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How many people really use Google Apps and how many of them are paying customers? That's a question Google has never quite answered, having touted a "20 million users" and "2 million companies" figure that is almost meaningless.

Kylie, a girl who has appeared in Microsoft Corp.'s e Y'm a PC' television advertisements, introduces Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, during a media event launching Windows 7 in New York, New York on Oct.

Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news. Here were the top stories: Windows 7 SP1 beta rumored by end of 2009, RTM summer 2010 : Windows 7 may be out, but Microsoft is of course still hard at work improving the operating system.

Among customers' spending priorities are technologies that promise high return on investment and nondiscretionary products like security and compliance software.

Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software.

After notifying customers and partners that Exchange Server 2007 wouldna t be able to run on Windows Server 2008 R2, the latest version of WIndows Server, the Exchange team has reversed its decision.

Office 2010 will be released into a far different competitive landscape than Office 2007 faced By Elizabeth Montalbano When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006.

Verizon's Thinkfinity.org Offers Free Educational Resources for Parents, Students and After-School Programs Page: 1 Microsoft ships Windows 7- should you buy it? Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here.

Windows Live Messenger led Microsoft's Web properties in capturing 14.5 percent of total time spent online in September worldwide, handily beating Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other sites, according to analysis firm comScore .

Microsoft's rivals have asked European antitrust regulators to modify the ballot screen that would give Windows users the chance to choose which browser they use in Windows, according to a report by the New York Times .

Microsoft has announced that it will release six security updates, with three for Windows labelled as 'critical', next Patch Tuesday, the 10th of November.

Microsoft is cutting prices of its Microsoft-hosted Exchange, as well as its suite of business services , and is refunding the difference to existing hosting customers.

Microsoft officials have shared details about two of the three different versions of Office 2010 that are in development: The Office 2010 client and the Office Web Apps.

Angry users put enough pressure on Microsoft over the past four months to make the software giant cave -- the company will offer full support for Exchange Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Mozilla plans to overhaul the look and feel of Firefox for Windows, a redesign that will resemble Google's Chrome in several key elements, according to screenshots and discussions on the open-source developer's Web site.

Microsoft's antitrust settlement offer to the European Commission needs minor, often cosmetic changes in order to restore fair competition to the market for Internet browsers, said some of the software giant's main rivals Thursday.

Near-final code for Microsoft's next SQL Server database is due today, wrapping in hardware from partners to help counter Oracle's proprietary Exadata appliance.

Updated Management Pack, new Application Ready Solutions for Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager offer dynamic network control to ensure optimal application.

" 5 November 2009 - " Symantec Corp. today announced the availability of Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 , a complete data and system backup and recovery solution for small businesses.

CLEAR SKIES: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer inked pacts with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chunghwa Telecom and HTC Corp during a whirlwind visit to Taipei By Jason Tan STAFF REPORTER Thursday, Nov 05, 2009, Page 12 Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp, speaks at a forum on cloud computing at the Grand Hyatt Taipei yesterday ...