Microsoft popped the champagne corks in Redmond today by announcing that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have both reached the "release to manufacturing" stage.
The U.S. Census Bureau is deploying the Windows Mobile operating system on 140,000 PDAs being used for the 2010 census.
Plus: Windows 7 security baseline guide; Adobe installer flaw; U.S. still ranks in spam origination.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/21/2009
Microsoft last week released tools for IT pros and partners planning Windows deployments.
Microsoft rolled out beta 2 of its Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) enterprise security solution this week.
- By Herb Torrens
- 07/15/2009
There are no surprises with Redmond's six-patch release on Tuesday, but there is plenty of work to be done, security pros contend.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/14/2009
On Tuesday, Microsoft is planning to roll out six fixes -- three "critical" and three "important" -- in its July security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/09/2009
Microsoft on Wednesday announced personnel changes to its Windows Division leadership, beginning with a promotion of Steven Sinofsky to president of that division.
Google is developing an operating system designed primarily for lightweight Web-based tasks, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Joab Jackson
- 07/08/2009
Microsoft gave notice on Thursday that it removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine technology
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 07/03/2009
IT purchasing has been so bad recently that things have got to be looking up.
- By Herb Torrens
- 07/02/2009
Moving to an older version of Microsoft software can be tricky, some readers say.
The much-improved Network Access Protection mechanism in Vista and Windows Server 2008 means it's now easier to ensure your network is safe from vulnerable computers.
- By Joern Wettern
- 07/01/2009
Microsoft last week announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.
Microsoft's new Windows 7 "upgrade option program" for consumers and small businesses has a catch: the offer is restricted to buying 25 PCs or less.