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Microsoft to delay Office update again

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Instead of October, Microsoft has pushed back the release of its next version of Office to sometime on January.
That’s when Vista, the next version of Windows, is also supposed to be available, though there is new speculation that the company may push that back as well.
Both products were originally to be available this year but […]

The end of software as we know it

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

In effect, that’s what Bill Gates says in a memo leaked to the Associated Press describing what’s happened because of Internet-based software and services, as pioneered by Google and Yahoo.
“The next sea change is upon us,” Gates wrote to executives.
The Gates memo tells Microsoft execs to shift toward offering more free, advertising-supported online offerings […]

Microsoft May Buy Stake in AOL

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Now wouldn’t that be something? Microsoft leading AOL suitor.

Another Microsoft worm issue

Friday, February 4th, 2005

Sigh. So maybe I should keep this same post up about Microsoft all the time. The products may change but the company behind the leaky software is the same. Today’s problem is: MSN Messenger worm seeds zombie networks