Microsoft announced betas of two new accessibility tools that work with its Office 2010 productivity suite.
Microsoft eliminated a BlackBerry e-mail hosting cost for some customers, and it may have also inked a broader cloud data storage deal with Research In Motion.
In conjunction with federal law enforcement agencies, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) announced on Thursday that it had helped pulled the plug on the Rustock spybot network.
An "extremely sophisticated" ongoing attack that appears to have harvested information about the RSA's SecurID two-factor authentication product, often used for bank accounts and network access, was disclosed to the public on Thursday.
- By William Jackson
- 03/18/2011
Microsoft today released Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard to its volume licensing customers, along with the Premium Add-on product.
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Microsoft placed in the software category for the World's Most Ethical Companies of 2011 awards, which were announced by the Ethisphere Institute on Tuesday.
Microsoft pointed to install resources following the release of IE 9, which was downloaded 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours.
Microsoft has not issued any information on the purported demise of the hardware version of the Zune music player, according to a blog post attributed to Dave McLauchlan, a Microsoft program manager.
Toronto-based i4i LLP filed its U.S. Supreme Court brief this month, contesting Microsoft's appeal.
Underscoring that cloud computing will be integral to its strategy moving forward, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to launch a public cloud service, company CEO Leo Apotheker said Monday at the company's annual analyst meeting.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/15/2011
IT organizations struggling with upgrading their Internet Explorer 6-based Web apps may be interested in a new tool released today by Browsium Inc.
Microsoft's one-year effort developing Internet Explorer 9 is coming to fruition as it readies its browser release tonight.
Adobe has released a security advisory on a "critical" vulnerability in its Flash Player that could cause a system crash and allow for remote access by an attacker.
Microsoft yesterday began discussing in greater detail its "optimized desktop" concepts that tap into its virtualization technologies.
Microsoft today announced the availability of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2011, which includes updated application virtualization and desktop virtualization tools.
Microsoft today announced that it is launching a new long-term subscription licensing program for academic institutions.
VMware's acquisition of Integrien adds to vCenter a slew of new capabilities for managing capacity planning, change management -- backed by performance analytics -- in physical and cloud environments.
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While Windows Phone 7 devices may not be flying off the shelf, the company has had monumental success with its other big-name consumer product released during the same time period -- the Microsoft Kinect.