Microsoft is launching a pilot program to test a free, advertising-funded version of Microsoft Works, the company confirmed Friday. Dubbed “Microsoft Works SE 9,” the ad-supported version of the entry ...

Microsoft's next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded. Microsoft Works 9.0 -- which will be the new product's name, if Microsoft opts to ...

Some versions of Microsoft Works, the stripped-down word-processor, calendar and spreadsheet software that comes with many new computers, will carry advertising as part of a test program, the company ...

Microsoft said on Wednesday it will offer a free, advertising-supported version of its basic productivity software, Microsoft Works, as part of a test program with computers manufacturers. The world's ...

Google offers free software, so why shouldn’t Microsoft? Well, that’s what it will be doing, but with a different business model to Google. Microsoft will offer a free, but advertising-supported ...

Microsoft actively developed a productivity software suite – Microsoft Works. It was a one-stop-shop for a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a database management system. Later, it was updated to get ...