Is Microsoft Office in danger of having real competition for the first time in a decade? That's the question being asked this week, as the battle for office productivity suites heats up on several fronts.
Microsoft will unveil three security enhancements as part of its upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) release, slated for early 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/10/2007
The next beta versions of the products that make up the Windows Live suite were made available today.
Microsoft Corp. has submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a report issued by the Justice Department Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 09/04/2007
You can use Windows Server 2008 to build a hack-resistant, read-only DC.
- By Greg Shields
- 09/01/2007
Microsoft published almost no details earlier this week with its announcement that Windows Server 2008's release to manufacturing date had slipped.
A group of states led by California said in a court filing Thursday that ending oversight of Microsoft's business practices in November would not allow enough time to consider the antitrust implications of Windows Vista.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/30/2007
Although Microsoft didn't mention it in today's announcement about the upcoming release of Windows Vista SP1, the company confirmed today that one of the major changes will be to open up desktop search functionality to competition.
Windows Server 2008, Microsoft's delay-plagued next-generation server OS, is being delayed yet again.
Windows XP's first service pack in nearly four years should be pushed out the door some time around mid-2008, according to Microsoft.
A public beta will be available in a few weeks
Vouchers for those who ordered back in June will finally get the voucher codes in September, when Windows Server 2008 transition exam goes into beta testing.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/23/2007
Social-networking site Bebo Inc. said Tuesday it will launch a Microsoft-powered instant-messaging program this fall.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/21/2007
Six of the patches fix critical vulnerabilities that could give an attacker full control of a machine.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/14/2007
Microsoft has announced that it is releasing another version of XP Professional because it's run out of product keys.