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Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Microsoft kicks off next era of small-business software Microsoft released on Wednesday an updated bundle of infrastructure servers for small business and its first-ever offering tailored to midsized businesses, and said the two would evolve alongside the company's software-plus-services strategy. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft can't refuse As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful en Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Startup: Microsoft's Windows campaign violates trademark G.ho.st, a startup that offers a hosted operating system, has accused Microsoft of violating a company trademark with its prominent use of the phrase "no walls" in its recently unveiled $300 million Windows marketing and advertising campaign. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft SharePoint taking business by storm Microsoft's SharePoint Server is on a billion-dollar quest to potentially become the next must-have technology, offering companies tools for building everything from collaborative applications to Internet sites and potentially handing Microsoft its next cash cow. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers push e-mail with new SMB servers Microsoft is offering smaller businesses the same kind of Windows Mobile push services that enterprises get with new versions of its server software, expected to be launched on Wednesday.In addition, as part of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products and services for the Apache Web server. Zemlin ha Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft outlines plan to weather economic crisis Microsoft's chief financial officer outlined a three-part plan the company will undertake to weather the current economic crisis, which spurred Microsoft to lower its revenue and earnings expectations for fiscal 2009 on Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft's Azure, Google's deals, IT money woes Microsoft's PDC was the source of the biggest news this week as the copany unveiled its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform. The company also let out some more details about the forthcoming Windows 7 OS and talked up its ambitions with Silverlight. Meanwhile, Googl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft kicks fake security software off 400,000 PCs In the second month of a campaign against fake security software, Microsoft has booted the rogue application "Antivirus 2009" from almost 400,000 PCs, the company recently claimed.December's version of the Malic Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud Microsoft has been busy this year, rolling out Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 in a push to expand its presence in the corporate data center. To be successful, the company must overcome an economic environment that appears increasingly difficult as well as tou Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft gives OEMs XP downgrade disks for 6 more months Microsoft will provide hardware partners with media to let their customers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP for six months longer than it originally planned, the company confirmed Friday.The move comes Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft cuts retail Vista prices Microsoft on Thursday said it plans to slash prices for retail copies of Windows Vista up to almost 50 percent for certain editions in poorer countries, in order to boost sales that one analyst said have failed to meet expectations. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft fights Ballmer testimony in 'Vista Capable' suit The only thing CEO Steve Ballmer knew about Microsoft's Windows Vista Capable marketing campaign was what he was told by subordinates, and he should not have to testify in the class-action lawsuit that accuses the firm of deceiving customers, the company said Friday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Expert: Microsoft made $1.5B on 'Vista Capable' campaign Microsoft earned more than $1.5 billion from the sale of PCs marked as "Vista Capable" in the months leading up to the 2007 debut of Windows Vista, according to an expert's estimate.University of Washington econ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo a mere front end for Microsoft hosted apps? While dealing logistically and technically with their overlapping online offerings will certainly prove troublesome if its bid to purchase Yahoo succeeds, Microsoft will at least have an immediate outlet for bringing more of its traditional desktop portfolio to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we hav Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to push life-cycle collaboration in newest Visual Studio Under the banner of "democratizing" application life-cycle management (ALM), Microsoft is unveiling today the next major release of its Visual Studio Team System platform. Visual Studio Team System 2010, which has been code-named "Rosario," focuses on collaboration be Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to support Windows Azure with datacenter investments Despite the economic downturn, Microsoft intends to ramp up the number of servers running in its datacenters worldwide by 15 times over the next five years.The growth, outlined in a presentation on Monday at its Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to offer Web-streamed Office Worried by the small but growing number of small businesses and consumers switching from Microsoft Office to cheaper or free online alternatives such as Google Apps, Microsoft plans to arm a key cohort of its formidable legion of partners to help fight the threat Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |