Academic researchers can now apply for free access to Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services.
- By David Nagel
- February 05, 2010
With a sharp decline in the global equity markets over the past month, economic uncertainty continues to plague IT spending.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 05, 2010
Microsoft today signaled that a hefty batch of security fixes will arrive on Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- February 04, 2010
Microsoft released yet another security advisory for Internet Explorer on Wednesday, mostly applying to Windows XP users.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- February 04, 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 reached the release candidate milestone this week, bringing the development process one step closer to the product's planned June release.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 04, 2010
Microsoft described changes to its Volume Licensing Service Center in a Webcast on Wednesday.
- By Herb Torrens
- February 03, 2010
Mike Nash, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Windows platform strategy, will leave Microsoft in a few weeks.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2010
Microsoft is responding to complaints from some Windows 7 users about a message that suggests impending battery failure when using a laptop.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 03, 2010
IT shops should assess their environments before upgrading to Microsoft Exchange 2010, according to a Forrester Research report published last week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 02, 2010
VMware last week teamed up with Cisco and NetApp to promote a virtualized datacenter offering geared toward shared or public cloud environments.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- February 02, 2010
Support for Internet Explorer 6 appears to be dwindling after Microsoft's Web browser was exploited for well-publicized attacks on Google and other companies.
- By Herb Torrens
- February 02, 2010
Spyrus Inc. plans to release a portable USB device marketed as "secure Windows on a stick."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- February 02, 2010
Microsoft on Friday described what it has been doing to improve software interoperability.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 01, 2010
Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services are now generally available, ending the free test period.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 01, 2010
It remains to be seen whether the slate-based iPad will help or hurt the prospects of PC-based alternatives with a similar form factor.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- February 01, 2010
Microsoft this week issued four specialized fixes for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 29, 2010
CA dug into its ranks to replace retiring CEO John Swainson, naming its chairman William McCracken to run the company.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 29, 2010
Public safety managers must begin moving into the cloud, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday at the company's annual Public Safety Symposium.
- By Patrick Marshall
- January 28, 2010
Microsoft outperformed expectations in its fiscal second quarter, largely based on consumer Windows 7 spending, according to an announcement Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 28, 2010
Oracle Cloud Office is the next generation of Sun's OpenOffice, company officials revealed.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 28, 2010