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  • News

    Poll: 40 Percent of Companies Plan To Be on Vista Within a Year

    While most corporations eventually intend to migrate, it could be a long process, and there are still significant concerns with Vista. 05/08/2007

  • News

    Vista E-Mail Client Replaced by Live Hotmail

    Windows Vista's mail client is obsolete after just a few months of life as a commercial product. 05/08/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Patches 7 Critical Flaws

    Microsoft Corp. today published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products. 05/08/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Patches a Septet of Critical Flaws

    Microsoft published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products. 05/08/2007

  • New Patches Coming Today

    DNS vulnerability in Windows Server to be fixed. 05/08/2007

  • News

    Microsoft's New Hotmail Goes Live

    The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s free Web-based e-mail is now widely available to the public in 36 languages. 05/07/2007

  • News

    Microsoft and Packeteer Join Forces on 'Branch Office in a Box'

    Branch offices present special challenges for IT, mostly because of often slow or unreliable WAN connections, and a lack of onsite IT personnel to secure the local network and computers. Microsoft Corp. and Cupertino, Calif.-based Packeteer believe they have found a solution with iShaper, which is being promoted as a "branch office in a box." 05/07/2007

  • News

    Principal Guilty in Microsoft Piracy Case

    A court Monday found the principal of a village school guilty of using bootleg Microsoft software and ordered him to pay a fine of about $195 in a case that was cast by Russian media as a battle between a humble educator and an international corporation. 05/07/2007

  • News

    Apple, Labels Focus on Copy Protection

    The last time Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs took on major recording companies, he refused to budge on his 99-cent price for a song on iTunes. 05/07/2007

  • News

    Dell Joins Microsoft-Novell Alliance

    Dell has become the first hardware maker to join Microsoft and Novell in their effort to enhance interoperability between the Windows and Linux platforms. 05/07/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Buys Mobile Advertising Company

    Microsoft, perhaps stung by its failure to buy online advertising giant DoubleClick in recent months, announced that it has bought European company ScreenTonic SA, a mobile advertising company. 05/04/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Role Complicates '$100 Laptop' Project

    One of the most ambitious aspects of the "$100 laptop" project for schoolchildren in developing countries is the machines' open-source software platform, designed to be intuitive for kids. 05/04/2007

  • News

    Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo

    Microsoft is said to be resuming its pursuit of search engine operator Yahoo, which will help it better compete with search leader Google. 05/04/2007

  • News

    IT Professionals Fear Losing Jobs Over Security Breach

    A recent study commissioned by systems management and deployment appliance maker KACE found that the majority of IT professionals working in "Fortune 100,000" or mid-sized companies" (defined as those companies with 100 to 100,000 employees) fear they could lose their job in the event of a security breach at their company. 05/04/2007

  • News

    Seven Critical Patches on Tap for Tuesday

    All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows. 05/04/2007

  • Microsoft Buys Mobile Advertising Firm

    Redmond ingests ScreenTonic after failed DoubleClick bid. 05/04/2007

  • News

    RIM Unveils Newest BlackBerry: The Curve

    BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. is introducing its third new model in less than a year, a mid-sized device geared toward consumers who might prefer a full keyboard for typing text rather than the abridged one on the popular Pearl. 05/03/2007

  • News

    BizTalk R2 Beta Released

    BizTalk R2 represents a change in thinking about RFID, or radio frequency identification, says Microsoft product manager. 05/03/2007

  • News

    IBM Bores Tiny Holes in Computer Chips

    Computer chips, it seems, work better if they're more like Swiss cheese than American cheese. 05/03/2007

  • News

    Next Version of VB Dubbed 'VBx'

    Visual Basic guru Paul Vick revealed this week on his blog that the company is working on a reboot of Visual Basic, dubbed at this stage VBx 05/03/2007

  • Microsoft Research Struts Stuff

    Once in a while, all that research pays off. 05/03/2007

  • Project 'Squash Symantec' in High Gear

    Microsoft moves further into the security arena with the release of Forefront Client Security. 05/03/2007

  • Vista Code Not All New, Not All Secure

    The security of the OS may hinge on a few pieces of old code. 05/03/2007

  • News

    Digg.com Users Rebel Over DVD Copy-Protection Locks

    Operators of a Web site that ranks and displays items based on recommendations from its users relented this week in allowing people to post information and links on breaking the locks on high-definition DVDs. 05/02/2007

  • News

    Microsoft Moves to the Forefront of Security

    Formally announces availability of security suite for Microsoft clients 05/02/2007

  • News

    Presentation Toolset in Testing Phase

    IdentityMine has released a community technology preview, or CTP, of a toolset for Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) developers called "Blendables." 05/02/2007

  • News

    Intel To Cut 1,000 Jobs in New Mexico

    Intel Corp. said Tuesday that it expects to cut more than 1,000 jobs at its Rio Rancho plant as the company ends production of an older silicon wafer technology. 05/02/2007

  • Microsoft Settlement Far From Excel-lent

    Company tries to squeeze one past Microsoft. 05/02/2007

  • The Amiga Is Back -- 15 Years Too Late!

    But don't call it a comeback yet. 05/02/2007

  • Ubuntu and Dell

    The computer vendor gives Ubuntu a spin. 05/02/2007

  • Redmond Wrestles With Office Security

    Word and Excel put into "lockdown" mode. 05/02/2007

  • Foley on Microsoft

    Software+Services Madness

    If Microsoft can't even explain its SaaS strategy, how can it expect anyone to buy into it? 05/01/2007

  • News

    Dell Chooses Ubuntu for Linux Machines

    The fortunes of the Ubuntu version of Linux got a boost on Tuesday as Dell Computer, Inc. announced it will begin selling the open source operating system with selected desktop and laptop models in its consumer lines 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Manage and Manage Alike

    In today's inherently disparate networks, you need a management tool that can take control of all your Windows and open source systems. 05/01/2007

  • News

    Vista's Jackrabbit Start

    Some analysts say, "Whoa, not so fast!" 05/01/2007

  • Stay on Schedule

    Need to keep track of all your network's scheduled tasks? Here's just the tool to do it. 05/01/2007

  • News

    News Analysis: Why Vista Was Vulnerable

    Microsoft Corp. likes to promote Windows Vista as its most secure operating system release ever. And with good reason. After all, the company put a lot of software-development elbow grease into its top-to-bottom redesign of Vista's default security experience. 05/01/2007

  • Right Gun...Wrong Ammo

    Web filtering is problematic at best, but iPrism puts up a solid defense. 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Citrix and VMware: Oil and Water?

    Two technologies. One chemistry experiment. Can they mix? 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    IT vs. IM

    Instant Messaging (IM) makes tactical communication a snap, but too often IM serves as a doorway for hackers. Here's how IT can wrestle with the problem. 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Your Vista Game Plan

    An early, well-planned move to Microsoft's new OS could be the answer to enterprise security challenges. 05/01/2007

  • Windows Insider

    Isolation Automation Exploration: Part I

    Vista makes system-to-system IPSec authentication MUCH easier, if you know how to use it. 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    Laying the Groundwork: Exchange Server 2007

    Moving to Exchange Server 2007 is a complex process with stringent requirements. Make sure you have the tools and infrastructure in place before you begin. 05/01/2007

  • News

    Reinventing Windows Security

    Microsoft's Toulouse thinks Windows Vista's new security walls will prove thick enough. 05/01/2007

  • In-Depth

    MOSS Gathers Momentum

    Readers rave about the new and improved Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. 05/01/2007

  • I'm All Ears

    Opinions about Vista are as varied as the day is long. 05/01/2007

  • News

    AmberPoint Awarded Gold Partner Status From Microsoft

    Company recognized for its governance solution, which helps manage enterprise applications in a service-oriented architecture. 05/01/2007

  • Security Advisor

    Patch It Up

    Tips for picking your ultimate patching tool. 05/01/2007

  • News

    Company Concedes 'Excel' Name to Microsoft

    A niche software company says it will rename one of its programs, admitting defeat in a three-year effort to win money from Microsoft Corp. after it claimed the name was too close to Excel. 05/01/2007

  • Not So Sure About WGA

    If you have some clarification, let me know. 05/01/2007

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