Observations about Microsoft, the world’s largest software vendor
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The last week or so saw several notable stories related to Microsoft's involvement with green technology. At the highest level, the company signed on as a partner with the United Nations Envir... More >
I just spent at least 15 minutes searching for some of my colleagues' blog posts about the amount of time that workers spend searching for information, so that I could link to them here. I consumed s... More >
Mitchell Baker, CEO of the Mozilla Corp., blogged Friday on her agreement with the EU that Microsoft's anti-competitive actions in tying together IE and Windows together "harms competition between w... More >
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Since it hit the market, folks have been saying that the iPhone may be a major factor in Apple's inroads to the enterprise. Rob Enderle wrote a few months ago that it's not just the smartphone's fun... More >
The economic downturn and staff reductions merited a mention in Wednesday's hearing before federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Microsoft's antitrust compliance. The judge brought up reductions in... More >
Bill Gates was always fascinated with the evolution of the ways that humans and machines could interact. At his last CES keynote in 2007, he spoke of the "connections" that were missing and that wo... More >
As they count down the hours until Steve Ballmer's keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Wednesday evening, folks are compiling their lists of what they hope to hear from the CEO. Along with... More >
The steady slide in Microsoft's share of the overall Web browser market with Internet Explorer inspires glee in some folks. One quarter sees the lessening of its dominance as a move toward a less "bo... More >
I have to say, it is refreshing to see a story with a figure in the billions that isn't referring to losses or bailouts of any kind. Even though Microsoft has been criticized for moving its software ... More >
For the last couple years, the IEEE has taken a lot of raw data about patents in a variety of industry segments, added a bit of massaging and come up with what it calls an Adjusted Pipeline Power n... More >
Throughout the month of November, IT Business Edge has been presenting a Special Report series of expert interviews on Partnering for Energy Efficiency . Partnership is a simple concept that unfortu... More >
If you don't like taking Microsoft's word for it when it comes to surveys and studies that purport to show how much the market needs what Redmond is selling, you're not alone. It's hard to know how b... More >
At an Australian developer event late last week, Steve Ballmer decided to let loose a few thoughts on Microsoft's plan to soon launch a service to allow developers to reach consumers directly with t... More >
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 >
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 >
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