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Microsoft ships Solver for Office 2011

by Simon Aughton on 1 December 2010 in News
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Microsoft has released the Solver analysis tool which allows Excel users to make calculations by automatically adjusting multiple input cells.

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Firefox boss slams ‘evil’ Apple

by Simon Aughton on 29 November 2010 in News
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Apple, Google and Microsoft attacked for installing web browser plugins without the user’s permission

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Patent reform pending

by Kenny Hemphill on 25 November 2010 in Last Word
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Reports that Microsoft is using Android-related patents to stop Asus and Acer shipping netbooks with Android on them may or may not be wide of the mark. However, by claiming it’s owed licence fees for every Android installation, wherever that occurs, Microsoft has shown what it’s prepared to do to regain a competitive edge.

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Adobe refutes Microsoft takeover talk

by Simon Aughton on 20 October 2010 in News
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Adobe boss Shantanu Narayen says the company has no intention of joining forces with Microsoft, contradicting reports of merger talks between the two companies. Narayen told Fox Business that the company values its independence,

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Microsoft software boss steps down

by Simon Aughton on 19 October 2010 in News
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Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates as Microsoft’s chief software architecture, is to step down and will not be replaced, raising questions about the leadership and direction of the world’s largest software company after a string of high-profile departures.

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Microsoft co-opts Facebook to take on Google

by Simon Aughton on 14 October 2010 in News
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Microsoft has struck a deal with Facebook that it hopes will help its Bing search engine to close the gap to Google. Bing will be able to take data posted on Facebook — such as users’ “likes” or preferences — and use that information to provide more relevant search results from data that Google doesn’t have.

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