May 2009 - Page 2 of 5

May 20, 2009

Microsoft and HP Renew Patent Cross-License Agreement

Third agreement between companies extends their long-standing relationship.

May 20, 2009

Microsoft Sponsors Tavis Smiley’s America I AM Exhibition

Microsoft becomes the exhibit’s official technology sponsor and relaunches http://americaiam.org.

May 20, 2009

Microsoft and Netflix Enhance Movie and TV Watching on the PC

Latest content addition offers more than 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly on a PC with Windows.

May 19, 2009

Microsoft LifeCam VX-2000: Share Life at a Price That’s Right

New webcam is easy to use with vivid video and clear audio.

May 19, 2009

HP and Microsoft Expand Alliance in Unified Communications and Collaboration

At Interop Las Vegas 2009, HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a four-year strategic global initiative to deliver an end-to-end unified communications and collaboration solution.

May 19, 2009

Microsoft Brings Four-Wheel Drive to Your Desktop: New Mice Work on Virtually Any Surface

From optical to Microsoft BlueTrack Technology, Microsoft leads mouse innovations.

May 18, 2009

The Insurance Industry Enters the “Cloud” Era

Q&A: Bill Hartnett, U.S. insurance industry solutions director, and Colin Cole, U.S. insurance industry technical strategist, discuss how Microsoft tools and technology can help the insurance industry speed up product cycles, cut costs and move from paper systems to “cloud” datacenters.

May 18, 2009

Esurance Turns to Microsoft’s Software-Plus-Services Strategy to Deliver Key Services to Mobile Channel

Esurance quickly migrated Web applications to mobile devices, using the Microsoft platform.

May 18, 2009

Document Interoperability Initiative Drives Development of New Tools

Fraunhofer FOKUS and industry experts collaborate to help organizations test and verify conformance with standardized document formats; updates to additional translator projects unveiled.

May 18, 2009

Using Microsoft Software, Leading Insurance Standards Body Upgrading Collaboration Environment With Global Membership

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server provides ACORD with a single, integrated location where employees and members can efficiently collaborate, manage content and more.