Microsoft Corp. today laid off 3,000 workers, the second wave of a major reduction the company announced in January. And …
Microsoft to forbid VoIP, rival stores at mobile market
Voice-over-IP applications will be forbidden from Microsoft's Windows MarketPlace for Mobile store, along with programs that are larger than 10MB …
Microsoft: Windows 7 is faster on SSDs, with two caveats
Microsoft Corp. today gave a strong, though qualified, endorsement for running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk (SSD) …
Microsoft’s Windows 7 release candidate goes public
The near-final version of Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 7, became available late Monday to the general public. Microsoft will …
Microsoft delivers XP Mode add-on beta
As promised, Microsoft Corp. today launched the beta of “XP Mode,” the Windows 7 compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP …
EU slates Microsoft’s IE antitrust hearing for June
European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have set an early June date for an oral hearing during which Microsoft Corp. can …
Microsoft: We’re not ditching Vista until at least 2011
Microsoft Corp. will not dump Vista when Windows 7 launches and plans to keep selling it to computer makers, system …
Microsoft to bring BI to the cloud
Microsoft Corp. will bring BI and analytic services to its Windows Azure cloud computing platform, though it is unlikely to …
Microsoft aligning management, clouds
Microsoft this week shared the latest on its ambitious cloud computing management, though customers and analysts say they still have …
Microsoft doctors AutoRun in Windows 7 to stymie Conficker
Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week's …
Microsoft gives server app virtualization sneak peek
Microsoft demonstrated for the first time its server application virtualization technology designed to enable on-demand deployment of applications. The technology …
Microsoft targets Windows, Linux management
Microsoft opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of …
Linux group seeks to discredit Microsoft patents in TomTom case
A Linux group is hoping to discredit three Microsoft Corp. patents that were at the heart of the software vendor's …
Microsoft cuts UAC prompts in Windows 7
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 …