Microsoft sets record with huge Windows, IE, Office update

Microsoft rivals advise EC on an antitrust remedy; Analysis: Microsoft could cut Windows 7 list price to $100 Microsoft Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by ArcSight Stopping Fraud Before it Impacts your Network Better protect your corporate assets with a solution that integrates with existing security devices and adds comprehensive analysis including: Correlation, anomaly detection and pattern discover. Discover the benefits of using holistic reporting, visual analytics and incident response tools. Spotlight Story Microsoft sets record with huge Windows, IE, Office update Microsoft issued 10 security updates that patched a record 31 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel, Word, Windows Search and other programs, including 18 bugs marked "critical." Read full story Related News: Google unveils plug-in to marry Outlook, Gmail Google unveiled synchronization technology that supports Microsoft Outlook as the front end to Gmail, giving users an option to scrap Exchange on the back end while allowing users to keep their familiar desktop client. Microsoft rivals advise EC on an antitrust remedy It sounds odd, but the European Commission's solution to the problem caused by Microsoft bundling its Internet Explorer browser into the Windows OS appears to be more, rather than less, bundling. Analysis: Microsoft could cut Windows 7 list price to $100 Microsoft could drop the price of Windows 7 to around $100 when it announces retail prices later this month, if calculations based on an earlier Vista cost-cutting move hold true for the new OS. 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