Microsoft's Windows Phone engineering team announced yesterday that Windows Phone 7 Series has reached the technical preview stage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2010
Microsoft's decision last week to offer Gold and Silver tiers to its new partner network has done little to console those who will effectively be demoted due to new certification requirements of the new program.
- By Scott Bekker, Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 19, 2010
Microsoft issued a security advisory on Friday about a Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 19, 2010
The majority of Internet security threats come from unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 16, 2010
DARPA's top crowdsourcing guru is stepping down from his post to join Microsoft, reports Wired.com's Danger Room blog. Peter Lee, head of the agency's Transformational Convergence Technology Office, served only one year with the government.
- By Henry Kenyon
- July 16, 2010
Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2010
GFI Software on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Clearwater, Fla.-based Sunbelt Software, a maker of Windows security products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2010
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2010
Microsoft has extended Windows 7 downgrade rights for those buying new PCs from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2010
Microsoft, as expected, released four fixes in its July security update. Three are rated "critical" and one is deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 13, 2010
Microsoft's partners should get onboard with Microsoft's business shift to the cloud or be left behind.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 13, 2010
Microsoft today announced the beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2010
Ulises Aguilar Nahle began his six-month term as president of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners this week.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2010
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 12, 2010
Microsoft rolled out a second beta of its Windows Intune service on Monday, but availability is limited.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2010
Microsoft this week will announce it's bringing back 'gold' and 'silver' to the naming conventions used for partner levels.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 11, 2010
China renewed Google's licenses as an Internet content provider for that country, according to Google's chief legal officer.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 09, 2010
Two weeks after announcing that global channel chief Allison Watson would switch jobs with Jon Roskill, Microsoft disclosed major changes within the U.S. partner organization.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 09, 2010
Microsoft plans to release four software fixes on Tuesday in its July security update.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- July 08, 2010
Microsoft today released an updated version of its free Windows and Microsoft Office 2010 deployment tool.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 08, 2010