The long-running antitrust saga involving Microsoft and the European Union took another nasty turn as both sides engaged in fingerpointing and tossing around accusations of misconduct.
Microsoft Certification: The New MCTS Tracks And Exams
Microsoft is revamping its certification tracks, and will eventually retire the familiar MCSE certificatons.
Microsoft May Use UIMA To Top Google
A Microsoft Europe executive has provided some bulletin board material for Google, in claiming Microsoft will exceed Google in the search market in six months, based on being better able to retrieve specific information rather than just URLs.
Microsoft Wants To Own Relerank
A trademark filing by an attorney on behalf of Microsoft for ownership of the term “relerank,” a combination of relevancy and rank.
VMware’s Threat to Microsoft
First off, I’m not suggesting VMware is gunning for Microsoft. However, recent developments in their product line aren’t exactly favorable to Microsoft.
Microsoft Releases Add-Ons For Office 2003
Microsoft has released Microsoft Dynamics Snap, a collection of programs that “snap” into Microsoft Office 2003.
IBM Subpoenas Microsoft About SCO
The long legal feud between IBM and SCO over alleged infringement of source code owned by SCO took a dramatic step in its discovery phase.
Microsoft Rivals Whine To EU
A group of the typical Microsoft rivals, including Oracle, Sun, RealNetworks and IBM, have lodged yet another antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Union.
Microsoft Working on VB 9.0 XML Update
Microsoft’s XML Blog reported some of the current issues they’re facing as they develop their VB 9.0 language for programming XML. Program manager Avner Aharoni brought out some of the more intriguing issues his team faces.
Microsoft Begins VoIP Bloodbath
What many had speculated for a while seems to have been verified from the words of Steve Ballmer: Microsoft is entering the VoIP market, offering free calling through Wi-Fi-ready mobile phones running Office Communicator for Windows Mobile. Upon the news, one analyst predicted a “bloodbath” for mobile operator stocks.