Microsoft last week announced a number of updates to its System Center line of server management products.
PC shipments took a dive in the second quarter, although they were steadied to a degree by consumer spending on portable PCs, according to an IDC report.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/21/2009
Google's acquisition of open source security technology firm reCaptcha could help the search giant's Internet security, except against persistent hackers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/18/2009
Microsoft on Thursday announced that it had commenced an invitation-only public technical preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps.
The next generation of Internet protocols has some security features built into it, but IPv6 is not inherently more secure than the current IPv4 now in use.
- By William Jackson
- 09/17/2009
Microsoft's chief financial officer for the Online Services Division fielded questions at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Hackers are exploiting unpatched applications on Web servers and client computers to infect entire networks, according to report released Tuesday.
- By William Jackson
- 09/16/2009
The Microsoft Project Conference 2009 event kicked off in Phoenix on Wednesday with new details about the next generation of Microsoft's software products for project planning.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/16/2009
Microsoft put out the word on Monday that IT organizations can start deploying Windows 7 now, citing the cost benefits of doing so.
Microsoft executive Charles Songhurst answered questions on Microsoft's business strategy at the Jefferies Annual Technology Conference in New York on Tuesday.
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009 will get an R2 upgrade next month, according to an announcement by Microsoft on Monday.
Tests conducted by Microsoft show that upgrades from Vista to Windows 7 can, in certain situations, take more than 20 hours.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 09/14/2009
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday vacated $358 million in damages awarded to Alcatel-Lucent after Microsoft was found to have infringed patented software technology.
Microsoft on Wednesday released a test preview of Windows Management Framework components for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
Microsoft has funded a new nonprofit organization formed to encourage commercial software companies to collaborate and contribute to open source communities.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/11/2009
Microsoft described a few new details this week about its upcoming System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 product, which is currently under wraps for testing purposes.
Microsoft on Tuesday released its next-generation Windows operating system deployment tool for IT pros, called Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010.
Toronto-based i4i LP filed legal papers on Tuesday rebutting Microsoft's appeal in a patent infringement case involving Microsoft Word.
Microsoft's chief financial officer fielded questions about Microsoft's business at the Citi Annual Technology Conference on Wednesday.
Microsoft doesn't mind making its customers jump through hoops when it comes to licensing its software.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/09/2009