Microsoft previews upgraded Office 2007
Tacoma News Tribune - In an effort to reverse slowing growth, Microsoft Corp. next year will offer new versions of Office programs that combine Internet-based phone calls with video- conferencing, instant messaging and call routing. Microsoft Business Division President

Microsoft Abandons WinFS File System
Enterprise Windows I.T. - Instead of looking for files, WinFS was meant to identify relationships between items such as images, documents, e-mail messages, and calendar appointments, allowing the user to search for objects dispersed over several applications. Microsoft has

Microsoft Dumping WinFS, Suggests Blog Post
TechNewsWorld - Microsoft has not abandoned the basic concept. It has discussed a new PC client that can search the desktop, network and Internet. It is an approach, though, that falls very short of what WinFS was supposed to be, said JupiterResearch analyst Joe

Microsoft Office to Link to Phones, E-mail, More
HispanicBusiness.com - Microsoft Corp. laid out a plan Monday to further extend its business software into telephones and related areas, hoping to convince corporations that its Office product line can be the one-stop shop for sophisticated communications technology. At an