Despite Microsoft's failure to release a new desktop operating system in the past five years, Windows' previous versions still give the company control of nearly 97 percent of all PCs worldwide, according to a leading Web analytics firm.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
Microsoft executives may have a hard time talking about open source software without getting their blood up, but the company appears to be taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to Windows Vista and the growing popularity of the Firefox browser.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/22/2006
Microsoft is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.
- By Shawna McAlearney
- 08/21/2006
Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/16/2006
World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/15/2006
Word on the street says Microsoft Vista is about to exit beta. Elsewhere, Symantec publishes a 42-page report on Vista and patch and security maker St. Bernard Software acquires Sand Hill Corp.
A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/10/2006
Despite calls by some beta testers for Microsoft to release a third beta of Windows Vista, the company appears to be instead readying to push its first golden code candidate out the door.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/09/2006
When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/04/2006
After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/03/2006
Microsoft continued its management reorganization this week as it moved to realign responsibilities within its operating systems group to reflect newly minted Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's growing influence.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/02/2006
Microsoft said this week that downloads of Office 2007 Beta 2 have been so popular it has decided to start charging for them.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/01/2006
Encrypt an entire system partition with Microsoft's BitLocker for Windows Vista.
- By Joern Wettern
- 08/01/2006
Are you the master of your Windows domain?
- By Doug Barney and Michael Desmond
- 08/01/2006
Upcoming Microsoft products will be more powerful and larger than their predecessors -- but with such great size comes great responsibilities.