Microsoft considers discounts or other promotions during holidays to entice consumers to upgrade PCs to Vista, months before it may hit stores.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
In the second of a two-part series, Emmett walks through setting up password synchronization in heterogenous environments.
- By Emmett Dulaney
- 08/23/2006
Microsoft to release four versions of Windows in South Korea that comply with antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/23/2006
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 is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.
- By Shawna McAlearney
- 08/21/2006
Dutch auction brings in only $3.8 billion, far short of $20 billion the company was hoping to repurchase.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/18/2006
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
Microsoft announced this week at the SpeechTEK 2006 conference in New York that it will integrate the full capabilities of its Speech Server 2007 into Office Communications Server 2007.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/08/2006
Microsoft has begun beta testing its upcoming Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager on schedule, the company disclosed this week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/08/2006
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
Microsoft has started revealing more details about new features that will arrive with its upcoming Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/03/2006
As expected, Microsoft announced this week customer availability of its first entry into high-performance computing circles.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 08/02/2006
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
Automate your task management without learning a new language.
- By Bill Heldman
- 08/01/2006
Virtualization on the server side can add up to big savings in hardware costs.