Because not all money-saving ideas can be found via an online suggestion box, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city was entering a "first of its kind" partnership with technology giant Microsoft: The deal "will consolidate the City's dozens of individual license agreements into a single one and will provide more than 100,000 City employees with state-of-the-art computing power." In other words, the city can save $50 million over the next five years by not having separate license agreements for all its agencies. more ›

At the Nokia Theater in Time Square last night, Microsoft officially launched Vista and Office 2007 to the US masses. It was here in New York City, twenty-four years ago, that the software behemoth first announced their commitment to a GUI interface. Last night, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer rattled off stats and spiel in a setting where even the escalator bolts were Vista branded! more ›