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Microsoft launches subscription service Equipt
Revealed back in April as Albany, Microsoft’s subscription service for Office and Live OneCare will be released in mid-July. Named Equipt, the new subscription offer will cost $69.99 for a one-year renewable subscription, which can be deployed on up to three home PCs. Equipt offers Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, Windows Live OneCare, and Windows [...]
Continue reading...Fotolia brings free images to Microsoft Office
9. June 2008
In a move to bring in new customers, Fotolia has partnered up with Microsoft to bring more than 500 free images to users of Office. The amount of images is expected to increase as time goes on. Fotolia also offers the option to purchase a higher resolution version of a select image directly from their [...]
Continue reading...Xobni turns down Microsoft offer
30. April 2008
Remember the buyout talks between Microsoft and Xobni? Well it seems Xobni has rejected Microsoft’s bid which was reported to be around the $20 million range. The reason? Xobni wasn’t feeling Microsoft’s plans and didn’t want to be just an Outlook plugin. Source
Continue reading...Is Microsoft buying Xobni?
20. April 2008
A few months ago, Bill Gates complimented a new startup, Xobni. This lead to rumors of an acquisition by Microsoft and even reports that Xobni turned down a $20 million offer. The subject is popping up again and according to Michael Arrington, two sources have told him the deal “is moving along and that the [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft release 14,000 pages of protocols documentation
8. April 2008
Proving doubters once again, Microsoft is showing that it’s willing to become more open. On MSDN today, they posted 14,000 pages of documentation for protocols included in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. This release brings the total number to more than 44,000 pages of Microsoft protocols. Anyone who [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft wins ISO vote
1. April 2008
After 15 months for a standards battle, Microsoft has finally won. Open XML, Microsoft’s file format for documents, was unofficially announced to have been voted as an International Standard by Microsoft with the official announcement coming tomorrow, April 2, from the ISO group. Microsoft won votes from countries such as the U.S., Britain, Japan, and [...]
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2. July 2008
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