Microsoft Beefs Up Vista Support

As businesses start to kick the tires on Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007, and consumers get ready to gear up for Vista in particular, Microsoft understandably is preparing for the inevitable onslaught of support calls. 12/07/2006

Vista, SQL Server BI Exams in Beta

Microsoft puts four new exam in front of testers. 12/07/2006

HP Leak Case May End in Settlement

Embattled former and current HP execs expected to settle state lawsuit over pretexting scandal 12/07/2006

Microsoft's Open XML Gets Nod from Standards Group

Ecma International approves Microsoft Office format as international standard for data. 12/07/2006

Novell's OpenOffice to Deliver Office 2007 Compatibility

Novell Inc. announced this week that its edition of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite will offer support for Microsoft's Office Open XML format by the time the consumer release of Office 2007 ships at the end of January. 12/06/2006

Microsoft Investigates Word Flaw

A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached. 12/06/2006

Clean Up Your Room

Two-steps to sanity ... er ... a cleaner server. 12/06/2006

A Million Zunes By June?

Still trailing the iPod, Zune still selling better than expected for company, say officials. 12/06/2006

Microsoft and Dell Roll Out Unified Storage

Dell and Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that the PC maker is shipping a unified, networked storage system based on the software giant's Unified Data Storage Server 2003. 12/06/2006

Novell Makes OpenOffice MS Office-Friendly

Enter OpenXML. 12/06/2006

SCO Stumbles in IBM Suit

SCOre one for IBM. 12/06/2006

Ma Bill

Microsoft looks for Web service vendors to play in its new Sandbox. 12/06/2006

Track in the Name of the Law

There are new rulings concerning storage and retrieval. 12/06/2006

Microsoft Begins Rolling Out Expression Tools

Microsoft announced Monday it is shipping the first of four components in its new Expression Studio suite and predicts that the other three will ship in the second quarter of next year. 12/05/2006

Microsoft Ships CTP of PerformancePoint

Microsoft announced Tuesday it is shipping the first community technology preview (CTP) of a new business intelligence tool dubbed PerformancePoint server. 12/05/2006

Pioneer's Prerogative: Dan Bricklin

Father of the spreadsheet, Dan Bricklin, talks about Microsoft, open source and his latest venture. 12/05/2006

Auditing Locally Shared Folders

Here’s a script that enumerates all shared folders on all computers in your domain. 12/05/2006

Google: Get 'Em While They're Young

The company extends a hand to schools to get a leg up on the competition. 12/05/2006

Who's a Rat?

Inquiring hit men want to know. 12/05/2006

Web Access Spreads, Thanks to Bill!

Expanding the Windows of opportunity. 12/05/2006

Novell To Keep Tabs on Redmond Deal

Looks like it's going to be one heck of a job. 12/05/2006

Dilbert Stole a Ziggy (I Mean, a Barney)!

Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but... 12/05/2006

IT News: Security Pros 'Afraid' To Shop Online

Plus, PlayStation 3 makes a killing on eBay; new products for Windows Vista, Exchange Server 2007 and more. 12/04/2006

Plaintiffs in Microsoft Case Won't Call Gates

Gates deposition from 1998 tobe used in case in lieu of appearance that would "cause disruption." 12/04/2006

Hacker Toolkit Cloaks Browser Exploits

Plus: Yahoo! e-mail addresses getting rejected by U.K. site, and yet another Microsoft exploit -- this time for PowerPoint. 12/04/2006

2,000-Year-Old Computer Found

Vista's Low-Key Launch

The real excitement is still to come. 12/04/2006

Vista Third Parties Are the Real Story

Many are joining the Vista bandwagon, but few are actually coming soon. 12/04/2006

Vista Business Sales Lukewarm

Is Microsoft pandering to the wrong buyer crowd? 12/04/2006

New E-Discovery Rules Benefit Some Firms

Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits. 12/03/2006

Feds Subpoena Graphics Chip-Maker Nvidia

Nvidia Corp. said Friday it has been subpoenaed by federal investigators who are probing possible anticompetive practices among makers of computer graphics chips. 12/03/2006

Google Advances Free Software in Education

Google Inc., a company synonymous with searching the Internet, hopes to define far more of the world's computing experience with a helping hand from schoolchildren. 12/03/2006

Romanian Indicted for Hacking U.S. Computers

A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million. 12/03/2006

U.S. Reports Unconfirmed Cyber Threat

The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger. 12/01/2006

Making Sense of Microsoft Collaboration

The pieces are out there, but fitting them together has proven a long and confusing process. 12/01/2006

Can Microsoft Save the World?

Microsoft Research teams with top scientists to tackle the world's most pressing problems -- and it could turn conventional computing on its head in the process. 12/01/2006

The ISV Competency Payoff

Analysis: IDC study shows profitability benefits in Microsoft's ISV Competency. 12/01/2006

Hell: Frozen Over

Microsoft and Novell promise to play nice. 12/01/2006

Small Business Lives Large

Office Live helps small businesses feel big. 12/01/2006

Profile: NetManage Makes Connections Happen

A focus on application connectivity has put NetManage in the right place at the right time. 12/01/2006

Precious Gems in Plain Sight

Microsoft offers a wealth of resources that its executives really want you to use. 12/01/2006

Follow the Rules

This strong, rules-based system will keep a close watch over your network's population. 12/01/2006

Devenuti Retirement Casts a Shadow over Microsoft Services

He makes the cover of RCP, then bolts Microsoft. 12/01/2006

Can You Cash In with Virtualization Licensing?

The virtualization locomotive just keeps on coming, and Microsoft has laid new tracks for its licensing. 12/01/2006

Keep Your Hard Drive Healthy

Diskeeper helps keep today's monster hard drives neat and organized. 12/01/2006

U.S Judge Tosses Most of SCO Suit

The SCO Group Inc. suffered another setback in a lawsuit accusing IBM Corp. of donating proprietary Unix software code to Linux developers. 12/01/2006

Scanners Uncover Secrets of 2,000-Year-Old Computing Device

Imagine tossing a top-notch laptop into the sea, leaving scientists from a foreign culture to scratch their heads over its corroded remains centuries later. 12/01/2006

Microsoft Prognostications: What's Up in 2007?

Which of these will you hold your breath for? 12/01/2006

Saving the World: One Line at a Time

There's a heart underneath Microsoft's muscle. 12/01/2006

Agility Is for Managers, Too

Is there a better way to to deliver a working product on schedule and under budget? A review of Mike Cohen's "Agile Estimating and Planning." 12/01/2006