Analyst says economy leading some users to bypass Office 2007
Mary Jo Foley: On the Windows side of the house, Microsoft recently has been advising customers who haven't yet begun Vista deployments to skip directly to Windows 7 instead. Although the company hasn't been offering (at least not publicly) similar advice about Office, it seems a number of IT shops are doing just that and bypassing Office 2007 in favor of Office 2010.
Thu Jun 04 15:52:41 PDT 2009
Kojax/Kirana: What Microsoft should have announced at JavaOne
Mary Jo Foley: Last time I wrote about Kojax, back in November 2008, I heard that it would enable developers to use a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript, on Java-based mobile phones. Since then, I've been continuing to collect Kojax tips and have amassed a bit more information about it -- as well as a possible new codename for it: Kirana.
Thu Jun 04 11:55:18 PDT 2009
Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability
Mary Jo Foley: The antitrust police are after Microsoft again, but this time in Russia, and are focusing on Microsoft's phase-out of XP, rather than bundling of various components into the base operating system.
Thu Jun 04 11:00:07 PDT 2009
Microsoft to launch ThinkWeek 2.0
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft came close to killing off its "ThinkWeek" process, via which employee-submitted ideas can find their way into the hands of upper management for consideration. But it sounds like Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie & Co. have decided not to do away with this idea generation/evaluation pipeline.
Wed Jun 03 16:35:41 PDT 2009
No Apple-like attack ads for Microsoft's big-bucks Bing campaign
Mary Jo Foley: On June 3, Microsoft kicked off its multi-million-dollar ad campaign designed to promote its rebranded Bing search engine. But there are no "Laptop Hunter" type ads -- via which Microsoft would directly target and call out Google the way it has been doing on the PC front with Apple -- in Bing's future
Wed Jun 03 10:50:36 PDT 2009
Microsoft: No Windows 7 for ARM-based netbooks (for now)
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is not going to make Windows 7 available for ARM-based netbooks and PCs, company officials said at this week's Computex trade show. But Microsoft still isn't saying it never will deliver a port of Windows to ARM.
Wed Jun 03 10:08:21 PDT 2009
Windows 7: The incentives are coming
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and its partners are entering that challenging period that occurs every time a new Windows release is poised to debut: The lull just before the arrival of the next big thing. But it looks like the Redmondians are readying some new consumer and business incentives to keep the pipeline primed.
Tue Jun 02 11:26:05 PDT 2009
Why Windows 7's netbook success isn't a slam-dunk
Mary Jo Foley: In spite of Microsoft's claims to the contrary, the success Microsoft has enjoyed with Windows XP on netbooks isn't guaranteed to continue with Windows 7. Here's why.
Tue Jun 02 10:13:55 PDT 2009
Microsoft makes Bing search available for mobile devices
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft has made the mobile edition of its newly launched Bing search engine available for cell phones and other mobile devices.
Tue Jun 02 09:39:00 PDT 2009
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