It now appears Microsoft Office 2010 will be released in June next year. And among six editions of the package will be a basic version, which is free but comes with advertising.
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The new Microsoft ads which use old clips of Family Guy have hit the Web. And, well, they suck. Unfortunately.
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Apple, as a brand, is a very strong one. People buy into it, feeling proud to boast they own an Apple product. Unfortunately, a big part of this is style over substance, but it’s still something Microsoft could do with imitating. And the Microsoft Store is a good first step, being an imitation (although a very good one) of the Apple Store. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.
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Recent figures showing Windows 7 more widely used than Mac OS show that people are rapidly switching to Microsoft’s latest system. But they also give an interesting insight into exactly who is – and isn’t – making the leap.
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Poor, poor Apple. It spends years trying to grab market share from Microsoft and yet still only manages to post paltry figures. Windows 7 has only been on general sale for a month yet its market share has already beaten that of all versions of Mac OS X. It must suck to be an Apple fanboy, always playing catchup yet never actually getting anywhere.
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With Black Friday approaching, there are plenty of deals aimed at fans of Windows. There’s also good news for those shopping online via Bing.
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Microsoft’s Bing Cashback scheme, which offers users a discount on items bought online as a result of using the search engine, apparently isn’t without its problems. Not only are there certain methods available to cheat the system, methods which Microsoft allegedly tried to stop from going public, but certain retailers are gaming the system resulting in “negative cashback” being offered.
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We reported on a couple of cases last year where computer buyers negotiated a partial refund on their machines after deciding not to use the bundled copy of Windows. While those people got three-figure sums, people buying XP-enabled machines from Asus probably won’t find it worth their while.
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Buying a new computer or getting a new version of Windows means setting up your desktop just the way you like it.  What gadgets do you want to have handy?  How big do you need the icons or the text so that you aren’t squinting at the screen?  Do you have a favorite picture that you want to use for background?   Whatever look you want, it is easy to set it up.
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Have you all got Windows 7 now? It’s unlikely I know, in fact the chances are that most people reading this article are still using Windows XP as their operating system. The reason I ask about Windows 7 though is because Windows 8 is only three short years away, and that’s straight from the mouths (or rather slides) of Microsoft.
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Steve Ballmer never misses an opportunity to praise Microsoft and its products from the rooftops. But with Windows 7 he may finally have reason to do just that. Which is exactly what he did during Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington this week.
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The next edition of Microsoft Office is now available for free testing by the public. As well as a desktop edition of Office 2010, there is also a dedicated application for Windows Mobile devices.
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Microsoft has revealed details of the next incarnation of its browser, just three weeks into its development process. The key promises include making Internet Explorer 9 as fast as rival browsers, and allowing hardware to do more of the work with web graphics.
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Microsoft is most definitely back. The combination of Windows 7 and the Bing search engine means that the company is in a fine position heading into 2010. Windows 7 continues to grab market share away from both Vista and XP and is managing to steal market share from its competitors. However it’s Yahoo rather than Google that is feeling the pain.
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Microsoft has confirmed that an unpatched bug in Windows 7 could give hackers the ability to bring machines to a standstill. But the firm has condemned a security researcher for the way he publicized the bug, despite having used similar tactics themselves.
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