By ZDNN Staff, News.com
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 2, 2005 12:45:00 AM
New services tied to Windows and Office are on the way in a "sea change" for the software leviathan as it confronts online rivals such as Google.
Microsoft to clash with new rivals
Plenty of companies will get caught in the wake as Microsoft races to compete with Google.
Nov. 1, 2005
Gates: We're entering 'live era' of software
Microsoft's chairman launches Web-based tools tied to its Windows and Office products.
- Image Gallery: 'Live' from Microsoft
Nov. 1, 2005
Microsoft Live no jive
Dan Farber: Now, Microsoft needs to show that it can follow
through in delivering the initial services this year.
Nov. 1, 2005
Gates heralds Windows Live, Office Live
Videocast:
Bill Gates details the upcoming "Windows Live" and "Office
Live" products, a fusion of software and services.
Nov. 1, 2005
Let the great Microsoft mash-up begin
Phil Wainewright: Today's announcement of Microsoft's "live era" is a holding operation. Announcing an offering that doesn't exist yet is a ploy to buy time while the vendor brings it into being.
Nov. 1, 2005
Cultural shift becomes oddly evident
Dana Gardner:
The real race between Microsoft and Google may boil
down to which can truly change itself best and fastest.
Nov. 1, 2005
Google chase could trip up Microsoft
Analysts say Redmond's push into services is needed--but it risks rendering obsolete the company's ultra-profitable way of doing things
Nov. 1, 2005
Google hiring like it's 1999
The search giant is stocking up on engineers and more as it races to keep pace with its own ambitions.
Oct. 31, 2005
