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Salesforce to launch social networking for businesses

Chief executive Marc Benioff announced the service in San Francisco at the company's Dreamforce conference, which he said drew 19,000 attendees. For more on this story, see Salesforce to offer social networking for... [19 Nov 2009]

Office 2010 beta released to the public

I hope that you will all download it," Microsoft senior vice president Kurt DelBene said at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. For the full story, see Office 2010 beta goes public on... [19 Nov 2009]

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Windows 7, Apple and those tablet rumours

News Steve Ballmer at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference earlier this year Ahead of a visit to the UK, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sat down with silicon.com's sister site CNET News.com... [05 Oct 2009]

Facebook adds Nielsen to friends for ads

News Earlier this year, Sandberg keynoted the AdAge Digital conference to pitch Facebook's "active network" of friend connections as a powerful advertising tool, and two years ago Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg... [22 Sep 2009]

Photos: Steve Jobs takes the stage as iPods, iTunes and iPhone revamped

Photo At its music-oriented press conference Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Apple played up iTunes 9, iPod price cuts, games for the Touch, a video camera for the Nano and much more. Photo credit: Stephen... [10 Sep 2009]

Apple's iPhone wins rights to sell readymade ringtones in iTunes

News Apple has obtained the rights to offer readymade ringtones for the iPhone and the company is trying to have them available in time for next Wednesday's music-themed press conference. Apple will announce the ringtones on... [03 Sep 2009]

Microsoft, Nokia: 'We're going after BlackBerry with mobile Office deal'

News This is really about creating a formidable challenge for RIM rather than anyone else," Nokia executive vice president Kai Oistamo said in a conference call Wednesday. There are no such plans," Nokia's Oistamo said on the... [13 Aug 2009]

Microsoft's new shops not falling far from Apple's tree

News Speaking at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans on Wednesday, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told people to "stay tuned" for more news on the retail front. As we progress on our retail strategy... [16 Jul 2009]

Steve Ballmer asks why Google just can't make up its mind

News Ballmer said in an onstage question-and-answer session following his speech at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans: "I don't know if they can't make up their mind or what the problem is over there. [15 Jul 2009]

Windows to open up to gesture recognition, says Gates

News Gates actually dropped the first hint of Natal during his joint appearance with Steve Jobs at the D: All Things Digital conference in 2007. In an interview with silicon.com sister site CNET... [15 Jul 2009]

Bill Gates on Chrome OS: 'I am surprised people are acting like there's something new'

News As part of his keynote on Tuesday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Ballmer said: "We don't need a new operating system. Gates said in an interview with CNET... [15 Jul 2009]

Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax

News June was a month full of Apple-related news with the launch of the latest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 3G S, coming at the Mac maker's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). And during the... [02 Jul 2009]

Developers get touch-y ahead of Windows 7

News On the software front, N-trig is showing off a number of multitouch Windows 7 applications at a display conference in San Antonio, Texas, this week. There's lots of stuff going on," N-trig vice president Lenny Engelhardt... [04 Jun 2009]

Photos: The "crazy" brainstorms behind Windows 7

Photo he asked during his speech at the Mix 09 conference last week. For more from the Mix 09 presentation see the full photo gallery on silicon.com sister site CNET News.com Photo credit:... [27 Mar 2009]

Microsoft's mobile strategy soon to pay off?

News The first steps in that strategy, he said, will be announced at the Mobile World Congress conference that takes place in Barcelona in the middle of next month. On a conference call with analysts last... [27 Jan 2009]

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