A leaked memo from consumer retailer Best Buy has disclosed the start date for Microsoft's incentive program for Windows sales -- June 26.
June may prove to be a busy month for IT pros, with Microsoft planning to release 10 fixes in its next security patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/05/2009
At the Computex event in Taiwan this week, Microsoft presented its vision of a mobile computing world that will include "consumer Internet devices" alongside netbooks.
Microsoft and Intel on Wednesday touted the ability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM to expand to meet multiple user needs when powered by Intel's Xeon 5500 processor.
- By Herb Torrens
- 06/03/2009
Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22, 2009.
A recent study from Gartner Inc. suggests that in some cases SOA adopters might be service-enabling chiefly for the sake of service-enabling.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/02/2009
Microsoft cancelled its standalone Office Developer Conference for this year and instead will fold the content into its SharePoint Conference 2009 event, which is scheduled for the fall.
This year's JavaOne represents a changing of the guard for Sun Microsystems, longtime conference sponsor and steward of the Java platform, which is set to be acquired by Oracle.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/01/2009
Microsoft changed course on its product marketing plans for the Windows 7 Starter edition and removed a restriction that critics said would have artificially "crippled" the operating system.
Microsoft executive Tami Reller fielded questions about the company's Windows business segment on Thursday in New York City.
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday describing a newly disclosed bug in Microsoft DirectShow that could enable remote code execution attacks.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2009
Gartner revised its "worst-case scenario" forecast for the semiconductor industry due to an upswing in PC shipments, according to an announcement issued by the analyst firm on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/29/2009
Gartner revised its "worst-case scenario" forecast for the semiconductor industry due to an upswing in PC shipments, according to an announcement issued by the analyst firm on Thursday.
- By Herb Torrens
- 05/29/2009
Now that there's some movement toward a U.S. cybersecurity policy, it's time to roll up the sleeves and get to work, and that task won't be easy, software security experts suggested on Friday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2009
Google this week took developers off guard by revealing Google Wave, a real-time shared communications stream that can include text, photos, videos and maps to which all participants have access.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/29/2009
President Barack Obama on Friday announced the creation of the position of a cybersecurity coordinator who will direct national cybersecurity policy from the White House.
- By William Jackson
- 05/29/2009
President Barack Obama will release the long-awaited report on U.S. cybersecurity policy on Friday, May 29.
- By William Jackson
- 05/28/2009
Microsoft announced "Bing" on Thursday, the company's newest search engine technology and brand campaign.
Microsoft published Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Monday for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
A recent study from IT staffing specialist Robert Half Technology suggests that CIOs plan to invest in new IT initiatives over the next year, in spite of a bad (and possibly worsening) economic climate.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/27/2009