T-13 days An understanding of physics, I always maintain, is a useful foundation for living. It helps to understand why launching a product can feel like an uphill struggle. The reason is that the entropy always increases. Put another way, the natural...

They've done a great job on the virtual conference site so if you can't be here, you can still join in. You can tap into all the Office system content here .

T-15 days to launch I'm at IT Forum in Barcelona speaking to press for a few days which is fun. The wireless network is good and what with the incredible battery life on my HP , I am experiencing a different level of mobility. Some nice features...

Like a proud parent, I can say with relief that the 2007 Microsoft Office system has been released to manufacturer , meaning it is now complete. We've confirmed our joint launch (with Vista and Exchange) on the 30th November. I've been running the RTM...

We've launched the new version of the Office Online site at office.microsoft.com. It has a more "ribbony" feel to it which is nice and it feels very clean and easy to navigate. You can personalise it so that products that you are more interested in are...

We often talk about the 2007 Microsoft Office system as being the combination of servers, services and applications. Office Live delivers on a lot of the services piece of this. Yesterday we announced that it was going live in the US on November 15th...

Back from holiday (gratuitous picture right), rested and recharged (allbeit with an airplane cold). I should point out to all those who were worried by me showing a bluescreen on the last post that it actually took us about a month to engineer that picture...