In his strongest public statement to date, CEO Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft is "all in" when it comes to the cloud.
The release of a summary of a cybersecurity program launched during the Bush era was generally welcomed, but some say key questions about the government's strategy still need to be answered.
Microsoft is projecting just two "important" fixes in its upcoming security update for March.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/04/2010
The Initiative for Open Authentication used its annual meeting at the RSA Conference to discuss plans for an interop certification program.
- By William Jackson
- 03/04/2010
Microsoft soon will offer the Opalis solution to server management licensees, the company announced on Wednesday.
Microsoft cited progress on IE 8 use on Tuesday, suggesting that more Web developers are trusting the user experience with its newest browser.
Microsoft on Tuesday released a community technology preview (CTP) of its U-Prove cryptographic technology.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/03/2010
After nearly two weeks of tweaking, Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Windows kernel patch through Windows Update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/03/2010
$2 billion offer from hedge fund sparks speculation of rival bids from Cisco, HP and Microsoft.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/03/2010
Microsoft will start providing a browser "choice screen" to Windows users in Europe this week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/02/2010
Microsoft reported sales of 90 million copies of Windows 7 at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday.
- By Anne Watkins
- 03/02/2010
Cisco announced its Secure Borderless Network architecture, which the company is positioning as a reconceptualization of enterprise security.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 03/02/2010
The Cloud Security Alliance on Monday released the results of a security study identifying the "seven deadly sins" of cloud computing.
- By William Jackson
- 03/02/2010
Cloud computing has the ability to transform IT , but its success depends on security, said Art Coviello on Tuesday in his opening keynote.
- By William Jackson
- 03/02/2010
The speaker lineup at this year's annual RSA Security Conference and Expo, underway this week in San Francisco, is packing some serious federal heat.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/02/2010
Microsoft described a zero-day vulnerability involving some older Windows versions and VBScript when used with Internet Explorer.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/01/2010
With today's deadline looming, here's how this editor handled his Windows 7 migration.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/01/2010
The Botnet Task Force, which is headed by Microsoft, has been credited with taking down one of the world's largest spambots this week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 02/26/2010
Products with lapsing service support include Windows XP Service Pack 2, Vista RTM, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003.
Despite a depressed market for servers, Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 appears to have propelled a rebound in volume x86-based systems
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/26/2010