The Windows Debugger plug-in explains all. Plus: IE 8 and Safari get taken down a notch; Conficker might be an April Fool's joke; Paladin rolls to the rescue.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/24/2009
PSDrives work like real drives, only different. Here's how to work with these PSProviders in PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/24/2009
IT departments should depart from the usual SP1 milestone when deciding when to deploy Windows 7, according to a Gartner analysis.
Microsoft continues to squash bugs in its new Internet Explorer 8 Web browser, which was released last week for Windows-based PCs.
Developing and managing Web sites may have gotten a little easier with new tools announced by Microsoft this week as part of its MIX09 Web developer conference.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/20/2009
To help developers identify mechanisms that lead to system crashes or have other security implications, Microsoft will unveil its !exploitable (pronounced "bang exploitable") Crash Analyzer on Friday at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/20/2009
Microsoft won another round in a lawsuit over its "Vista Capable" practices after the federal judge overseeing the case dismissed a key plaintiff contention.
Microsoft described three Windows Azure improvements designed to assist developers using its cloud-based operating system.
On Thursday, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8.
A recent report on Web security trends relayed a damning assessment of the IT security landscape that's prompting some to suggest the government should step in to give enterprises and individuals guidance on how to protect themselves.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/18/2009
Microsoft today released the beta of its Silverlight 3 rich interactive media runtime and development environment.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/18/2009
Reports on Wednesday that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems drew mixed views as to what Big Blue would gain from absorbing the struggling supplier of servers, open source software and Java.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 03/18/2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the release of its latest e-commerce server, which integrates with SharePoint services.
- By Herb Torrens
- 03/18/2009
Forefront Security for Office Communications Server (FSOCS) was released to manufacturing, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
A study polling the use of Web browsers and operating systems affirmed Microsoft's dominant market position on both fronts.
Let's put what you've learned so far into practice using PowerShell's pipeline with objects.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/16/2009
Hackers are increasingly attempting to influence search engines to misdirect users to spurious Web sites.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/16/2009
Microsoft released the latest beta version of its virtualized server management system, especially notable for its support of "live migration."
Physical to virtual migration
Plus, Microsoft in a patching spat; PCI makes new rules; Facebook tricks.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 03/16/2009