Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system might well be Redmond's most secure client operating environment to date, but that doesn't -- and couldn't -- mean Vista is completely unassailable.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/07/2007
Microsoft quietly announced last week that it is making several key communications protocols used by its software available for license, so that third-parties, including competitors, can link into its newest enterprise products. Some are available immediately
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/07/2007
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has asked Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to intervene in the case of a Russian school principal facing a prison term for buying pirated Windows software for his students, according to a statement.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
Microsoft said it had no role in Russia's investigation of a school principal on charges of buying pirated Windows software.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
Microsoft last week added another to a running tally of Office zero-day exploits that currently includes four known Word attacks.The software giant confirmed that it was investigating reports of a new round of "very limited" Excel zero-day attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in Office 2000, Office 2002 (XP), Office 2003 and Office 2004 Mac Edition.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/06/2007
Microsoft has begun the open beta of Service Pack 3 for its aging Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/06/2007
Apple Inc. is urging some iPod and iTunes users to hold off on upgrading their computers to Windows Vista, warning that the iTunes music software may not work well with the new operating system from rival Microsoft Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/05/2007
The judge due to rule on Microsoft's appeal against the European Commission's antitrust order hopes to publish his decision before he leaves office in September.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/02/2007
Apple is urging some iPod/iTunes users to hold off on upgrading computers to Windows Vista.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/02/2007
"I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign that takes swipes at Windows Vista goes into overdrive.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/01/2007
Vista will be a complex installation, but there are a handful of tools that can help ease your pain.
- By Rhonda Layfield
- 02/01/2007
Adoption of Windows Presentation Foundation key to delivery of 3-D applications.
Early users like Vista's new interface and security improvements, but most are taking a "wait and see" approach.
- By Joanne Cummings
- 02/01/2007
This month, readers add to our list of free tools, and weigh in on virtual licensing and more.
- By Readers of Redmond magazine
- 02/01/2007
Microsoft has signed up more than 100 partners who say they will support its Network Access Protection, or NAP, technology for protecting the network from edge devices such as roaming laptops through quarantine and remediation, the company said Thursday.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/01/2007