Microsoft Corp. last week launched its long-awaited Windows 7 Release Candidate to the public a day earlier than expected, posting …
Microsoft plans 10 fake ‘updates’ for Windows 7
Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 …
Mozilla, Opera blast Microsoft over IE8 upgrade practice
Browser makers Mozilla and Opera accused Microsoft of force feeding Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to users with Windows Update and …
Microsoft to patch PowerPoint zero-day bug on Tuesday
Microsoft said it will deliver just one security update next week, a fix for PowerPoint that's probably the patch for …
Microsoft patches huge Windows 7 RC bug
Just days after it launched Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), Microsoft has released a fix for a major flaw that …
IBM, Microsoft quibble over Office 2007’s new ODF support
In the latest bout of sniping in the long-running feud over document format standards, IBM this week claimed that Microsoft …
Microsoft lays off 3,000 employees
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 …