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U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML
Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
May 1, 2008 8:33 PM PDTWith Mesh, Microsoft rethinks its place in the world
Redmond unveils its new Live Mesh service--and acknowledges that computing no longer revolves around the PC.
Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO.
(By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)
Microsoft woos hobbyist developers
Company is trying to boost interest in noncommercial software development around Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 and Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.
April 17, 2008 4:34 PM PDTWeek in review: Microhoo, Yahoogle, and Microspace, oh my!
The week was marked by a dizzying barrage of news on the future of Yahoo and its suitors, leaving industry watchers mostly scratching their heads. Also, RSA 2008.
(By CNET News.com's Michelle Meyers)
Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'
By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager.
April 11, 2008 7:01 PM PDTWeek in review: Social media open for business
The formation of a group to promote universal standards for social-network apps stood out amid a slew of headlines this week about companies merging, collaborating, or restructuring.
(By CNET News.com's Michelle Meyers)
U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML
Microsoft's Office Open XML may win last-minute favor from a key British standards body, but Microsoft would need more votes to change before OOXML becomes a standard.
March 27, 2008 7:54 PM PDTMicrosoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs
Software giant says it will give free support until March 18, 2009, to those experiencing difficulty installing Service Pack 1.
(By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia)
Gaps found in Microsoft Exchange API documentation
Companies providing alternatives to Exchange are expressing concern over missing information in recently published APIs for Microsoft volume server products.
March 10, 2008 6:16 PM PDTMicrosoft mixes it up at Web confab
Silverlight and IE 8 top the technology agenda at Redmond's Mix '08 developer event in Las Vegas.
Ballmer: Microsoft is thinking green
At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.
March 5, 2008 5:00 PM PSTMicrosoft COO downplays Vista update problems
The software giant's chief operating officer says he is pleased with SP1's progress, despite it breaking some third-party programs.
March 5, 2008 1:14 AM PSTFeeling the heat at Microsoft
Antitrust woes, a protracted battle for Yahoo, and a shifting software market. Welcome to Steve Ballmer's world.
February 29, 2008 6:08 PM PSTQ&A: 100-plus WiiWare titles in development
Nintendo promising wide range of titles for North American WiiWare launch; says it doesn't want to place limits on developer ideas.
February 21, 2008 11:08 PM PSTMaking sense of Microsoft and open source
The software giant's latest move offers a nice dose of kumbaya to open-source developers, but it goes only so far.
February 22, 2008 1:48 AM PSTEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move
Announcement won't affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission.
February 22, 2008 9:13 AM PSTMicrosoft: Vista SP1 will break these programs
List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader.
February 21, 2008 6:46 PM PSTGates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo
A main driver of the takeover bid is the desire for "great engineers," says Microsoft's chairman. Plus: Windows 7 and other future tech.
February 20, 2008 10:58 PM PSTMicrosoft pulls Vista SP1 update
The company retracts a prerequisite update for downloading Vista Service Pack 1 after some customers complain of problems.
February 21, 2008 1:03 AM PST
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