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Microsoft U-turn on Office 2013 licensing
Microsoft responded to customers over the draconian Office 2013 licensing limitations, and it has relented. Today, Microsoft announced an update to Office 2013 retail licensing agreement that should quell the uprising and force customers to put away the torches and pitchforks.
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Microsoft upgrades Office 365 for business
Microsoft has upgraded its existing Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suites for businesses, as well as introduce new bundles, growing even more the list of Office 365 editions, which some analysts and users had already termed somewhat confusing.
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Microsoft enlists Dell to push Office 365 on new PCs
Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional bundling tactic of including a factory-installed, single-license trial.
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Microsoft Office 2013 lockdown aims to boost cloud services
Microsoft has confirmed that a retail copy of Office 2013 is permanently tied to the first PC on which it's installed, preventing customers from deleting the suite from one machine they own and installing it on another.
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Munich saves £8.9 million switching from Windows to Linux
By switching from Windows to LiMux, its own Linux distribution, the German city of Munich has saved over ?11 million (£8.9 million) to date compared to the costs of a similar migration to a more modern Microsoft-based IT infrastructure.
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OpenOffice dumped as Freiburg plots return to Microsoft
The German city of Freiburg is preparing to dump its long-running use of the OpenOffice suite in favour of a return to Microsoft?s Office after struggling with range of document compatibility problems.
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Microsoft ramps up Office 2013 prices to encourage Office 365 subscriptions
Microsoft this week raised prices of its Office suite by as much as 17% and eliminated multi-license packs, all part of a plan to push consumers and small businesses toward new subscription programs, analysts said.
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Microsoft patches SQL Server, Exchange, Windows, Office and IE
Microsoft has fixed 26 vulnerabilities in its software products, including several considered critical, in its monthly security patch report.
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Microsoft reports first ever earnings loss
Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13 percent.
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Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education aimed at US schools
Microsoft will launch on Wednesday a version of its Office 365 cloud collaboration and communication suite that is specifically aimed at K-12 schools and universities.
