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Microsoft Plans to Inundate New PCs with Ads-ridden Office 2010 Starter Edition
maximumpc.com - 10/9/2009
Microsoft Plans to Inundate New PCs with Ads-ridden Office 2010 Starter Edition
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If you buy a Windows 7 PC in the future, you might not be getting that copy of Microsoft Works nobody uses. Instead it will come with a completely free version of Office 2010. Oh… Office 2010 Starter Edition, that is . It will be a limited functionality version of Office supported by Ads. The ...
Microsoft's antivirus detects 4 million infections in first week
techspot.com - 10/16/2009
Microsoft's antivirus detects 4 million infections in first week
— techspot.com — Microsoft has released some first-week usage statistics of its new antivirus application, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE). Redmond... made the program available to users in 19 countries on September 29, and it accumulated 1.5 million downloads in the first seven days -- though, it's unknown how ... (more) Microsoft's antivirus detects 4 million infections in ...

Comments vote down juliofranco juliofranco posted 10/16/2009posted this
Microsoft's Costly Search for Its Identity Takes a Wrong Turn
maximumpc.com - 10/12/2009
Microsoft's Costly Search for Its Identity Takes a Wrong Turn
— maximumpc.com — Microsoft has apparently become the Rodney Dangerfield of the computing world: it can’t get no respect. No... matter how hard it tries. According to Jason Notte of TheStreet.com, Microsoft last 18 months of advertising has amounted to zilch. Basically $470 million spent with little to nothing ... (more) Microsoft's Costly Search for Its Identity Takes a Wrong ...

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MS to offer free Office Starter Edition
bit-tech.net - 10/9/2009
MS to offer free Office Starter Edition
— bit-tech.net — Microsoft has announced that a "limited functionality" version of Office 2010 will be available pre-loaded on OEM... PCs, supported by an advertising framework. (more) MS to offer free Office Starter Edition

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