| Microsoft tests option to allow Windows 7 to delete IE The anti-trust moves against Microsoft over IE are escalating, and Microsoft maybe about to give its rivals what they want. Reader's Choice picks for the best Windows open source projects Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett has assembled a collection of readers all time favorite Windows open source tools for security, network management, graphics and more. Microsoft devising Office for netbooks Microsoft is bending its Office franchise toward netbooks and is developing packages that are unique to that market, according to the head of the company's business division. Microsoft testing search engine to take on Google Microsoft this week will start internal testing of Kumo, the company's update to its Live Search Web site and part of its stated effort to keep the pressure on Google. Microsoft's Biggest Enemy Now: Apple, Linux or Itself? In a meeting with financial analysts last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laid out who he thinks are the biggest threats today to Windows on the client side. Surprisingly, Apple wasn't number one. It wasn't number two or three either. Office Communications online beta won't begin until late March Microsoft will give the masses its first glimpse of Office Communications Online at the end of this month, and in April will make the service available for the first time to companies of any size. Also: Microsoft expands hosted Exchange, SharePoint service, signs customer GlaxoSmithKline Economic downturn not taking the fight out of Microsoft Microsoft last week outlined its intent to stand and fight against a difficult economy with a plan to go after competitors and seize market share in areas like netbooks. Microsoft executive says layoffs offset by more R&D Up to 3,000 employees could be needed for Microsoft's research efforts this year, in part offsetting layoffs announced in January, a top company executive said Tuesday. Microsoft to hire H-1B workers, even as it lays off visa holders Microsoft will lay off H-1B workers as part of its recently announced plan to let go of 5,000 employees over 18 months, but it will continue to hire foreign workers as well, even though Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) insists that the software maker has an "imperative" to ensure that American workers "have priority in keeping their jobs over foreign workers on visa programs." Video: DEMO 09: Xandros' Presto Linux app for Windows that turns an older machine into a Netbook that boots quickly and runs a number of popular Web apps. Slideshow: Innovation shines at TechFest Hundreds of researchers from Microsoft's worldwide labs in China, England, India and the United States gather at the company's headquarters in Redmond to exchange ideas with colleagues, show off their latest innovations, and shine a light into the future of computing. Here we'll take a sneak peak at some of the hottest work from Microsoft's research labs around the world. Microsoft makes its case for Windows 7 in the enterprise Weeks after making its case for why enterprises should dump Windows XP for Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp. talked up the merits of its upcoming operating system, Windows 7, for large businesses. Microsoft releases Vista SP2 RC to public Microsoft Corp. Tuesday quietly launched the release candidate of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to the general public, making good on a promise from last week. TomTom suit shows Microsoft's split personality Microsoft has been vocal about its interest in working more closely with the open-source community in the past couple of years, actively promoting interoperability, forging new relationships and donating code to open-source projects. But the patent-infringement suit it filed Wednesday against TomTom has the Linux community, in particular, concerned that Microsoft is only paying lip service to its new approach and plans to continue to threaten Linux distributors with patent-infringement claims. Microsoft takes TomTom to court in patent dispute Microsoft on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against TomTom, alleging that the GPS vendor's in-car navigation devices infringe on its patents.
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