November ended with a net loss of 3,900 U.S. employees in the IT sector, according to analysis of U.S. government-compiled employment stats by Janco Associates.
Microsoft yesterday released Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010, which includes update rollups since the last service pack release plus a few requested items.
Microsoft could release a beta of Windows 8 in "late January" or "late February," according to two media reports.
A newly introduced bill that aims to encourage the sharing of Internet security threat intelligence information between government and industry has gone to the House Intelligence Committee for markup.
- By William Jackson
- 12/02/2011
Microsoft's ostensible plan to support both "Metro-style" and legacy "Desktop" applications on ARM-based Windows 8 tablets may be getting a rethink.
Microsoft's newest unified communications offering is showing some gains after being on the market for one year, with partners aiding in the cause.
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A Microsoft technical fellow, along with two other individuals, are joining Parallels as executives to support the cloud services enablement and desktop virtualization company's global growth goals, the company announced today.
- By Scott Bekker
- 12/01/2011
Microsoft this week announced a protocol licensing agreement with a mobile solutions provider company.
A report released on Tuesday by Forrester Research found that consumer interest in Windows-based tablets has been declining.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/29/2011
Microsoft today released the fourth version of its Internet Explorer 10 platform preview Web browser prototype.
Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 and SkyDrive will be receiving major updates, according to an announcement made today.
The most common software exploit type in the first half of 2011 was associated with vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java Runtime Environment (JRE), according to a Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released last month.
Microsoft last week issued version 2.01 of Windows Phone 7 Connector.
Microsoft today released a 64-bit SQL Server Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Federal authorities seized control of 150 Web sites known to sell knockoff products today.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/27/2011
Microsoft updated its U.S. patent application last week for a potential software product that could monitor the behavior of employees.
Microsoft has claimed the top spot for the most hated software vendor, according to opinion-tracking Amplicate.
Microsoft released its Lync for Mac 2011 unified communications solution on Wednesday.
The World Wide Web Consortium has released a draft standard for establishing do-not-track preferences of Web users.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/17/2011