Microsoft said it had canceled an oral hearing set for early next month over EU antitrust allegations that it “shields” …
Microsoft sets July kill date for Office 2000
Microsoft yesterday reminded Office 2000 users that it will discontinue security updates for the aged suite in less than two …
Microsoft to reveal Window 7 prices in June
Microsoft will unveil pricing for Windows 7 in a few weeks, a Web site that has accurately predicted past company …
Polycom and Microsoft ally to broaden video-UC portfolio
As part of Microsoft's vision to broaden the availability of Microsoft RoundTable, Polycom has licensed the right to distribute RoundTable, …
Microsoft, HP expand unified communications push
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have expanded their partnership to develop and sell a common platform for delivering voice, video and messaging …
Microsoft offering app security assistance to developers
Offering assistance with application security, Microsoft is extending its Security Development Lifecycle processes to its Visual Studio Team System for …
Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability
A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible …
Microsoft, Linux join forces in software law debate
In an unusual twist, Microsoft and Linux have joined forces in a legal tussle. The companies jointly sent a letter …
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 beta in two months
Microsoft will launch an invitation-only SharePoint Server 2010 beta test in July with a select group of customers and then …
Microsoft, analysts tell companies to kill Vista plans
The Microsoft executive in charge of Windows urged some companies this week to dump Vista deployment plans and shift to …
Microsoft IT goes live with its Geneva identity platform
Two days after shipping the second beta of its newest identity platform, Microsoft's internal IT department is rolling out the …
Microsoft outlines OCS virtualization support
Microsoft announced that it will support server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, its first statement on what portions …
Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
Microsoft Corp. patched a six-week-old critical vulnerability in PowerPoint using a single security update. That one update patched 14 separate …
Microsoft to offer goodies in free Hyper-V Server update
Ratcheting up the competition with virtualization market leader VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp. will include a number of advanced features in …
Microsoft’s identity cloud platform enters Beta 2
Microsoft released the Beta 2 of Geneva, its identity platform for the cloud, adding single sign-on capabilities across server applications …
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 springs Windows 7 RC a day early
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 …