Microsoft has withdrawn an anti-piracy measure commonly dubbed nagware. The company has, in a very low-key manner, ditched the Office Genuine Advantage scheme.
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Microsoft has formally launched Lync, a software suite designed to make it easier for businesses to integrate multiple forms of communications. It claims the average company would make back the cost of the suite in increased efficiency within a year.
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Google has demonstrated its latest weapon in the bid to capture Office users that might have been tempted by the online edition of the suite. It’s working on a ribbon for Office that makes it much easier to transfer documents between Microsoft’s desktop application and Google Docs.
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Microsoft has just announced its financial results for the past three months and has beaten out Apple’s profits by nearly 50 percent, despite extremely similar revenues. Why? Because it makes the right type of revenue.
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Back in the day, Microsoft and Apple were the big rivals in an ongoing war of words. Now, with Apple seemingly paired off with Adobe in the argument stakes, Microsoft seems more involved in public disputes with Google.
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Microsoft sent out an email yesterday announcing the upgrade of Windows Live Workspace.  The service is now called Windows Live SkyDrive.  You get most of the features of Live Workspace with a few added features.
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Microsoft could, if certain reports are to be believed, be at risk of surviving the next decade if it doesn’t adapt to the new market forces.
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Microsoft has followed up the retail release of Office 2010 with an advertising campaign around the theme of “make it great”. It’s a bit generic, but thankfully more in common with the “Windows 7 was my idea” promotion than the ill-fated Jerry Seinfeld commercials.
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The long-awaited Office Web apps have now gone live and are available to people resident in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland. And the best thing about this office suite in the cloud is that it’s all free.
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Microsoft has confirmed Office Mobile 2010 will be a free upgrade for existing users on Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. A beta edition is already available to install through the Windows Phone Marketplace.
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With the formal launch of Office 2010 (at least for business customers) coming this week, more details are emerging about the online edition. There are also details of Microsoft’s planned marketing pitch and it’s even technically possible to try out the system.
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Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the Release to Manufacturing stage. That means it is, for all intents, finished and it will take a major bug to force any further changes before it goes on sale to the public,
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A Microsoft staffer has mocked Google’s announcement of new features in Google Docs, its free online productivity suite. The comments mirror an ongoing debate about exactly what users expect from free office software.
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If you are just getting started on your family history, you might want to check out Microsoft’s template gallery for some help.  There are many programs both expensive and free that you can download to start tracing your family history but even with those programs, Microsoft has a few templates that can be helpful.
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Yes, another appeal. But this case still isn’t done and dusted, as Microsoft is still petitioning for an en banc review of the case. If that is unsuccessful then Microsoft could take its appeal to the Supreme Court. Basically, if you don’t succeed the first time, try again, and again and again.
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