During the Advertising Week 2006 conference, Microsoft will debut the global launch of its digital advertising platform, which will encompass platforms from the PC to mobile devices to the Xbox gaming system.

Microsoft may set up an online version of its low-end Works productivity suite to compete with offerings from Google and a number of startup companies.

APC Magazine has the exclusive: Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit is already halfway done building the next release of Microsoft Office for the Apple Mac.

Microsoft released a public update yesterday to the Office 2007 beta 2 suite of applications.

The Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (wow! spiffy name!) is now available for download. Just go to this page.

The free option from AOL allows users to pick up a .com or .net domain and add up to 100 additional usernames to that domain.

Last week, I expressed my own opinion on the difficulty Google will face trying to switch consumers from Microsoft Office to their alternative offering.

It isn’t the company’s massive revenue generator, the Office productivity suite, that has been leaked, but a pair of training videos for Microsoft’s in-house usage created by Ricky Gervais, who developed “The Office” TV series.

Because of a copyright violation, the UK Cabinet Office, Britain’s “head office,” was forced to yank a public service video from YouTube. But the complaint came from an unlikely place – from an agency within.

There’s long been speculation that Google was preparing an online office suite that would take on Microsoft Office products.

Why is backward compatibility so important? Because humans hate change. Me too. I’m swearing left and right at Gmail and Google Calendar.

Business listings on Microsoft’s Windows Live Local search now display a “call for free” link, connecting one’s phone with the business.

Microsoft announced earlier today that it will delay, yet again, the release of Office 2007. This occurred as a result of “product performance” issues, according to the software giant. The Office delay may affect the launch of Windows Vista.

The Beast of Redmond is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to maintain its presence in the office. At a weekend conference Microsoft unveiled a slew of new communication products incorporating email, instant messaging, mobile and VoIP telephonoy, and audio-, video-, and webconferencing.

Microsoft has added a free copyright licensing tool that the hundreds of millions of people using Office products like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can use to protect their work.

A computer on your desk at work equals a 17-percent pay raise, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s not so much the machine, it’s the skills of the person working it. When answering the job ad, she was able to tell recruiters she knew how to use Excel.

Testing the blogging functionality in Word 2007 beta 2.

As a great way of easing the transition from previous versions of Office, the Office 2007 team has created “Interactive Command Reference Guides”.

Based on the current rate of registrations taking place, Microsoft’s Office Live service will pass 100,000 registered users during July, at a pace that is almost as fast as Yahoo’s web hosting growth.

I’ve been excited about the opportunities that exist with the much anticipated release of Microsoft adCenter and recently got a chance to take the reins for the first time.

If Microsoft can fulfill the promise of Bill Gates’ address to the CEO Summit in Redmond, Yahoo’s CEO Terry Semel may be dining on a large slice of humble pie.