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Microsoft officials are well aware that its biggest Windows 7 and Office 2010 competitors are its own previous product iterations (Windows XP and Office XP/2003). To try and wean users away from older, “good-enough” releases, Microsoft is introducing a new licensing promotion.
The revamped “Up to Date Discount” program is targeted at small/mid-size business (SMB) customers [...]

Microsoft has lost an appeal in a patent case that will force it to alter Microsoft Word to avoid an injunction on sales of the product.
Microsoft lost a patent case involving a company called I4i in May, after a jury ruled that Microsoft infringed one of i4i’s patents with a custom XML feature found in [...]

On December 11, some Office 2003 users discovered that they couldn’t open files that included Microsoft right-management protected content. A day later, Microsoft issued a patch.
There is a hotfix for Word 2003 and one for Excel 2003 that are downloadable from Microsoft’s Web site designed to fix the issue.
According to the Technologizer blog, which was [...]

Users of the new operating system say the upgrading process is buggy. But once the kinks are worked out, customers are liking Windows 7 a lot more than Vista
Microsoft launched Windows 7 in late October to much fanfare. But, just like with previous Windows upgrades, complaints about bugs have already started rolling in.
A whopping 31% [...]

While Windows 7 boasts important refinements, including better memory usage, full 64-bit support, simplified wireless networking, touch-screen support, and Windows XP Mode for application compatibility, the release complicates IT consulting efforts. This is good and bad.
It’s good because the new release (and the countless and inevitable issues that arise with a new OS) will result [...]

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-043 – Critical
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957638)
Published: August 11, 2009 | Updated: October 27, 2009
Version: 2.0
General Information

Executive Summary
This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Web Components that could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page. [...]

Best Buy is locked and loaded for the Windows 7 launch.
And I don’t use the phrase “locked and loaded” figuratively. “Locked” in that all the new Windows 7 machines are locked down behind cages. And “loaded” in that all the cages are full. (See photos.)
I visited a Best Buy Friday night in Southern California where [...]

What an utter disaster this month has been for Microsoft on the security patches. I had a chance to start working on this edition before the security patches were announced, and I was so pleased at how few items there were. And then, we saw 13 (yes, thirteen) security bulletins published, most of which are [...]

Microsoft plans to release the final version of its free antivirus software soon, according to a note sent to testers late Sunday.
“The final version of Microsoft Security Essentials will be released to the public in the coming weeks,” Microsoft said in the note.
Microsoft first announced its plans for the product, then code-named Morro, last November, [...]

Microsoft plans to offer a substantial discount for college students who want to pick up a copy of Windows 7.
Starting October 1–and for a limited time–those in the U.K. will be able to preorder Windows 7 for 30 British pounds, according to a Microsoft Web site. In a Twitter posting, Microsoft said that U.S. college [...]