International Business News - Microsoft http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Microsoft rolled out the beta versions of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 that are available to download. Users can download the 2010 versions of Visio, Project, and Office Web Apps at www.microsoft.com/2010. Windows mobile clients are also available in beta via the Windows Marketplace. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/224338-microsoft-office-2010.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/microsoft-unveils-sharepoint-office-betas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091118/microsoft-unveils-sharepoint-office-betas.htm Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:32:05 EST Major search engines like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and eBay are offering free WiFi hotspots around the nation this holiday season till early next year, at airports, hotels and even in New York's Time Square. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223867-wifi.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/google-yahoo-ebay-microsofts-bing-offering-free-wifi-travelers-google-free-wifi.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091110/google-yahoo-ebay-microsofts-bing-offering-free-wifi-travelers-google-free-wifi.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:03:47 EST Microsoft Corp opened the first in a planned chain of stores on Thursday, aiming to match rival Apple Inc's successful foray into retailing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222836-microsoft-employees-cheer-during-the-grand-opening.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091022/microsoft-opens-retail-store-as-windowslaunches.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091022/microsoft-opens-retail-store-as-windowslaunches.htm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:16:01 EDT Microsoft Corp. formally unveiled Thursday its newest operating system, Windows 7, as the software giant hopes to breath new life into its Operating System product line. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222832-steve-ballmer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091022/windowsmicrosoft-steve-ballmer-vista.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091022/windowsmicrosoft-steve-ballmer-vista.htm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:29:45 EDT Microsoft is ratcheting up for the launch of its latest and greatest operating system next week, riding the heels of Apple's earnings report, but the Mac maker shouldn't fear the new salvo from its long-time arch-rival. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222536-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091016/no-worries-apple-on-eve-windows-7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091016/no-worries-apple-on-eve-windows-7.htm Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:57:53 EDT A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220226-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/microsoft-358-mln-damage-award-overturned-us-court.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/microsoft-358-mln-damage-award-overturned-us-court.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:39:18 EDT A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/updatemicrosoft-358-mln-damageward-overturned.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:44:07 EDT U.S. antitrust regulators have requested more documents in their probe of Microsoft Corp's deal to provide search engine technology to rival Yahoo Inc, the two companies said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/updateus-deepens-review-yahoo-microsoft-deal.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:28:40 EDT Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of antitrust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219877-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090907/microsoft-russian-antitrust-probe-closed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090907/microsoft-russian-antitrust-probe-closed.htm Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:48:01 EDT Microsoft slashed the price of its Xbox 360 Elite console in the Asia-Pacific region after recently cutting the price in the U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219420-microsoft-xbox-360.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/microsoft-xbox-360-price-slashed-asia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/microsoft-xbox-360-price-slashed-asia.htm Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:27:09 EDT Microsoft encountered a PR nightmare this week when it was noticed that one of the company's ads on its Polish site was changed from a U.S. version to Photoshop out the face of a black man at a company meeting. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219195-microsoft.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/is-microsoft-racist-or-just-reckless.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090826/is-microsoft-racist-or-just-reckless.htm Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:07:36 EDT A majority of college-bound students getting reading for the coming school semester are a preferring to steer away from Mac laptops, a new study reveals. Instead, students are leaning toward affordable netbooks from a variety of manufacturers, according to Retrevo, a consumer electronics website, that conducted the study. While 49 percent of students will buy full-sized Windows laptops, 34 percent will purchase netbooks. That places Mac's at the very bottom with only 17 percent of students... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090821/macs-not-super-desirable-among-students-apple.htm Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:41:11 EDT Microsoft is offering an interesting program of cashbacks for using their search engine Bing, and the program came just in time before "back to school" sale buzz starts to kick in. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218342-bing.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/microsoft-cashback-program-how-canearn-money-with-bing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090811/microsoft-cashback-program-how-canearn-money-with-bing.htm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:06:45 EDT On Thursday evening, the Microsoft Xbox Live service was unreachable, joining the likes of Twitter and Facebook which also went down this week, crippling millions of its users around the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/xbox-live-down-twitter-facebook-microsoft-xbox.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:22:22 EDT Microsoft will begin its public roll-out of Windows 7's final code Thursday when it posts the official "release to manufacturing" (RTM) build of the OS on its for-pay developer and IT professional sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/microsoft-windowsrtm-thursday.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:32:00 EDT In an effort to abide with European Competition Law, Microsoft has proposed an alternative to Widows 7 'E' version of operating system which is dubbed as "Consumer ballot screen" but the move is hard to swallow, Microsoft said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217922-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/consumer-ballot-screen-ishard-swallow-microsoft-windowse-windows-windows-7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/consumer-ballot-screen-ishard-swallow-microsoft-windowse-windows-windows-7.htm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:46:36 EDT Microsoft has changed its plans to shift its new European operating system "Windows 7 E" as it addresses EU's concerns. "I'm pleased to report that we will ship the same version of Windows 7 in Europe in October that we will ship in the rest of the world," Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217917-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/microsoft-windowse-plan-europe-change-lane-consumer-ballot-screen.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090803/microsoft-windowse-plan-europe-change-lane-consumer-ballot-screen.htm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:08:59 EDT Rumors about the Windows 7 RTM crack was confirmed by Microsoft after the latest intriguing news spread quickly. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217671-microsoft-confirm-rumors-on-windowsrtm-cracked.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090730/microsoft-confirm-rumors-on-windowsrtm-cracked.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090730/microsoft-confirm-rumors-on-windowsrtm-cracked.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:48:46 EDT A Mac security expert has discovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc. computers and iPhone's in order to steal data, disproving the long believed theory that Apple products are more secure than PCs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217654-apple-iphone.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090730/iphone-hack-sms-virus-macs-apple-black-hat-conference.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090730/iphone-hack-sms-virus-macs-apple-black-hat-conference.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:57:30 EDT Following a year of to-and-fro negotiations, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. finally agreed to partner up in the Internet-search sector in a joint effort to beef up competition against search-engine giant, Google. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217586-steve-ballmer.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090729/microsoft-yahoo-deal-google-steve-ballmer.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090729/microsoft-yahoo-deal-google-steve-ballmer.htm Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:57:36 EDT