<p>There's nothing like the season of goodwill to bring out the best in technology giants. In the case of Microsoft and Google, just when you might have thought they couldn't find anything else to fight over, they've started slinging shots at each other over email and contacts synching. Microsoft v Google</p><p>While the very public spat between Microsoft and Google's Motorola over patents could have industry-wide implications when a judgment is issued sometime next year, they have also found other areas that are probably not as significant on industry level to fight over too.</p><p>In this dispute it will be the user that ultimately loses out, and the exchanges between the two companies in respective blog posts really does look like the stuff of small time sharks. They are interesting nevertheless in the immediate impact the will have on users.</p><p>One such instance is the announcement by Microsoft that it is extending its free trial period of Office 365 for small businesses to 90 days, just after Google announced that new small business App users who sign up from January will have to pay US$ 50 per user per year.Google, Exchange ActiveSync</p><p><a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/information-management/microsoft-google-exchange-blows-over-gmail-calendar-contacts-and-email-018884.php">Keep reading...</a></p>