Microsoft News

Google plans to launch a new open source operating system designed for netbooks and based on the Chrome Web browser.

Microsoft Corp. today announced new CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that help organizations reduce costs and establish business insight across social networks, channel-centric organizations and Web interaction channels.

The United Nations and the African Union today launched a new tool, designed in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to help map investment flows on the continent and provide business leaders the information they need to make sound decisions.

Microsoft stated Tuesday that it will not pursue legal action against open source software developers using C# and CLI programming languages.

This story was written by Joseph Tartakoff. CoTweet , a startup whose software is behind many high-profile corporate Twitter accounts, has raised $1.1 million in a first round of funding.

Microsoft and Google have something in common. Both companies think the current state of the browser is broken.

Google Inc. , not satisfied owning the search engine market, yesterday revealed it is going to assault Microsoft Corp.

Mountain View-based Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp.'s longstanding control over people's computer experience.

Microsoft may be ready to cut its losses by settling two antitrust cases pending in the EU rather than prolonging what appears to be a losing battle.

Many people think that the browser is starting to replace the operating system as the center of the personal computer.

Head of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Steven Sinofsky is now one of a handful of Microsoft presidents.

Google is developing a new operating system for laptop computers in its boldest challenge yet to Microsoft's control over people's computing experience.

Vista SP2 is better than Vista SP1, which still puts it behind Windows 7 RC and XP SP3, according to our Cyber Cynic blogger.

KING Redmond-based Microsoft has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.

The idea of shutting down debate may be anathema to a community that has the words "free" and "open" in its very name.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer's market share is absolutely falling. The question is, by how much? I've reported before that Internet Explorer drops 5 percent market share points each year, while Mozilla Firefox gains 5 percentage points per year.

Study: Top CEOs 'Miserable' At Social Networking [June 25, 2009] Fortune 100 CEOs are all but missing from the major social sites.

Microsoft has raised the stakes for conference swag, with paying attendees of its September Tech.Ed conference in Australia having the opportunity to go home with a new HP laptop.

An enhanced version of Miller Heiman's sales planning and communication tool, Sales Access ManagerSM, is now available for use with Microsoft Dynamics.

Google claims it isn't a monopoly. Yes, that's right. Not a monopoly, despite the fact that the search engine dwarfs competitors with about 65 percent market share.