Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a major tools update to come for Windows Phone "Mango," plus other developer news, at its MIX 11 event.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 04/13/2011
Microsoft on Tuesday released its first service pack for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, the company's standalone server virtualization solution.
Another historic patch is here: 17 security bulletins from Microsoft, patching a total of 64 vulnerabilities.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/12/2011
Microsoft today announced the first platform preview of Internet Explorer 10 today at its MIX 11 Web developer event, ongoing this week.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it conditionally approved Google's acquisition bid for ITA Software Inc.
Microsoft will deliver its entire Dynamics portfolio as cloud-based services, company executives said today.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/11/2011
A Microsoft lawyer on Monday suggested that Google's claims of having achieved U.S. government security certification for its Apps for Government products are false.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 04/11/2011
Specially designed for tablet and netbook PCs, Intel's upcoming processor, updated from a previous version of its Atom chip, claims to be 60 percent smaller than previous models.
- By Dan Rowinski
- 04/11/2011
According to a recent study by Clearancejobs.com and Dice.com, cybersecurity and other qualified IT security skills are in high demand, especially in the federal government.
- By Henry Kenyon
- 04/11/2011
For the first time since its release in October 2009, Windows 7 has surpassed XP in U.S. market share, according to one source.
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Microsoft is readying the delivery of Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 in mid-summer, plus SP1 for Office for Mac 2011 next week.
Windows security experts had been expecting a large April security update after last month's thin offering, and Microsoft's advance notice appears to meet those expectations.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/08/2011
The Android mobile operating system will hold the No. 1 smartphone OS market position over the next four years, but Microsoft's mobile OS will climb to second place by 2015, according to a report announced on Thursday by Gartner.
Microsoft and the Toyota Motor Co. have embarked on a strategic partnership on car telematics technologies that will tap into Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Dell today said it plans to spend $1B in cloud technology over its next fiscal year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
IBM today accelerated its cloud push with the announcement of enhanced infrastructure services and a new private cloud solution.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
Chris Capossela now serves as senior vice president for the Consumer Channels and Central Marketing Group, Microsoft announced today.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers yesterday kicked off a new "cloud computing initiative," with an initial focus on cloud portability and interoperability standardization.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 04/05/2011
Microsoft on Tuesday released its 64-bit Windows Home Server 2011 (WHS 2011) to its professional services subscribers, and it also released Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (SBS 2011 Essentials) for general evaluation.