Microsoft reveals first details of upcoming Vista service pack.
- By Peter Varhol
- 10/01/2007
Despite Microsoft's efforts so far, incompatibilities still dog the new OS.
Microsoft has decided to keep its forerunner, Windows XP, in sales and OEM channels for another five months.
Microsoft is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap between it and market leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/27/2007
Microsoft has released a key "extra" that had been promised for months.
Windows Home Server (WHS), Microsoft's first-ever server for home use, gets its first update today.
A European think tank is recommending to the European Commission that computers sold abroad come without any operating system pre-loaded.
Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.
Google Docs, which is trying to muscle in on Microsoft's Office suite, has released its PowerPoint counterpart, known as "Google Presentations."
A European court upheld earlier ruling that Microsoft abused its monopoly position on several fronts.
Microsoft's update system is changing files on both Windows XP and Windows Vista -- even if a user disables automatic updates. Microsoft, however, calls it built-in behavior and no cause for alarm.
A group of states led by California asked a federal judge Tuesday to extend court oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s business practices for five more years.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/12/2007
Microsoft's new server virtualization product is on schedule -- albeit a delayed schedule -- and expects to make a community technology preview (CTP) available with the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008.
As expected, Microsoft's September "Patch Tuesday" update contains fewer security patches than in recent months -- four, to be exact.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/11/2007