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While I finally made it to a Mac (MacBook Air 13) at work, I gave in and let Microsoft install Windows 10 over my Windows 7 on my home PC. ...

So, Microsoft will have to rename Skydrive... BBC News - Microsoft made to rename Skydrive after BSkyB victory : Makes me chuckle, and t...

So... Nokia and Microsoft seem to mutually feel that they need each other to survive in the mobile / smartphone world. I guess there is s...

The Kin will be discontinued and never make it to Europe. So what? Is anyone really surprised by this? First of all, Microsoft never h...

So, this week Microsoft and our government[1] announced the " E-Government Browser " ... First of all, it's not a browser, ju...

1. See today's news about the dying Zunes (they are not phones - I know - but the same category of devices) 2. A coworker and friend ju...

I heard a lot of rumors during the last year or so about Microsoft buying Citrix... now IBM and Cisco joined the list... Rumors of IBM or Ci...

So - according to El Reg - Google finally takes side in the ODF vs OOXML war. And - personall I'd like to add - the right side. Details...

Yahoo Officially Rejects Microsoft Offer : "As expected, Yahoo has officially rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid to acquire the com...

Microsoft bids for Yahoo | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone : "Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid...

Finally Microsoft gave up and - contrary to what I reported before - now DOES allow all Vista Editions on virtualization platforms: Microso...

Yet another nice little story on Office shortcomings. PowerPoint cannot strikethrough . They rather recommend to manually put a (graphics) l...

Microsoft Windows and Sun x64 Servers and Workstations : "Sun and Microsoft Expand Strategic Alliance Sun and Microsoft have announced ...

Erwin Tenhumberg corrects a couple of statements Microsoft usually brings forward against ODF as their common ODF / OOo FUD in Erwin's ...

Right from the office of Excel and Microsoft defender #1 Even the Office 2007 box has a learning curve - Joel on Software : "I've b...

Seems to be the week of network storage: both Google and Microsoft launched storage related services ; with Google it is just the option to ...

An Antic Disposition: OOXML Fails to Gain Approval in US via Rob Weir

For hints, tips and issues with the Sun ODF Plugin for MS Office , consult Malte Timmermann's Blog .

to be found on Malte Timmermann's Blog

So much for the OPEN in Microsoft's OpenOfficeXML, they simple start by locking you in: from Crushed by the Wheels of Industry | Tech ...