Tag archive: Mac Business

In a move that can only be compared to Ford developing aftermarket parts for the Chevrolet Corvette, Microsoft has apparently decided that it isn’t too snide to develop software for the flagship platform of its most bitter rival: Apple’s iPhone. In an interview with Fortune, Microsoft exec Tom Gibbons revealed that company engineers are already tinkering with the forbidden fruit. “It’s really important for us to… Read More

Microsoft's Mac Business Unit has released a significant set of fixes to its Office 2008 productivity suite for Mac OS X. The Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 update includes a number of critical fixes, patches security vulnerabilities, and addresses a number of other bugs that have bitten some Macintosh users. The update is available as a standalone 114 MB download, and will likely turn up in Microsoft Office's AutoUpdate… Read More

Ever since Apple announced its intent to transition its entire Macintosh product line to Intel processors a year ago, speculation has abounded: will Microsoft continue to develop its version of Microsoft Office for the Mac OS X operating system, or, with the advent of Intel processors and Windows-running capabilities offered by Apple's own Boot Camp and third-party virtualization solutions from the likes of VMWare and Parallels, simply… Read More

When it comes to the Macintosh, let's face it: Microsoft is better known for what it doesn't do rather than what it actually does. Mac versions of its Office productivity applications have been money makers for coming up on two decades, but, gosh, where's Outlook for Macintosh? Business tools like Access? Heck, even cute consumer services like MSN are missing in action! Internet Explorer? Mothballed. Windows Media Player?… Read More

At his keynote at this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh computers based on Intel processors “a little ahead of schedule,” and

Earlier this week, he posted at his personal blog site a picture of G5 Macs being unloaded near the MSCopy building. Shortly thereafter, Microsoft terminated Hanscom's employment contract. Microsoft's reaction may seem a tad harsh. The company does have a Mac Business Unit, which produces software for Apple computers. It's no shocker that Redmond would want some of Apple's latest and greatest kit. Clearly, however,… Read More