Ballmer a Bit Bullish

Mailbag: Rating Vista SP2, a Leaner Windows 7, More

Inside IE 8

Patch Tuesday Not Exactly Excel-lent

U.S.'s First CIO Not Exactly Warm to Microsoft

Actually, it sounds like he's pretty much the anti-Microsoft. 03/11/2009

Microsoft's Mike Nash Talks IE 8

IE 8 is geared specifically toward enterprises, he says. 03/11/2009

Convergence: Dynamics Partners Try To Unleash Potential

This year's Convergence show is all about hanging on in a tough economy. 03/11/2009

Changes Coming to the Microsoft Partner Program...by 2011

Look for a "tidier" partner program. 03/11/2009

Dynamics Freebies Unveiled at Convergence 2009

The Convergence 2009 event kicked off on Tuesday in New Orleans with couple of free product update announcements by Microsoft and the usual testimonials from Microsoft Dynamics customers. 03/10/2009

March Security Bulletin Issued Without Excel Fix

Microsoft is rolling out three security fixes today in its March patch release, with one item described as "critical" and two items labeled "important." 03/10/2009

Microsoft Touts Managed Services for Hosting Partners

Microsoft encouraged its hosting partners to move more into the "managed services" realm, offering incentives toward that end at last week's Microsoft Hosting Summit 2009 event. 03/10/2009

Didn't We See Conficker Before?

Plus, eBay bites its users; Safari's hacker gets brazen. 03/10/2009

Once, Twice, Three Times a Patch

Excel flaw is left out of the loop. 03/10/2009

Windows 7 Falls to Pieces

Or, "lets itself be turned off in pieces," to be more precise. 03/10/2009

All Downhill for Dynamics Chief

Microsoft's Tatarinov on Convergence, skiing. 03/10/2009

Virtualization Nation Growing

VMware is top dog, but Microsoft's Hyper-V isn't far behind. 03/10/2009

Q&A: Microsoft's Nash Explains IE 8's Enterprise Advantages

Mike Nash, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows product management, talks about the status of IE 8 RC1. 03/09/2009

Tuesday's Triple Threat

A Virtual Majority

Windows 7: Most Modular Windows Ever?

Forrester: Businesses Adopting Virtualization

Server virtualization is being implemented at the majority of firms, in both enterprise (1,000 seats or more) and small-to-medium (SMB) business segments, according to two separate Forrester Research reports. 03/06/2009

IE8 Will Be Removable from Windows 7

Microsoft will expand the list of "features" that can be disabled when the Windows 7 Release Candidate becomes available, including the ability to turn off IE 8. 03/06/2009

Mailbag: Vista SP2 Thoughts, How To Keep Microsoft Afloat, More

Gates: Just Say No to Apple

Microsoft Spins Enterprise Windows 7 Story

Three Security Fixes Expected on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft plans to issue three fixes in its March security patch rollout, with one deemed "critical" and two labeled "important." 03/05/2009

RC2 of ASP.NET MVC Released

Microsoft this week unexpectedly issued a second release candidate of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, the company's a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications. 03/05/2009

IT 'Negligent' in Patching Worm Hole, Halbheer Says

As Microsoft's main front man on security, Roger Halbheer has a tall order to fill. 03/05/2009

Spammers Retool for Renewed Assault

The botnets responsible for so much spam appear to be in a rebuilding phase, but any respite is likely to be brief and new threats loom on the horizon, according to e-mail security firm MX Logic. 03/05/2009

EC Eases Scrutiny in 2004 Microsoft Antitrust Case

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced that it is changing its full-time monitoring of Microsoft's compliance with a 2004 antitrust decision, and instead will use technical consultants for monitoring on an "ad hoc" basis. 03/05/2009

Tech Data Scores with Earnings, Offers Caution

Twenty percent drop predicted for Q1. 03/05/2009

RCP Reader Survey: Good Times, Bad Times

And for many, SaaS is still out in the cold. 03/05/2009

Office 14 Delay Could Be Problem for SA

SA not ensured for pre-December 2006 subscribers. 03/05/2009

EU Finally Backs Off of Microsoft a Little Bit

Leaves the policing to "technical consultants." 03/05/2009

Office 14 Delay May Affect Software Assurance Licensees

Gartner analysts warned last week that the delayed release of Microsoft Office 14 means that some customers counting on Software Assurance (SA) to upgrade Office suites may be disappointed. 03/04/2009

Appliance Vendors Downplay Microsoft's DW Push

On its face, Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse could be a serious challenge to the data warehouse appliance players that have targeted SQL Server's shortcomings in large DW configurations, but DW appliance vendors aren't worried. 03/04/2009

Microsoft Promoting Windows 7 for the Enterprise

Microsoft on Wednesday explained how the needs of enterprise users were considered in the early design stages of its new Windows 7 operating system. 03/04/2009

Lucid8

Seeding a Greener Cloud

Mailbag: Server Sales Slow, Vista Fax App

Microsoft Cloud Covers World

Microsoft Seeds the Cloud

Redmond official says company is looking to make datacenters more efficient. 03/04/2009

Microsoft Piles BI on the Stack

Stephen Elop reveals where Microsoft is headed on the business intelligence front. 03/04/2009

HyperSpace To Work with Microsoft Formats

Open source and Microsoft can get along...sometimes. 03/04/2009

Gartner: Everything's Going Virtual

Analysts predict up to 50 percent increase in virtualization sales this year. 03/04/2009

Microsoft Replies to Sen. Grassley on Job Cuts

Microsoft responded to queries about its January jobs cuts sent by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa. 03/03/2009

NIST Updates DNS Security Guidelines

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is updating its recommendations for meeting the unusual security challenges presented by the domain name system. 03/03/2009

Gartner: Everything's Coming Up Virtual

New research from Gartner predicts that sales of virtualization software could jump by nearly 50 percent this year. 03/03/2009

Elop Describes Business Plans at Morgan Stanley Event

Financial analysts attending the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference on Tuesday questioned Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's Business Division, on Microsoft's various business plans. 03/03/2009

Microsoft Rolls Out Auto Software

The Sync platform gets an update. 03/03/2009