Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center.
A Microsoft executive involved with the company's Windows Live efforts outlined some of the company's ideas about cloud-based computing and social networking technologies today.
Citing a hefty price tag and other concerns, Microsoft this weekend officially scrapped its plans to acquire Yahoo.
Leaks from unnamed sources to The Wall Street Journal constitute the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.
One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Betas debuted at this week's Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
Live Mesh sounds like "HailStorm" in concept -- a way to access your data from any device with an Internet connection -- says Microsoft's Rosoff.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/25/2008
Amit Mital, general manager of Microsoft's Live Mesh group, had a message for developers attending the Web 2.0 Expo underway this week: Think open platform.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/24/2008
Microsoft and Novell have stepped up their collaborative efforts on open source operating system technology and intellectual property by moving their controversial enterprise Linux licensing agreement into the Chinese market.
Team Sparx takes away top honor and trip to global final in Paris in July.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/22/2008
Security personnel in Redmond are investigating a newly reported zero-day bug vulnerability in Microsoft operating systems and server systems.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/18/2008
Microsoft is finally tuning up its Microsoft Developer Network site and promises to resolve long-running frustrations developers have encountered working with it.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/18/2008
Microsoft revealed "Albany," a consumer-oriented hosted service that provides Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications, plus security and collaboration tools.
Microsoft today described its new platform to help developers more easily create mobile applications that make use of radiofrequency identification technology.
Mark Logic Corp. has submitted its Extensible Markup Language (XML) database server for Common Criteria certification.
- By Joab Jackson
- 04/15/2008