Just days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's declaration that Redmond was "done with all of these [acquisition] discussions with Yahoo," one newspaper is reporting that a deal is in the works.
- By Becky Nagel
- November 29, 2008
Microsoft is seeing an increase in the number of malware attacks exploiting a security hole supposedly addressed by a recent patch.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- November 26, 2008
IBM on Monday announced consulting services specifically designed to help organizations assess their options in using cloud computing technology.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 25, 2008
Facing criticism that the beta of its Web Platform Installer didn't support Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft addressed that complaint with the release candidate made available yesterday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 25, 2008
Windows Vista may have a potential buffer-overflow security problem, according to researchers at Innsbruck, Austria-based enterprise security firm Phion.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 24, 2008
The latest iteration of the Green500 list was released at the SC08 supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas.
- By Joab Jackson
- November 24, 2008
Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov on Wednesday described some new features to expect in the forthcoming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 enterprise resource planning solution.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2008
ISO/IEC on Tuesday published the Office Open XML (OOXML) file format standard, formally known as ISO/IEC 29500:2008.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 21, 2008
Microsoft is hiring a member of Yahoo's search team who is considered to be a key engineering asset.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 20, 2008
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 apparently will have its product debut some time next year, according to an announcement released on Wednesday by the company.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 20, 2008
Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 19, 2008
Microsoft held its Shareholder meeting for 2008 on Wednesday, and shareholders approved all nine board-member nominees on the proxy slate.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 19, 2008
Microsoft and Novell issued an announcement on Tuesday marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial agreement surrounding Linux patents.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 19, 2008
Redmond is rolling out a free anti-virus software program for consumers that will compete with products made by Symantec and McAfee.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- November 19, 2008
Three companies are seeking indemnification from Microsoft after being sued for using technology associated with Microsoft's Visual Studio software development platform.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2008
CIOs have come a long way, but they haven't quite reached the status of "full and active participants" in creating strategies in organizations, according to a new study released this week by the Center for CIO Leadership.
- By David Nagel
- November 18, 2008
A team of security researchers this week demonstrated an attack confirming that the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol can be compromised.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- November 18, 2008
Jerry Yang is transitioning out as Yahoo's CEO, but he will continue on as a member of the board, according to an announcement issued late on Monday by the online search and advertising company.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2008
Microsoft exec Stephen Elop announced hosted versions of Exchange and SharePoint, which are now available to organizations of all sizes in the U.S. market
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 18, 2008
Microsoft has opened another consumer-oriented electronic software distribution (ESD) point, this time serving U.S. customers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2008