| Move over Google, Microsoft is hogging search research event
The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval is underway in Boston this week and Microsoft is strutting its stuff. Windows now serves Coke
Dare I say it? This is a refreshing use of network technology. Add a Windows CE touchscreen, fancy "microdosing" technology and a network connection to a Coca-Cola machine and you get a the next "must have" soda fountain device. Microsoft confirms release of "family pack" Windows 7 for homes with multiple PCs
Microsoft confirmed it would release a rumored "family pack" of the Windows 7 Home Premium edition of the OS for households with multiple PCs. This would allow the installation of the operating system on as many as three PCs. Microsoft was mum on pricing of the pack. New Zealand Postal Service ditches Microsoft Office for Google Apps
Google has signed on the New Zealand Postal Service as its largest user to date of Google Apps. NZ will be yanking out Microsoft Office and rolling out Google Apps to 2,100 employees in a deal that will save the country $2 million in hardware costs over three years, it said. Is SharePoint great for external community building?
Online community-building technologies like HiveLive, Jive, Lithium and Conenza, and others are tackling the job of helping businesses build different kinds of communities outside (and sometimes inside) the enterprise. Alfresco: Effective content and document management with a low TCO
One of the many cost killers in today's IT shops is managing documents and content. Open source is a great way to address these needs, especially in these tight financial times. One product that fits the bill well is Alfresco Community Edition, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett. Microsoft uses GPLv2 for plug-in linking collaboration tools, Moodle
Microsoft Tuesday continued its GPLv2 theme for the week, announcing a plug-in that integrates its Live@edu collaboration tools with the open source course management system Moodle. Microsoft hires ex-Apple exec for retail operations
We already knew that Palm has a whole host of Apple hires, including CEO Jon Rubinstein, and it seems that Microsoft is also following their lead now. Redmond has hired former Apple retail estate chief George Blankenship as a consultant while the company goes about launching its own retail chain. July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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