With Windows Home Server, Microsoft finally appears to be following Apple's marketing lead -- and it just might work.
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 08/10/2007
Microsoft on Tuesday officially released several updates for Windows Vista -- fixes that were initially released to the public last week, before being pulled down.
Microsoft Corp. will test a free, advertising-supported version of Works, an already inexpensive package of word processing, spreadsheet and other programs, but would not say whether it is exploring a similar Web-based suite.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/03/2007
Greg looks at a "new" feature in Vista and Server 2008: Event Log subscription.
- By Greg Shields
- 08/01/2007
Not an Office clone, but a way to move the office online.
- By Peter Varhol
- 08/01/2007
Company combines Live efforts into Live Platform Services.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 08/01/2007
There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding Windows Vista's security features. It's time to set the record straight.
- By Roger A. Grimes
- 08/01/2007
Microsoft's continuing infatuation with Windows Vista secrecy continues, with the company posting some updates on its Windows Connect site, then pulling them down.
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has provided a slightly clearer look at the underlying development infrastructure set to power the company's "software-plus-services" initiative.
- By Chris Kanaracus
- 07/27/2007
According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Windows Vista has outsold Apple's entire installed base in the six months that Vista has been available.
Microsoft is changing, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with new frontiers opening in the areas of advertising, hardware and electronics.
An e-mail scant of details from a Microsoft spokesperson reveals that Windows XP SP3 will see release in the first half of 2008.
Windows Vista is gaining market share and is poised to become the second-most popular OS, surpassing Apple's Mac OS X.
Windows Vista has barely been in the hands of consumers six months, but its successor already has a ship date.
Windows Vista could mark a turning point for Microsoft: it may be the first desktop operating system from Redmond that suffers on the sales side because its predecessor works so well.