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It's no secret that companies will do anything to get ahead of their competitors. It's a given, especially in the world of business. Never-the-less, it always seems to stir up a bit of fuss when the tactics are revealed to the public, regardless of what form they're in.

Microsoft Word fans across the world can rejoice and breathe a sigh of relief today as Microsoft has won a temporary stay, allowing Word sales to continue.

In the month before Windows 7 is released, monthly figures show the biggest ever switch from XP to Vista. But the gulf between the two remains immense.

According to the Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft will issue five Security Bulletins on Tuesday, and it will host a webcast to address customer questions on the bulletin the following day (September 9 at 11:00am PST, if you're interested). All five of the vulnerabilities are rated "Critical," and they all earned their rating through a remote code execution impact, meaning a hacker could potentially gain control of an infected machine. At least two of the five patches will require a restart.

Last month, Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer posted its largest market share loss since November 2008, while Firefox reaped nearly all the benefit, Web metrics company Net Applications said today.

Maybe people are actually starting to tire of Microsoft's eight-year-old Windows XP.

Microsoft confirmed today that it has released the Windows 7-based Windows Embedded Standard 2011 as a Community Technology Preview (CTP).

Microsoft's Browser for the Better program is a very generous one; with every copy of Internet Explorer 8 that is downloaded from the site, the company will donate 8 meals to the Feeding America charity.

WZOR is at it again—through their sources, they have managed to get their hands on a new Office 2010 build sporting the build tag of 14.0.4417.1000.

Following the release of the next iteration of the Office System and Windows client, IT administrators will be able to leverage a single KMS host in order to activate both Office 2010 and Windows 7.