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As perhaps the most visible and eagerly awaited of Microsoft's "rolling thunder" series of Windows Live-related releases, Windows Live Messenger, the follow-up to MSN Messenger 7 (see my review) is perhaps the perfect example of what the software...
I like to think of it as feature-itis, but in Microsoft's understanding of the world, multiple product editions, or what it calls SKUs (for stock keeping unit, a retail term) equate to more revenues. That's why the company's upcoming Windows...
In Part 1 of this inside look at the creation of Office 12, the innovative new Microsoft office productivity suite that's currently in development, I discussed the new Office 12 user interface, and the ways in which Microsoft was now approaching...
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft announced that it would release a set of services beginning in 2006 under the Windows Live brand. For the most part, the Windows Live services match up with previous projects from MSN, which had been pulled into the...
I've made a big deal about the new user interface that Microsoft is prepping for its upcoming Office 12 suite of productivity applications. And now that I've had the chance to play with Office 12 Beta 1 for a few weeks, I'm even more sold on the...
At the September 2005 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, Office 12 was the surprise hit of the show. This is doubly impressive when you consider that the attendees had come largely to find out about Windows Vista, Microsoft's...
Part 1: Installation
Part 2: Word 12
Part 3: Excel 12
Part 4: PowerPoint 12
Part 5: FrontPage 12
Part 6: OneNote 12
Part 7: InfoPath 12
Part 8: Publisher 12
Part 9: Access 12
Part 7: Outlook 1...
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft previewed a coming generation of Internet-based services that will tie into the company's two dominant software families, Windows and Microsoft Office. Dubbed Windows Live and Office Live, respectively, these two...
Credit the Office team at Microsoft for becoming the surprise hit of PDC (Professional Developer Conference 2005 (see my exhaustive coverage): Despite being billed as a coming out party for Windows Vista (see my activity center), PDC 2005 was...