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  • July 2008

    • Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      (Newser) - Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—will come with Microsoft’s OneCare security software. More »

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      Microsoft  • software  • computer security  • Microsoft Office  • subscription  • business models  • productivity applications

  • May 2008

    • Microsoft Promises to Add Access to Open Format

      New York Times  |  May 22, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Microsoft Promises to Add Access to Open Format

      (Newser) - Microsoft says it will allow documents created in a competitor’s interchangeable format to open in its Office 2007 software package by mid-2009, but European officials are taking a wait-and-see attitude, the New York Times reports. “We have heard a lot of promises from Microsoft, but as of yet, we are hoping for results,” said a Norwegian regulator. More »

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      Microsoft  • Microsoft Office  • Adobe  • PDFs  • Open Document Format  • ODF  • OpenOffice

  • April 2008

    • Web 2.0 Buying Will Hit $4.6B by 2013: Analyst

      CIO Magazine  |  Apr 22, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Web 2.0 Buying Will Hit $4.6B by 2013: Analyst

      (Newser) - Spending on Web 2.0 technologies is ready to explode, according to a new report from Forrester Research. The market will reach $4.6 billion by 2013, the report predicts, as the technology starts to saturate the business world. To get there, it’ll have to jump an average of 43% a year, since this year’s sales amount to a mere $764 million. More »

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      Internet  • Web 2.0  • Microsoft Office  • blogs  • wikis

    • Microsoft Weighs Subscription Model for Office

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 18, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Microsoft Weighs Subscription Model for Office

      (Newser) - Microsoft is considering introducing a subscription-based business model for its Office suite of applications in the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm said it was launching a beta testing program, “Albany,” and expected to make the subscription generally available by the end of 2008. Microsoft’s Office is facing some competition from Google and Yahoo, who offer free web software that performs similar functions. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • software  • emerging markets  • Microsoft Office  • subscription  • Microsoft Excel

    • Google Ups Ante in Office Software Fight Vs. Microsoft

      New York Times  |  Apr 14, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Google Ups Ante in Office Software Fight Vs. Microsoft

      (Newser) - Google and Salesforce.com have expanded their partnership in customer-management and office software, the New York Times reports, in an ongoing competition with Microsoft and its Office suite. Salesforce’s software will be further integrated with Google’s applications—a milestone in the search giant’s efforts to challenge Microsoft in business settings. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • software  • Microsoft Office

  • February 2008

    • Google Sites App Again Targets Microsoft Office

      New York Times  |  Feb 28, 08 11:43 AM CST

      Google Sites App Again Targets Microsoft Office

      (Newser) - Google hopes to make another dent in Microsoft’s productivity empire with a new application: Google Sites. The program lets workgroups create multimedia web content, and rivals Microsoft’s $1-billion-a-year SharePoint, the New York Times reports. It joins Google apps for email, word processing, and more in an assault on MS Office—and unlike Office, Google’s programs are free. More »

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      Microsoft Office  • Google Apps  • Web apps  • productivity applications

    • Microsoft Tries to Appease EU With Blueprints

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 21, 08 5:41 PM CST

      Microsoft Tries to Appease EU With Blueprints

      (Newser) - Microsoft plans to share the secrets of its most popular products, the company announced today, in an effort to satisfy EU regulators who want the software giant to improve its interoperability. The European Commission did cautiously applaud the move, but noted that Microsoft has already made at least four similar statements, to little effect, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • antitrust  • Microsoft Vista  • European Commission  • open source  • Microsoft Office

    • Microsoft Under More EU Fire

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 8, 08 12:43 PM CST

      Microsoft Under More EU Fire

      (Newser) - Shortly after the EU announced two new antitrust probes focusing on Microsoft, investigators are scrutinizing the company again. In question this time is whether Microsoft broke antitrust laws during a push last year to get its Office software file format approved as an international standard, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • antitrust  • Microsoft Office  • Open XML

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • IBM Challenges Microsoft Office With Free Software

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 18, 07 6:47 AM CDT

      IBM Challenges Microsoft Office With Free Software

      (Newser) - IBM is issuing a new challenge to the supremacy of Microsoft's Office software, releasing a suite of free programs, called Symphony, that can perform many of the functions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft just released Office 7.0, and one analyst speculates many users will switch to Symphony rather than spend the money to upgrade, the Wall Street Journal reports More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • software  • IBM  • Microsoft Office  • Open Office

    • Panel Rejects Microsoft Standard Bid

      New York Times  |  Sep 5, 07 9:44 AM CDT

      Panel Rejects Microsoft Standard Bid

      (Newser) - Microsoft got a surprise smackdown from an international panel yesterday in its bid to have its open document format recognized as an international standard. The effort to certify Office Open XML met with resistance from 26% of the voting nations, and anything over 25% is a deal-breaker, the Times reports. Still, Microsoft predicts its format will eventually be adopted. More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • software  • Microsoft Office  • Open Office

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