office with microsoft in comment and analysis
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment User acceptance is likely to be low and unless Microsoft release Office 2003 for Linux. So while Linux continues to gain ground in the back-office and server room, the open source desktop dream looks to be all but over. [08 Nov 2006]
Q&A: Microsoft UK MD Gordon Frazer
Comment And then you have a grocer - albeit the world's largest one, Tesco - which decides to launch its own £20 desktop PC software, at a fraction of the price of Microsoft Office. Part of the innovation in Vista, Office 2007 and SharePoint is really... [03 Nov 2006]
Leader: A gutsy move from Tesco
Leader That's exactly what has happened with Tesco launching its own-brand software line including, yes, an office suite for about £20 - as opposed to the £300 Redmond charges for its Office package. So, for the time being, that means users will fork out... [04 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.09.06
Round-Up Statistically this implicates around one in four men (think about it).so have a good look around your office and try to work out which of your colleagues are the likely candidates. The great and the good of the security industry, and Microsoft... [29 Sep 2006]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile The Agenda Setters panel was particularly impressed by the threat of these web applications to break down the hegemony of Microsoft's Office. Schmidt got the nod for Google's ability to keep producing fresh ideas such as Google Earth mash-ups and... [25 Sep 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.09.06
Round-Up Fans of Microsoft and Gervais (and statistically there must be quite a few of them) were in Office heaven this month as the never-released videos finally turned up on video sites, only to be pulled shortly after and replaced with yet another... [01 Sep 2006]
Opinion: China's IPR woes
Comment And walking down the streets of Shenzhen, I was offered numerous rogue copies of Microsoft Windows and Office. In its work for Microsoft, Beijing software outsourcing company WorkSoft said it installed a dedicated data line to Redmond to prevent... [14 Aug 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.06.06
Round-Up Upon returning to the office from a spell away from our desks - either because we all have to sleep sometimes or for any number of other reasons (and we're not at all talking about getting away early to watch England matches, because we're more... [23 Jun 2006]
How China's universities fuel tech growth
Comment Since it was founded five years ago, Microsoft has seen 2,000 interns work in its office from some of the best universities in Asia, mostly China. They are given tax breaks, free office space and business grants of up to around $12,000 per year. [20 Jun 2006]
Q&A: Microsoft UK head of anti-piracy Michala Alexander
Comment The pirates follow a strategy on the whole - they maximise their sales of the previous OS to be released, so at the moment we are seeing an increase in XP and Office 2003 as we move towards Vista. As the head of Microsoft's anti-piracy programme... [22 May 2006]
Minority Report: The new 'Get a Mac' ads
Comment A number of ads refer to both computers being able to run Microsoft Office, to iPods and to Apple's iLife suite of lifestyle apps for video, music and photos. But, asks Seb Janacek, will this tired dialogue compel the masses to switch platforms? [08 May 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Simple prescriptions for data headaches
Comment The solution is an implementation of the WebDAV standard, and enables users to open and save documents from industry standards applications such as Microsoft Office or Adobe Creative Suite. Solutions in the same vein have been made available before... [05 Apr 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile VoIP - not so disruptive
Comment Microsoft's own instant messaging suite, Office Communicator, now has VoIP capabilities in its mobile version. While it will be possible for a third party to develop voice over wi-fi services, wi-fi hotspot coverage remains too patchy and the costs... [20 Mar 2006]
Analysis: Making web 2.0 pay
Comment Though a small purchase - Upstartle employed only a handful of people - Google's move is significant because it further highlights the company's interest in web-based productivity applications, which could be considered an online alternative to... [14 Mar 2006]
3GSM Diary: Ballmer n Branson, O2 guerrillas and Craig David
Comment On the plus side, we saw how products such as the mobile version of Office Communicator will bring the power of presence to millions of people and heard nuggets such as: "We do recognise and understand that the world is a heterogeneous world. [15 Feb 2006]
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