In the latest indicator that the slowing economy is putting a dent in PC growth, market researcher IDC has lowered its sales forecast for the year, despite a robust first half.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/04/2010
Oh no, three days to kill before the next work week.
Microsoft today announced that its new Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system has been released to hardware manufacturing partners.
Microsoft received a "strong positive" rating in a study of e-mail system vendors by Gartner, which was released in mid-August.
Microsoft updated its security advisory today concerning a dynamic link library issue and published a "Fix it" solution to help address the problem.
Microsoft is at VMworld in San Francisco this week, but it can't show off its Hyper-V virtualization product because it competes with VMware's products.
In a move aimed at extending its Open Cloud infrastructure, Citrix Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire VMLogix Inc.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/31/2010
Microsoft's security team noted late last week that variants of the Alureon rootkit are now capable of infecting 64-bit Windows systems.
Microsoft calls Windows 7 its "fastest selling" operating system, but the new OS may represent increased costs and greater logistical pain for IT shops over the next two years.
This week's list was made for those wanting to know what a random associate Web editor living in California thinks about random links online.
Windows Server sales rode high as the worldwide midrange server market showed an 11 percent revenue increase in the second quarter, compared with last year's numbers, according to IDC.
The Microsoft Internet Explorer team on Wednesday described some of the decisions being made to accommodate the ECMAScript 5 spec in Internet Explorer 9.
Microsoft today released Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 2010, which previously was available just as a beta.
A vulnerability that Microsoft confirmed just yesterday is already being exploited, and the software giant says it can't fix the problem with a simple update.
- By Michael Hardy
- 08/25/2010
Microsoft today announced that it has completed integrating its Bing search engine technology into Yahoo's U.S. and Canadian Web portals.
Microsoft issued a security advisory this evening about an old hacking trick that could affect Windows systems via remote servers.
Microsoft on Friday issued an update of its Security Compliance Manager tool, which helps IT pros set security policies for some Microsoft software.
Organizations have been considering alternatives to Microsoft Office, but not as replacements quite yet.
Microsoft provided more information about security for Windows Azure, publishing a talk and white paper.
Blockbuster deal will let Intel provide hardware-based security.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/19/2010