News

• Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will address exploits in Office 2010, IE9

  Four of the six security bulletins Microsoft will release on next week's Patch Tuesday are rated "critical" and will address vulnerabilities in everything from Windows 7 and Office 2010 to the .NET framework and Internet Explorer 9.

• Powerlan launches Click2Fix

  Powerlan (ASX:PWR) subsidiary ConverterTechnology has launched a new Microsoft file migration support tool it calls Click2Fix.

• Microsoft Office 2010 technology guarantee: FAQ

  Thinking about purchasing Microsoft Office, but you want to wait until Office 2010 comes out of beta? Don't bother; just pick up a copy of Office 2007 between now and September 30, and you'll be eligible to get a free upgrade to Office 2010, thanks to Microsoft's Technology Guarantee Program.

• Microsoft will launch Office 2010 May 12

  Microsoft will officially launch Office 2010 to businesses at an event slated for May 12.

• No application compatibility woes for Windows 7 -- yet

  Microsoft's attempts to ensure better application compatibility for Windows 7 than its immediate predecessor, Windows Vista, had at launch appear to have borne fruit.

• Microsoft launches Office 2010 Beta on MSDN, TechNet

  Microsoft posted the Office 2010 Beta to its developer and IT subscription sites today, another clue that it will soon offer the preview to the general public.

• 1

  Office 2010 public beta leaks to Internet

  Office 2010's public beta has leaked to the Web, days ahead of its anticipated roll-out next week, searches of file-sharing sites showed today.

• Microsoft to put free Office Starter 2010 on new PCs

  Microsoft announced today that it will abandon its decades-old Works entry-level suite, and will instead offer a stripped-down, advertising-supported version of Office 2010 on new PCs next year.

• 1

  Microsoft launches first online Office app preview

  Microsoft today launched a limited beta test of its Office Web Apps, the company's first public unveiling of its rival for Google's Web applications.

• Appeals court grants Microsoft reprieve in Word case

  A US federal appeals court today granted Microsoft's request to suspend an injunction that would have barred the company from selling its Word software next month.

• Nokia deal fuels Microsoft's cloud, collaboration, management strategies

  Microsoft is using its newly formed alliance with Nokia not to bolster its mobile efforts but to help fuel expansion of its cloud, collaboration, real-time communications and management strategies.

• Microsoft Groove jumps onto SharePoint bandwagon

  In a belated move, Microsoft Corp. plans to turn the Groove collaboration software it acquired in 2005 -- along with its now-chief software architect Ray Ozzie -- into its main application for workers to access content stored on SharePoint servers, even while offline.

• Office 2010 preview leaks to Web

  Pirated copies labeled as the Technical Preview of Microsoft's Office 2010 have leaked to the Internet, according to searches on popular file-sharing sites.

• Microsoft starts taking names for Office 2010 preview

  Microsoft yesterday said it would begin shipping early copies of Office 2010 to invite-only users in July, and has begun taking names for possible invitations to the preview.

• Analyst: Good time to plan Windows 7, Office 2010 purchases

  Corporations armed with a savvy knowledge of Microsoft's volume licensing program may be in the best position in a long time to negotiate the cost of software, according to one analyst.