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The new-style E3 is no longer a huge free-for-all, but that doesn't mean Microsoft and others in the video-game business aren't making some noise.
July 17, 2008 4:35 PM PDTThe Microsoft co-founder takes the spotlight this week as he puts in his final days of full-time work for the software company.
August 19, 2008 4:15 PM PDTSouth Africa's standards body has formally protested the decision approving the OOXML specification.
May 27, 2008 10:07 AM PDTThe changes Redmond's own OOXML underwent in becoming a standard make it more difficult for the company to support OOXML, rather than ODF, in Office 2007.
(By Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK)
First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple.
(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
May 1, 2008 1:33 PM PDTRedmond unveils its new Live Mesh service--and acknowledges that computing no longer revolves around the PC.
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)
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 9:34 AM PDTThe 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)
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 12:01 PM PDTThe 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)
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 12:54 PM PDTSoftware 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)
Companies providing alternatives to Exchange are expressing concern over missing information in recently published APIs for Microsoft volume server products.
March 10, 2008 11:16 AM PDTSilverlight and IE 8 top the technology agenda at Redmond's Mix '08 developer event in Las Vegas.
At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.
March 5, 2008 9:00 AM PSTThe software giant's chief operating officer says he is pleased with SP1's progress, despite it breaking some third-party programs.
March 4, 2008 5:14 PM PSTAntitrust woes, a protracted battle for Yahoo, and a shifting software market. Welcome to Steve Ballmer's world.
February 29, 2008 10:08 AM PSTNintendo promising wide range of titles for North American WiiWare launch; says it doesn't want to place limits on developer ideas.
February 21, 2008 3:08 PM PST
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