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ZDNN Staff | November 2, 2005 12:45 AM PST

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New services for Windows and Office are on the way in a "sea change" for the software leviathan.

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ZDNN Staff, Software

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

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Gates heralds Windows Live, Office Live

Videocast: Bill Gates details the upcoming "Windows Live" and "OfficeLive" 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

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