Microsoft opens Office 2010 for early testing, but keeps Web browser versions under wraps

July 13th, 2009 Office 2010 test opens; free Web versions laterSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. is giving a select group of technology-savvy testers an early peek at its Office 2010 software, but it's keeping a key development — free Web-based versions of programs such as Word and Excel — under wraps a little while longer.

September 17th, 2009 Microsoft Project 2010 is announced as the latest step in its next wave of Microsoft Office 2010 related products such as Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2010, and Microsoft Visio 2010. Microsoft expects that this will give users a consistent experience across the PC, mobile phone and browser.

June 11th, 2009 Voila! You could be the lucky one to have Microsoft Office 2010 free. Microsoft is looking for families, students and small businesses owning 5 or less PCs in United states using computers daily to participate in Microsoft’s Office 2010 Real Life Stories program.

May 25th, 2009 With Microsoft on in way to its eight generation Operating System, Windows 2008, and the release of Office 2007 Service Pack 2, the big buzz was still awaiting. Microsoft has come up with the Office 2007 predecessor that is all set for a RTM in early July 2010.

September 16th, 2009 Microsoft urges Web learning in case of swine fluSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. says it can help schools get through swine flu.

December 7th, 2007 Microsoft was the sole leading browser (all versions combined) in 2002-2003 with over 85% of market share. The earlier leader Netscape had by then sunk into oblivion.

August 13th, 2009 Microsoft says Office for Mac will have OutlookREDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp.

November 18th, 2008 The war of the technology giants (Microsoft and Google) have now reached office too. No, I am not talking about Mountain view or Redmond literally.

July 14th, 2009 For a week now, there was much noise over Microsoft Office 2010 that was finally announced today at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans. What's most interesting in this conte is the blow-by-blow game between the tech-giants.

December 7th, 2007 Cross-browser and cross-platform testing is a bane as well as a requirement for web applications. Consider Internet Explorer on Windows.

August 12th, 2009 Microsoft to put Office programs on Nokia phonesSEATTLE — Microsoft is working with Nokia to put Office software and other programs on smart phones. The companies say people will be able to read, edit and create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote programs on Nokia smart phones, which run an operating system called Symbian that competes with Microsoft Corp.'s own Windows Mobile.

March 24th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Despite some initial glowing reviews, Microsoft has been flooded with complaints about its new Internet Explorer 8 and has seen early users downgrade to the previous version, Information Week has reported.The software giant is hoping that its new browser will help stem a steady flight of surfers to rival products, most notably the open-source Firefox browser. According to the latest figures, Firefox now controls 22 percent of the browser market compared to 67 percent for Internet Explorer, which once enjoyed more than 90 percent of the market.

July 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet giant Google announced Wednesday the arrival of its own computer operating system, initially designed for use with Netbook computers. Google Chrome OS, based on the company's nine-month old browser software, is to be available to consumers from the second half of 2010, a statement on Google's blog said.

April 15th, 2009 Just when the speculations about Office 14 was starting to hum in, Microsoft puts forward a decisive disclosure that it will not come before 2010 but there will be a public beta version available for the new and refined exchange server program. The public beta test version of Exchange Server 2010, as the product is called, is the first of a wave of upgrades to Microsoft programs as they prepare their next big release of the entire office suite.

February 25th, 2009 Microsoft confesses again. Though there is nothing to be ashamed of MS.