Early versions of Windows Vista's successor could burnish the operating system's tarnished reputation in the desktop market.
Vista isn't a perfect OS, not by a long-shot. But that doesn't mean Microsoft's hold on the desktop is going to weaken any time soon.
Live Mesh is useful today, but it may be a blockbuster in the future.
- By Peter Varhol
- 03/01/2009
Microsoft released a Windows 7 Beta client update that fixes problems that a small number of users were experiencing with Internet Explorer 8 on the new OS.
Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
Microsoft Learning released exam, certificatin for IT pros working with Windows XP on embedded devices.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/26/2009
Microsoft's chief finance head on Thursday answered questions about Microsoft's business plans at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2009 event in San Francisco.
Microsoft's technical team on Thursday reported progress on improvements to the beta version of Windows 7, assuring testers that the team really cares about user feedback.
Google is the latest Web browser maker to join the plaintiff's side in a European Commission (EC) complaint against Microsoft's Internet Explorer distribution practices.
TechNet and MSDN subscribers now have access to the Release Candidate version of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Earlier this month, BeyondTrust released a report on security threats to IT shops running Microsoft software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/23/2009
Plus, Cooking up a new browser from scratch; baking in security; Adobe Reader flaw discovered.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 02/23/2009
Microsoft earlier this month began advocating for greater broadband access in a policy blog, with a particular focus on a piece of spectrum called "white spaces."
- By Jim Barthold
- 02/19/2009
Microsoft plans to discontinue an all-in-one consumer software offering called Microsoft Equipt after April 30.