Microsoft CEO Ballmer's salary up 4 percent in '09 (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. raised CEO Steve Ballmer's salary by 4 percent at the start of fiscal 2009, a year in which the software maker's profit declined 17 percent as the economic meltdown decimated personal computer sales.
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Microsoft's 'Malvertising' Battle: A Tough Fight to Win (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft's hoping to find the people who've disguised malware as advertising and hold them accountable. The software company announced it's filing five civil lawsuits against businesses that have taken up ads designed to transmit viruses and other harmful material. The catch, however, is that no one actually knows where those businesses are -- or who's behind them.
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License Audits: Preparing Now Can Ease the Pain (PC World)
PC World - Oracle licensing consultant Eliot Arlo Colon still remembers the enormous global publishing company that was "so darn confident" it would breeze through an upcoming software license audit unscathed.
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Software License Audits Come in Multiple Flavors (PC World)
PC World - There are several types of software license audits, each with their own risks and variables, experts say.
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Microsoft Offers a Sneak Peek at Office Web Apps (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has opened up a sneak peek at the Technical Preview of the upcoming Office Web Apps, and you can take it for a spin. Using the cloud-based SkyDrive storage as a backbone, Microsoft Office Web Apps enables to access and work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files using any (compatible) Web browser from any Internet-connected device in the world.
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Palm Drops Windows Mobile To Focus on web OS (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Palm will now sink or swim on its own operating system. The struggling handset maker announced Thursday that it will no longer develop phones using Windows Mobile, but will instead concentrate only on its webOS.
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Review: Murky controls, goals leave `WET' dry (AP)
AP - Someone at Bethesda Software did the right math. Draft-age males play games, so a slashing, pirouetting assassin with a body rivaling that of Angelina Jolie seems like the winning combo for the new title "WET."
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Palm Ditches Windows Mobile (PC World)
PC World - Palm announced it will stop developing new handsets running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, in order to concentrate on its own WebOS. But the company is still reporting losses and low sales on its flagship device, the Palm Pre.
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Microsoft Sues Scareware Scammers (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft filed lawsuits against five companies Thursday, accusing them of using malicious advertisements to trick victims into installing software on their computers.
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No More Windows Mobile Phones From Palm (PC World)
PC World - Palm said it will stop developing new phones running Windows Mobile software, instead focusing future development on its new WebOS operating system.
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Sharing and Collaborating with Microsoft Office Web Apps (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has kicked off the Technical Preview of Office Web Apps, and I've been testing out the tools to see what Microsoft has come up with.
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Software Company Sentenced for Trading With the Enemy (PC World)
PC World - A Colorado software vendor has been sentenced to a fine of US$14,500 for the charge of trading with the enemy for selling oil- and gas-exploration software to a company drilling in Cuba, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement announced.
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Microsoft Office 2010: A First Look at PowerPoint Web App (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has kicked off the Technical Preview of Office Web Apps. I looked at the Office Web Apps version of Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software to see how it stacks up to its more robust Microsoft Office desktop cousin.
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Microsoft Opens Office Web Apps for Selective Testing (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft took the cover off its Web-based versions of the Microsoft Office suite on Thursday, at least partially. The software giant offered what it calls the Office Web Apps Technical Preview program that will allow a select group to give the software a test drive before the official beta rolls out later this year.
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Microsoft Office 2010: A First Look at Excel Web App (PC World)
PC World - This morning, Microsoft opened the tech preview of its long-anticipated Office Web Apps. Here's a first look at what the online version of Excel has in store.
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First glimpse: Microsoft Office Web Apps (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft unveiled the much anticipated Web-hosted versions of its Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications this morning, albeit with limited fanfare. The current versions are only a Technology Preview, designed to allow some tens of thousands of select users to kick the tires before the formal public beta begins later this year. While they lack some features, they're off to a strong start.
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Microsoft Office Web Apps: First Look (PC World)
PC World - We've been waiting for years to see what Microsoft's answer to Google Docs would be, and now we're getting a look.
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Microsoft's Web-Based Office Apps Previewed (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Microsoft announced on Thursday the initiation of its technical preview of Office Web Apps, including new Web-based extensions of its Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
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Oracle shares slip after 1Q revenue disappoints (AP)
AP - Shares of Oracle Corp. slipped in premarket activity Thursday after the information technology company reported sales fell below analyst expectations in the latest quarter, showing that businesses are still reluctant to buy new software.
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Oracle software sales miss target (Reuters)
Reuters - Oracle Corp's quarterly software sales came in sharply below expectations, dashing hopes that corporate technology spending is rebounding and sending its shares down 2.7 percent.
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