Microsoft this week released community technology previews of a new Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft cued Windows Phone 7.5 (code-named "Mango") developers today that a release candidate version of the latest software development kit is available.
Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C) signed an interoperability and legal agreement today as part of a Linux server partnership deal.
Microsoft is working to make its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system work with Universal Serial Bus 3.0 technologies.
Microsoft updated a U.S. patent application this month that describes a streaming mechanism to facilitate fast computer bootups.
People and processes are the root cause of most big IT problems, rather than software or hardware, according to a poll.
Office 365 customers hit by this week outage will have their bills cut by 25 percent this month, according to a Microsoft statement on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/19/2011
Microsoft claimed today that it has disabled code used on its Web sites that allegedly could track users as part of a "supercookie" tracking scheme.
Robbie Bach, who formerly served as president of the Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division, has joined audio electronics company Sonos as a board member.
Google's attempt to disqualify an expert witness in a legal dispute between Microsoft and Motorola over Android use was rebuffed by the judge this week.
A leader in the PC hardware market may be leaving entirely.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/18/2011
Researchers at M86 Security said this week that the volume of spam containing malware spiked in August.
- By William Jackson
- 08/18/2011
Amazon Web Services apologized and issued a detailed post-mortem explaining the cause of a massive service outage that crippled its Dublin data center last week.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/18/2011
Microsoft's Windows 8 planning, coding and testing efforts comprise about 35 teams, with each team responsible for a single feature area of the operating system.
Amazon announced yesterday its AWS (Amazon Web Services ) GovCloud, which will offer U.S. federal departments a secure cloud solution.
Several Microsoft cloud services are experiencing major outages today including Office 365, CRM Online and SkyDrive.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/17/2011
For the first time since security firm Kaspersky started tracking malware threats, Microsoft products are off the company's top-10 list of vulnerability concerns, according to its recent quarterly report.
Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) customers anticipating a move to Office 365 may need to review Microsoft's latest communications.
Microsoft has opened a space for public dialog about Windows 8, its next client operating system, which is currently under development.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser once again topped the list of browsers providing the greatest protection against socially engineered threats, according to NSS Lab