Microsoft shifted some costs from the past quarter to this quarter, accounting in part for the fact the company's outlook is below what some analysts were expecting, Colleen Healy, Microsoft's general manager of investor relations, said in an...
Microsoft is starting beta testing of its first service pack for Windows Vista, though that update won't be released in final form until next year. Microsoft noted in a regulatory filing more than 80 per cent of its Windows revenue comes from...
With Outlook implemented on both the smart phone and PDA, it is synchronised with Exchange server every hour so that he can switch between devices without losing track of correspondence. The applications Steve uses are all mobile-enabled, from the...
said it paid $350m to acquire Zimbra, a start-up that developed a web-based email and collaboration package comparable with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook. Michael Silver, an analyst at Gartner, said referring to two recent Microsoft setbacks: "I...
Apple has slashed its revenue and profits forecast for the third quarter, citing lower than expected demand for its products. For the three months ending in June revenues will be down by 10 per cent to between $1.4bn and $1.45bn instead of $1.6bn...
Microsoft has slated the next version of Office for a mid-2003 release, and plans to release the productivity suite to about 6,000 beta testers within Microsoft and another 6,000 external beta testers shortly.