What's New in Microsoft Land: 14 - 18 May 2007

Microsoft made an important step into the hardware market on Monday when the Redmond company debuted a new set of handheld devices able to work with its software solutions and replace the classic and old fashioned office tools. Among phones and headsets, Microsoft presented several products able to interact with the company's software solutions and help the users communicate through emails and instant messages with ease. The Redmond firm worked with no more than 9 worldwide names including Samsung, the famous phone producer."Today's office phone is marooned on an island, separate from the rest of the communications tools that info... [read more >>]

What's New in Microsoft Land: May 7 - 11, 2007

On Monday, Microsoft made an important step into the Linux market by signing a deal with Dell, the company that will join the software giant's alliance with Novell. The three partners will have a single goal: that of improving the interoperability between Windows and Linux and allow their users to work on their systems easier than before. According to a press release published on Microsoft's website, Dell will buy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from the Redmond company and will try to convince the Linux users to migrate to this platform. Somehow, the alliance affects Apple's image because Susan Heystee, vice presid... [read more >>]