User Account Control, a Windows Vista security feature that has long been considered intrusive, will appear about one-third less often …
Microsoft earnings drop, revenue off 6%
Microsoft fell short of analyst expectations for its third quarter, blaming the most difficult economic conditions the company has faced …
VMware’s version of flexibility doesn’t include Microsoft Hyper-V
VMware promises new levels of flexibility in the data center with vSphere, its cloud operating system, but is still promoting …
One winner in the Oracle-Sun deal: Microsoft?
Microsoft Corp. has had few critics more vocal than Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. With their …
Microsoft, Oracle issue patches for slew of holes
Microsoft Corp. last week released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software …
Microsoft’s cloud identity platform on track
Microsoft’s identity platform for the cloud is on track and users will likely see another beta next month and final …
Microsoft leaks Windows 7 RC delivery date
Microsoft will deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than two weeks, the company's Web site revealed …
IBM, Adobe, Oracle join EU antitrust case against Microsoft
Some of Microsoft Corp.'s fiercest rivals, including IBM, Sun and Adobe, have joined the European Union's antitrust investigation of the …
Microsoft sets Office 2007 SP2 release for April 28
Microsoft Corp. has set April 28 as the release date for Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the first update …
Microsoft patches ‘insane’ number of bugs
Microsoft released eight security updates that patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Excel and other software in the company's …
Microsoft targets IE6, IE7 users with browser upgrade next week
Microsoft Corp. will begin pushing Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to users running the older IE6 and IE7 browsers next week, …
Forrester: Microsoft opens virtual desktop options
Changes that Microsoft Corp. has made to its desktop virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can …
Microsoft’s ‘Apple tax’ claims are ‘stupid,’ counters analyst
Microsoft Corp.'s claim that customers pay a $3,400 “Apple tax” when they buy Macs rather than Windows-based PCs is “silly” …
After a year of bad blood, Microsoft, Yahoo talking again
Nearly a year after Microsoft Corp.'s fractious takeover bid for Yahoo Inc. fell through, the two companies are reportedly talking …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Microsoft’s data center chief to leave company
Michael Manos, the general manager of Microsoft's Data Center Services division, is leaving the company to work for wholesale data …
Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will drop mainstream support for Office 2003 on April 14, the same day it …
Microsoft exec blasts ‘Open Cloud Manifesto’
A set of principles promoting cloud computing interoperability was sharply criticized by a Microsoft Corp. executive just days before its …
Conficker copycat prowls for victims, says Microsoft
An old, but little-known worm has copied some of the infection strategies of Conficker, the worm that raised a ruckus …
Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support
Office 2003, which was last updated in September 2007 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), will leave mainstream support in less …