Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft Research inventions are wacky and useful, 07/17/07: Flying bikes, cell phone robots, smart walking sticks and audio speakers that defy logic are inventions all on display Tuesday at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters.(Also see: Blog: Forget an iPhone killer … how about a Microsoft flying bike?)
Microsoft researchers show off wireless projects, 07/16/07: Microsoft Research workers showed off some of their projects, including several that find new uses for mobile phones, on Monday at a summit in Redmond, Wash.
Xbox chief says resignation has nothing to do with console troubles: Moore says family matters led him to leave Microsoft and take job to lead EA Sports. (See what the bloggers on Microsoft Subnet had to say.)
Microsoft’s services transition an uphill climb, 07/18/07: If Microsoft wants to succeed in becoming a services company it will have to undergo a major transformation in its corporate culture, business model, and partner and customer relationships.
‘Free’ help to deploy SharePoint: Microsoft has expanded its Software Assurance “deployment services” benefit to include SharePoint projects. For those that meet the requirements, it’s like getting free help.
Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans, 07/13/07: Microsoft Friday declined to comment on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment — a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista’s successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier this week.
EU to investigate Word, Excel market dominance, but not its plans for world dominance: Microsoft is reportedly being probed by European regulators.
Microsoft’s digital rights management protection is cracked, again: For the third time in a year hackers have found a way to disable Microsoft’s copyright protections to let them swap music and video freely.
Microsoft adds Ask.com ad keyword purchases to Office Live, 07/17/07: Microsoft has added the ability for subscribers of its Office Live small-business hosted service to purchase paid-search advertising from Ask.com from directly within the service.
V1 committee gives thumbs down to Open XML doc spec, 07/18/07: An esoteric but key U.S. technical standards committee decided last week not to endorse Microsoft’s Office Open XML document specification, increasing the odds that the U.S. will vote against approving Open XML as an open standard next month at an ISO standards body meeting.
