Microsoft Corp. researchers are developing a new Web browser that they say could offer a far greater degree of security …
Microsoft slates mock Windows 7 updates
Microsoft Corp. will test Windows 7 beta's update mechanism next week by feeding users as many as five fake updates, …
Microsoft Visual Studio to boost SharePoint
Developers building solutions based on Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration and business process platform will gain expanded support in the planned Visual …
Microsoft adds features to unified communications suite
The upgrade to Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 suite contains features targeted at driving IP-based communication within and outside of …
Microsoft-Red Hat deal shows need for virtualization support
A virtualization deal struck Monday between Microsoft and Red Hat shows the growing need for vendors to ensure customers can …
Microsoft Win Server 2008 R2 pre-release details
Microsoft is offering pre-release documentation on how to configure new technologies that are part of Windows Server 2008. The documentation, …
Riverbed bundles Microsoft Server in its WAN optimization appliances
Riverbed will sell Microsoft’s Windows Server bundled with its WAN optimization devices as a way to simplify purchasing for its …
Microsoft, Red Hat sign interoperability agreements
In what came as a surprise to many Linux observers, Red Hat announced on the morning of February 16th that …
Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades
Microsoft Corp. has denied that it makes money when users “downgrade” Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit …
Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system
Microsoft Corp. unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system today on what are being called “Windows phones” that focus on …
EMC and Microsoft renew deal
Storage giant EMC and its similarly big partner, Microsoft renewed their deal last week to bolster product innovation and interoperability …
Microsoft announces $250,000 Conficker worm bounty
The spreading Conficker/Downadup worm is now viewed as such a significant threat that it's inspired the formation of a posse …
Nvidia collaborates with Microsoft to make premium, low-cost PCs
In an effort to deliver an outstanding computing experience on small, low power PCs, Nvidia announces that Nvidia ION has …
Microsoft lashes out at Adobe over Silverlight comments
Microsoft is crying foul over recent comments made by an Adobe executive that Silverlight has “fizzled” as a competitor to …
Lawsuit targets Microsoft over Vista-to-XP downgrades
A California woman has sued Microsoft Corp. over the $59.25 fee she was charged to “downgrade” Windows Vista on a …
Microsoft plugs critical Exchange, IE holes
Microsoft Corp. today patched eight vulnerabilities — three of them marked “critical” — in Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange and SQL …
Microsoft shuts off Windows 7 beta downloads
As promised more than two weeks ago, Microsoft blocked new downloads of the Windows 7 preview Tuesday. The site where …
Mozilla to join EU suit against Microsoft
The European Commission has granted Mozilla, the open-source collaboration behind the Firefox Web browser, the right to join the antitrust …
Microsoft to upgrade SharePoint
Microsoft said that it plans to formally integrate enterprise search technology from its US$1.2 billion acquisition of Fast Search and …
Four security updates due from Microsoft
Microsoft plans to patch critical flaws in its Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange Server software this week. In total, the …