A Microsoft memo to OEM partners suggests that Microsoft will offer a free upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, starting July 1, 2009.
Bob Muglia, a Microsoft veteran of 21 years, has been named to the newly created position of president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Division.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/06/2009
A memo purportedly from Microsoft to its OEM partners suggests that Microsoft will offer upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7, starting possibly on July 1, 2009.
Microsoft has issued a patent application, published on Dec. 25, that specifies the metered use of computers.
Bloggers and analysts on Monday poured cold water on rumors that Microsoft plans to lay off a substantial number of its employees.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/05/2009
The upcoming Windows 7 beta -- scheduled to be released this month -- found its way onto the Internet over the holidays.
European security researchers have demonstrated a weakness in a hash algorithm widely used for creating digital certificates to secure Web sites and sign e-mails.
- By Joab Jackson
- 01/04/2009
Sun Microsystems recently released the latest version of its desktop virtualization software, xVM VirtualBox.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/04/2009
Despite progress by Microsoft, the economy could put projects lacking quick ROI at risk.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/23/2008
Redmond continues to investigate a new zero-day bug affecting popular database application SQL Server.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/23/2008
The public release of Windows 7 Beta 1 is expected next month, but speculation that it might appear earlier popped up on Friday from a few sources.
MySQL 5.1 was released by Sun Microsystems in April, but I decided to test it out this month.
How do you know that your antivirus (AV) program is working?
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/18/2008
While developers feel blindsided by Microsoft's shift to Entity Framework, company officials defend move and say LINQ to SQL is not on death row.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/18/2008
As expected, Microsoft released its second out-of-cycle patch in three months -- this time to plug a widely discussed and "critical" vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/17/2008
Microsoft will end 2008 with a "critical" out-of-cycle patch for IE, according to an advance notification issued Tuesday for a new security update slated for release on Dec. 17.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/16/2008
Microsoft released a beta version of its Code Analysis Tool and Anti-Cross Site Scripting Library for developers.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 12/16/2008
Cisco's 2008 Annual Security Report report highlighted the increasing sophistication of Internet-based attacks, largely because cyber-criminals themselves are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/16/2008
Microsoft won't say exactly when it will ship the Release Candidate of its Internet Explorer 8 browser but it's "just around the corner," according to a senior company official.
Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server 2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update 1.
- By Herb Torrens
- 12/16/2008