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• 13 May 2010

• News: Microsoft: Google Docs isn't a supplement for Office

  Microsoft believes Google's online applications don't cut it as supplements to its Office productivity suite.

• News: Office 2010 release set for 15 June

  Microsoft has announced that Office 2010, which was released to businesses yesterday, will be available to consumers on 15 June

• 12 May 2010

• News: Microsoft patches two small but critical flaws

  This month's security update from Microsoft featured just tatches for applications in Windows and Office that the company deemed critical.

• News: Microsoft Office 2010 released to businesses

  Microsoft will launch Office 2010, the latest version of its Office productivity suite, to businesses today.

• News: Mozilla: Firefox 4 will be 'super-duper fast'

  Mozilla plans to make the next version of its Firefox browser "super-duper fast" and enable the use of standard web technologies including HTML5 and beyond.

• 11 May 2010

• News: Windows 7 'compatibility checker' is Trojan horse

  Scammers are infecting computers with a Trojan horse program disguised as software that determines whether PCs are compatible with Windows 7

• 10 May 2010

• News: Clock ticking on Windows 7 to XP downgrades

  The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday.

• 08 May 2010

• News: Where to buy e-books or get them for free

  If you've got an e-book reader, here's how to fill it up with your favourite digital books. And some of them are free.

• 07 May 2010

• News: Mobile app downloads to peak in 2013

  In 2009 smartphone users downloaded some 2.4 billion applications from mobile app stores, and the download rate will accelerate over the next few years until in 2013.

• News: Two Windows & Office patches coming next week

  Microsoft today said it would patch two critical vulnerabilities with two updates to Windows and Office next week.

• News: Windows 7: The worst bits revealed

  Windows 7 has fixed many of Vista's ills, but it also introduced a few of its own

• 06 May 2010

• News: Microsoft releases secret security patches

  Microsoft silently patched three vulnerabilities last month, without calling out the bugs in the accompanying advisories, says Core Security Technologies.

• 05 May 2010

• News: Microsoft unveils Spindex to streamline Facebook

  Microsoft's FUSE Labs has unveiled Spindex - a new project to help aggregate and streamline social networks.

• News: Nokia owners can use own voice for navigation

  Nokia has unveiled a free app that allows mobile phone owners to personalise turn-by-turn navigation with their own voice.

• News: Central Desktop adds simultaneous edits for Office

  Central Desktop's hosted collaboration suite will gain a new component next month designed to let multiple users simultaneously work on the same Microsoft Office documents.

• News: Adobe accused on software monopoly

  The growing battle between Apple and Adobe and the possibilities of extended lawsuits between the two companies has re-invigorated a 5,000-strong group of graphic designers in their fight against Adobe and its shelving of the popular FreeHand vector illustration program.

• 04 May 2010

• News: Has Windows 7 overtaken Vista in market share?

  Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, has more users than Windows Vista, says Janco Associates.

• News: Internet Explorer market share dips below 60 percent

  Internet Explorer is now used by less than 60 percent of PC owners surfing the web, says Net Applications.

• News: F-Secure: Windows needs built-in PDF viewer

  Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe's Reader, a security researcher said Friday.

• News: Microsoft fixes bug in Producer for PowerPoint

  Microsoft has released a new version of its Producer software, fixing a critical security problem that plagued the product for several months.

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