A free Web version of Microsoft Office has begun rolling out. Office Web Apps is a new version of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote available to anyone with a Web browser. Users can create, edit and share spreadsheets, documents and slideshows free of charge, whether or not they have …

Steve Ballmer’s “ineptitude” has led to Microsoft’s transformation from a “gorilla” into a “buffoon,” according to Ruby on Rails developer David Heinemeier Hansson. Hansson’s venomous tirade, which appeared in his blog late last week , ignores the fact that Ballmer — though not as tech savvy as …

Sorry, Steve. We think it’s getting to be time for you to move on. Yes, you love Microsoft, and you’re the company’s greatest cheerleader. That’s not what Microsoft needs today. The two cash cows that support Microsoft — Windows and Office — are …

Microsoft has no plans to turn Marketplace, its mobile app store , into a smut shop, Ars Technica reports . According to the new terms it released for developers for Windows Phone 7 , no porn or sexually suggestive material will be allowed in Marketplace. This has been Microsoft’s policy all along …

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is planning to raise $1.15 billion by selling convertible debt to institutional investors. Proceeds will be used to repay debt. The senior notes due 2013 can be converted into cash, stock or a combination of both …

The two companies announced that IT managers now can utilize their standard Microsoft management tools to monitor and manage virtual environments that include NetApp storage arrays. Exactly six months after signing a three-year development alliance …

Fourteen of the vulnerabilities identified were in Microsoft Excel, eight were related to the Windows … opened, allowing a hacker to remotely take control of that machine, according to Joris Evers, a spokesman for security software maker McAfee.

Microsoft is staking its mobile claim in the business arena, but does Windows Phone 7 really have better business chops? “It does look pretty and flashy,” conceded ABI Research analyst Michael Morgan. “It looks like an intelligently designed UI, but they really haven’t shown me anything to promote …

Kill Bits ensure that vulnerable ActiveX controls can no longer be exploited through Internet Explorer. Typically, Kill Bits are issued for third-party software, rather than for software created by Microsoft … vulnerabilities in Excel being …

This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted media file or receives specially crafted streaming content from a …