Microsoft says it’s started a private preview program of the next version of Office to a “select group” of customers. Going far beyond just refining and enhancing existing applications, the next version of Microsoft Office, codenamed “Office 15,” will unite the software suite with the company’s cloud and mobile platforms… Tweet This Post

The first thing you need to keep in mind about Google is that it’s not a search company. It’s an advertising marketplace. Now, with the introduction of Search Plus Your World earlier this month, Google has shown us that it’s got enough clout that it can more or less ignore its original customers, the individuals [...]

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other search engines “overwhelmingly” direct music fans to illegal copies of copyrighted tracks online, a coalition of entertainment industry groups has told the government… Tweet This Post

Video: Bing is for #Doing: Kevin Pearce’s Story Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is launching an ad campaign this weekend featuring winter sports athletes whose can-do spirit underscores the brand’s new tagline, “Bing is for Doing… Tweet This Post

Search giant Google joined in the SOPA protest Wednesday, not just with its blacked-out Doodle, but by agreeing to slow down its crawl rates during the Internet blackout. This meant sites that blacked out their pages wouldn’t suffer in search rankings… Tweet This Post

Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a holiday quarter when it seems pretty clear other gadgets dominated shopping lists… Tweet This Post

While many of the top Internet companies faced a volatile ad market in the fourth quarter of last year, Facebook saw its share of the overall online advertising market increase to 2.7 percent during the period… Tweet This Post

In the world of search advertising, mobile phones and tablets continue to outpace performance of search ads on PCs, although they still represent only a fraction of impressions and investment, according to a new report… Tweet This Post

Ask Ziggy has actually been on the Windows Store for right around a fortnight, but there’s an updated version hitting soon that brings an astounding amount of Siri-ness to Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 7 platform… Tweet This Post

Bing already claimed its title as the world’s second favorite search engine, but in the US it has continued to lag in third place behind Yahoo!. The gap is closing rapidly, however, with ComScore’s latest stats revealing a 15… Tweet This Post

Most of our day jobs aren’t nearly as amusing as life at Wernham Hogg and Excel doesn’t make things any more exciting. But, if you’re looking to spice up your spreadsheets, Microsoft’s ExcelMashup.com may be just what you’ve been waiting for… Tweet This Post

Kiss that old “New Xbox Experience” goodbye — the Xbox Dashboard just went full Metro. Microsoft teased the console’s latest overhaul back at E3, promising to “change living room entertainment forever… Tweet This Post