It isn’t the company’s massive revenue generator, the Office productivity suite, that has been leaked, but a pair of training videos for Microsoft’s in-house usage created by Ricky Gervais, who developed “The Office” TV series.
Microsoft/Red Cross Hope All Are Safe and Well
On the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Microsoft announced an upgrade to its KatrinaSafe.org website, created through an extensive partnership with the Red Cross. A new site, called Safe and Well, allows disaster survivors to post information about their condition, and allows loved ones separated from it to search for information as it is available.
Google Launches Microsoft Office Alternative
There’s long been speculation that Google was preparing an online office suite that would take on Microsoft Office products.
A Google vs. Microsoft Double Standard?
I was just looking at all the blog writing about Google’s new announcement. Hey, what an awesome PR machine Google has. They don’t talk to a single blogger and we all talk about them anyway. I think bloggers like the abuse!
Google Apps No Microsoft Threat Yet
Google debuted its Apps for Your Domain as a hosted communications option for domain owners, and it is being touted in some places as a gauntlet being tossed down in challenge to Microsoft.
Microsoft Wins In Massachusetts, Sorta
A war has been waging in ultra-liberal Massachusetts, the first major legislative war regarding open source software.
Microsoft Ships Internet Explorer 7 RC1
Microsoft made available the first release candidate version of Internet Explorer 7, which is expected to have its final release around the same time Windows Vista does.
Microsoft Takes 2nd Best, Signs Facebook Ad Deal
Microsoft couldn’t score what was easily the advertising deal of the decade with MySpace, but ever eager to make a splash, they have announced an ad partnership with Facebook.
Microsoft Says Let My People Go
If they don’t have reasonably unfettered Internet access at work, younger jobseekers may look for an employer with less draconian policies.
Microsoft’s Cybersquatter Shootout
Microsoft swaggered out of Redmond today with steely eyes and leathery skin, heeled with a pair of six shooters aimed at cybersquatters – four of them Microsoft knows by name, and 217 of them it doesn’t. In the saddlebag, software for anybody else with the guts to chase these dogs down.