Facing criticism that the beta of its Web Platform Installer didn't support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft addressed that complaint with the release candidate made available yesterday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/25/2008
The latest iteration of the Green500 list was released at the SC08 supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas.
- By Joab Jackson
- 11/24/2008
Windows Vista may have a potential buffer-overflow security problem, according to researchers at Innsbruck, Austria-based enterprise security firm Phion.
ISO/IEC on Tuesday published the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format standard, formally known as ISO/IEC 29500:2008.
Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov on Wednesday described some new features to expect in the forthcoming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 enterprise resource planning solution.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 apparently will have its product debut some time next year, according to an announcement released on Wednesday by the company.
Microsoft is hiring a member of Yahoo's search team who is considered to be a key engineering asset.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 apparently will have its product debut some time next year, according to an announcement by the company.
Experts in Windows Forms development have their own exam going into beta next week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/20/2008
Redmond is rolling out a free anti-virus software program for consumers that will compete with products made by Symantec and McAfee.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/19/2008
Microsoft held its Shareholder meeting for 2008 on Wednesday, and shareholders approved all nine board-member nominees on the proxy slate.
Microsoft and Novell issued an announcement on Tuesday marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial agreement surrounding Linux patents.
Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 11/19/2008
Jerry Yang is transitioning out as Yahoo's CEO, but he will continue on as a member of the board, according to an announcement issued late on Monday by the online search and advertising company.
CIOs have come a long way, but they haven't quite reached the status of "full and active participants" in creating strategies in organizations, according to a new study released this week by the Center for CIO Leadership.
A team of security researchers this week demonstrated an attack confirming that the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol can be compromised.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 11/18/2008
Microsoft exec Stephen Elop announced hosted versions of Exchange and SharePoint, which are now available to organizations of all sizes in the U.S. market
Three companies are seeking indemnification from Microsoft after being sued for using technology associated with Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform.
Court documents may contain a "smoking gun" reference to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's participation in a crucial decision to downgrade capabilities needed to gain Windows Vista Capable certification in new PCs.
- By Jim Barthold
- 11/17/2008
Netbooks and mobile computers will soon be able to run the Ubuntu operating system with additional energy efficiency.
- By Herb Torrens
- 11/17/2008