Just moments after Microsoft rolled out its last seven patches of 2007, security experts were prognosticating all over cyberspace, mainly pointing out the overwhelming number of fixes related to the Vista operating system in the December release alone.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 14, 2007
Microsoft's channel partner community apparently understands that there will be impending challenges posed by the software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model. A survey conducted by research firm IDC found that 76 percent of partner respondents thought that SaaS will "dramatically impact the partnering landscape," according to an announcement issued by IDC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 13, 2007
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired a United Kingdom online mapping company to enhance its existing Windows Live Web-based services.
- By The Associated Press
- December 13, 2007
Browser maker Opera Software has cried foul, charging Microsoft with antitrust behavior in a complaint to the European Commission.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 13, 2007
Those who were denied the opportunity to get the Release Candidate (RC) for the first service pack for Windows Vista last week now have their opportunity, as it's now available for public download.
- By Keith Ward
- December 13, 2007
Santa's not due for awhile yet, but for those waiting on Microsoft's next version of its highly-anticipated virtualization product, it's Christmas day.
- By Keith Ward
- December 13, 2007
A House Republican on Wednesday sent a letter to Google Inc., asking the Internet search company to provide more information about its search practices and targeted advertising.
- By The Associated Press
- December 13, 2007
Exploits continue to dog Microsoft programs and applications, as a government agency announced this week that a bug is in the wild that takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Access Database.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 13, 2007
LinkedIn, the business-centric social networking site, this week talked more about opening up its "platform" to select partners
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 12, 2007
Norfolk, Va.-based Centric CRM has changed its name to Concursive Corporation to reflect the evolution of the company's product line to beyond customer relationship management (CRM) functionality.
- By Will Kraft
- December 12, 2007
Former Microsoft program manager for MSDN faces arraignment on 18 felony counts of wire and mail fraud.
- By Becky Nagel
- December 11, 2007
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will provide online advertising for CNBC's financial news Web site.
- By The Associated Press
- December 11, 2007
A year after its initial release, Microsoft today announced it is shipping the first service pack for Office 2007.
- By James E. Powell
- December 11, 2007
As expected, the last Patch Tuesday offers fixes for seven vulnerabilities -- three of them critical -- and sets the tone for 2008 as the "year of the Vista Patch."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- December 11, 2007
Nothing has prevented ASP.NET developers from using a model view controller (MVC) architecture. But it's likely to get a lot easier with Microsoft's ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions, which will include the highly anticipated MVC option. The first preview of the technology was released today.
- By Kathleen Richards
- December 10, 2007
Carolyn M. Gudmundson, a former Microsoft program manager for MSDN, faces arraignment this week on 18 felony counts of wire and mail fraud in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Western District of Washington, Seattle.
- By Becky Nagel
- December 10, 2007
Microsoft posted a "public" beta of Office Live Workspace, cloud-based functions that it says complement its on-premise Office franchise.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 10, 2007
Borland plans to integrate business intelligence (BI) capabilities into its Open Application Lifecycle Management (Open ALM) solutions in the coming year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 10, 2007
Borland commissioned a study on the effectiveness of performance measurements in application development projects. The study surveyed 20 application development and project management organizations with revenues ranging from $1 billion to $5 billion.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 10, 2007
Microsoft Corp. has started placing advertisements on the U.S. version of MSN Mobile, a Web portal for cell phone browsers that connects users with Hotmail, instant messaging, search, news and other content.
- By The Associated Press
- December 10, 2007