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Microsoft in Web software shift (CNN.com) - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, said it will make a strategic shift by offering software with online services, a move analysts said was prompted by competition from Google and other rivals.

Microsoft makes big push on ad-based Web software (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, on Tuesday said it is embarking on a major new way of doing business in which it offers its software as free online services, funded by advertising, while seeking to fend off rivals like Google Inc.

Gates: Microsoft Making 'Sea Change' In Software Strategy (TechWeb via Yahoo! News) - By developing new Windows Live and Office Live products and other online offerings, Microsoft is betting it can build a business on software supported by advertising instead of licensing and leverage the millions of programmers proficient in Microsoft technology to help the company go up against Google and other competitors.

Microsoft unveils software online (CNN Money) - Windows Live, Office Live deliver software without installing and maintaining it on hard drives.

Microsoft's new toys Software king shores up online strategy to fight Google (San Francisco Chronicle) - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took to a San Francisco stage Tuesday and fired the software giant's latest salvo in its battle against Google and other Internet firms: an ambitious attempt to move its software and services online and start collecting more money from advertisers.

Microsoft unveils bigger push into Web-based software (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Microsoft unveiled Web services based on its flagship Windows and Office products as part of its strategy to deliver software over the Internet and cash in on a fast-growing market that has been staked out by smaller rivals.

Wyse Announces New Integrated Software Architecture for Thin Computing (RedNova) - SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing, today announced its new suite of software solutions designed to deliver the most comprehensive portfolio of products targeted to extend the thin experience to the desktop.

Microsoft's new toys / Software king shores up online strategy to fight Google (San Francisco Chronicle) - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took to a San Francisco stage Tuesday and fired the software giant's latest salvo in its battle against Google and other Internet firms: an ambitious attempt to move its software and services online and start collecting more...

SSA Global Wins 2005 Software Industry Award for Best Product Strategy (The Auto Channel) - CHICAGO--Nov. 2, 2005--SSA Global(TM) , a leading provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, today announced that the company has won the 2005 Software Industry Award in the category of Best Product Strategy.

CA delays software release (Newsday) - Computer Associates International Inc. has pushed back the "go-live" date for implementing the latest phase of a new internal software system designed to bring "unprecedented levels of financial transparency" to its accounting and related systems, the company disclosed Monday.