cease if Microsoft continues to censor Bing search results in order to make the company and its products look better.
Are you planning to upgrade to Windows 7 come Oct. 22 when the new OS is released to general availability? Then good luck, because judging by the upgrade chart released by Microsoft it’s a confusing and complicated business.
Until now, Microsoft has located the Web site for its Office software suite at office. microsoft.com, which is neither memorable nor inspiring. Clearly a better domain was needed if the new Web-based version of Office 2010, Office Web, was going to stand a chance of competing with the other free or cheap alternatives out there. And what better than Office.com?
Every product, good or bad, needs an advertising campaign. And many advertising campaigns are built around a catchy jingle or unforgettable slogan. Has Microsoft found the answer to both these problems with a song by Jonathan Mann, known on YouTube as ‘The Rock Cookie Bottom’? His Jingle is called Bing Goes The Internet and is… interesting.
New regulatory filings show Yahoo got a much better deal from its search agreement with Microsoft than the firms had initially revealed. Microsoft will pay Yahoo $50 million a year for the first three years and will hire at least 400 current Yahoo staff.
Have you used Bing yet? Microsoft’s new and improved search engine is the company’s best effort at search yet, and it has been gaining not only plaudits but also traffic in the two months since it launched. In light of this, and the new partnership with Yahoo!, is there any chance of Bing catching up with Google in the search sector?
Intel is launching a new range of integrated chips and ultrathin laptops to coincide with the launch of Windows 7. It’s a practical example of a theory that the system will spark a major growth in spending on new hardware and technologies.
The iPhone is made much better, and a lot more entertaining, because of the App Store. Here is the place where budding developers can sell or give away their wares, and iPhone users can download new applications for their device. Microsoft is hoping to replicate the App Store with the Windows Mobile Marketplace, but how easy is it to port an iPhone app to Windows Mobile?
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