I was out Friday through Tuesday. A planned day off on Friday turned into a sickfest that lasted into early this week. Here is what happened while I was gone with Microsoft:
Office 365, a cloud-based version of Office to compete with Google Apps, is now available for free public testing. Small and large businesses can sign up for the beta test at www.office365.com. The beta is available in 38 countries and 17 languages. Microsoft had offered a more limited beta earlier. The company announced the public test version in a Monday blog post.
Microsoft spoke up at the Supreme Court of the United States (aka SCOTUS). Microsoft appealed a patent case involving i4i, a Toronto-based software company, to the high court and a hearing was held on Monday. Seattle Times reporter Kyung Song covered the hearing in Washington, D.C., which could have far-reaching implications for the standard of evidence required to uphold patents in court. Check out Song's story here, which includes comments and questions from the justices.
Microsoft won a case in King County Superior Court Friday against former employee Matthew Miszewski, who took a job at competitor Salesforce.com to sell cloud services to government and public agencies. Microsoft sued, saying he had violated his non-compete agreement. Judge Kimberley Prochnau ruled in Microsoft's favor. Read the full story by reporter Joanna Nolasco here.
Paul Allen speaks. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been everywhere promoting his book "Idea Man," in which he vents about Bill Gates. Allen sat down with Seattle Times reporter Kristi Heim for an interview here.
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