Gallery: Design overhauls for MSN and Microsoft.com
Microsoft has hired designers to create ideas for the next generation of MSN and Microsoft.com. Catch a sneak peek of their ideas here.
Microsoft has hired designers to create ideas for the next generation of MSN and Microsoft.com. Catch a sneak peek of their ideas here.
These were the most widely read blog posts this year from across ZDNet's blogosphere.
Microsoft is fiercely competitive, but the field is more challenging. Microsoft is competing with Google on search via its Bing effort and Apple in the mobile market. Meanwhile, the software giant is positioning its wares for cloud computing with software and services. The company's two cash cows---operating systems and the Office productivity suite---are performing well.
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily:Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?
Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Improving Windows Vista's reliabilityMary Jo Foley: Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way outHow many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?
Research by a piracy-prevention consultancy, reports Silicon.com's Sylvia Carr, shows that software ranks second among the most popular categories of counterfeited goods, and that Microsoft is the top IT brand to be pirated.