Microsoft borrowed a chapter from America Online's playbook Monday by announcing a free trial version of its forthcoming Office XP software. The first-ever trial version of Microsoft's Office business ...

When Microsoft Corp. releases its Office 2003 suite in June, several new application bundles will join the Office lineup, including a high-end Professional edition and a new Small Business edition.

Among analysts and IT workers, the predictable yearly updates to integrated productivity suites inspire more yawns than excitement. Although Microsoft Office XP doesn’t set the desktop world on fire, ...

Correction, 10:05 a.m. PDT April 8: This story misstated the type of support available after mainstream support ends next week. Under extended support, available for XP and business versions of Office ...

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. launched the latest version of Office, its flagship business software system, on Thursday with more than 100 marketing events throughout the country. An estimated 250 million ...