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Kachina Shaw

October 2008

October 31, 2008

Less Is More for Office Web

I was wrong. Sort of.   As of this week, we now know that Microsoft is developing "light" Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote (a collaborative digital notebook app that is havi... More >

October 27, 2008

Windows Azure Presented at PDC

When Ray Ozzie unveiled Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference , he made a point of giving credit to Amazon, for its leading work with its ... More >

October 21, 2008

Microsoft Flexes Muscle for Global Anti-Piracy Day

The selection of October 21 as Global Anti-Piracy Day may have been random, but Microsoft is tying its renewed emphasis on reducing the use of unlicensed and otherwise illegal software to the larger ... More >

October 16, 2008

Microsoft vs. Google? Not Really, in This Case

As I wrote yesterday , some folks think it's within the realm of possibility that Microsoft will offer its Office suite over the Internet. A bit of news today is used by some to illustrate that Redm... More >

October 15, 2008

Anticipating the Launch of Windows Cloud

Anticipation is building as the 2008 Professional Developers Conference approaches, at which Microsoft will unveil details of the new "Windows Cloud" operating system/platform. With pretty much zer... More >

October 9, 2008

Microsoft Not Taking Banking Crisis Lying Down

In what I expect is the first of many actions of this type that we will witness, Microsoft has asked, through a "notice of appearance" filing, to be kept informed of the proceedings throughout the b... More >

October 6, 2008

Microsoft Acknowledges Likely Hiring Slowdown

Though early reports on Friday were that Microsoft had instituted a hiring freeze and distributed an employee memo to that effect, the company now says that is not correct. Acknowledging that a slo... More >

October 1, 2008

Microsoft Officially Supports Government Economic Bailout

Microsoft, along with its large business peers, is coming down in favor of the economic bailout bill, and is taking that stance publicly.   Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Microsof... More >

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