Who said that only Apple does cool things? Microsoft recently had King Crimson co-founder Robert Fripp over to Microsoft Studios a few blocks from the company’s Redmond, Wash. campus, to record some sounds that may well end up being the startup music when you boot Windows Vista.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 17, 2006
Microsoft announced yesterday that three manufacturers -- Casio, DigiPoS Systems Group and HP -- will sell point-of-sale terminals pre-loaded with Microsoft Point of Sale software.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 17, 2006
From the business wires: a tool pack for spotting security holes in software, a database query and reporting tool, and 10GbE Layer 4-7 switches.
- By Dan Hong
- January 13, 2006
It may seem like Microsoft has scaled every peak, but the software giant is playing an important game of catch-up with Yahoo! and rival Google in the area of search engine advertising.
- By Michael Desmond
- January 13, 2006
ScriptLogic says it is shipping a tool meant to improve how desktop software is packaged for installation across an enterprise.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 12, 2006
A year after first disclosing its internal “Project Elixir,” Microsoft has begun releasing sample code and documentation so that developers can use it as a pattern to design their own integrated front-end and back-end systems around Outlook 2003.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 12, 2006
German utility developer 1-abc.net announced it is shipping a bundle containing four of its increasingly popular end-user Web tools.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 12, 2006
Microsoft to waive MCT program fees for new candidates who join prior to start of 2006 program.
- By Michael Domingo
- January 12, 2006
Symantec this week announced it has completed its purchase of enterprise security compliance software maker BindView.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 11, 2006
The same day that Apple trotted out the first in its line of Intel-based iMacs, Microsoft recommitted to supporting Apple going forward, the company said at this week’s MacWorld in San Francisco.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 11, 2006
Microsoft plans to work more closely with nearly every Certified and Gold Certified partner in 2006 even as the software giant aims to dramatically increase the number of partners in those top two tiers of the Microsoft Partner Program, according to industry analysts familiar with Microsoft's plans.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 11, 2006
The Microsoft Partner Program got high marks from industry analysts at IDC in a recent survey comparing the channel programs of 25 top software vendors.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 11, 2006
Microsoft has a formal new program to lure independent software vendors from Linux and Unix to Windows.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 11, 2006
Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted the first new iMacs based on Intel CPUs at the company’s MacWorld Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday -- two of them available immediately.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 10, 2006
Remember that old gasoline ad about putting a “tiger in your tank?” How about Windows in your gas pump?
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 10, 2006
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is slightly modifying its support lifecycle to provide what it calls “more predictability” for customers.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 10, 2006
Storage maker EMC acquires IT services firm Internosis.
- By Dan Hong
- January 09, 2006
Microsoft looks to electronic musician Robert Fripp to create the sounds of the next Windows OS.
- By Dan Hong
- January 09, 2006
From the business wires: a Group Policy security extension, a load testing tool for Web apps, USB flash drives with LCD displays, and Windows Media Player 11.
- By Dan Hong
- January 06, 2006
Microsoft showed off the newest additions to its growing Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) initiative at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, including an updated line of SPOT-enabled watches and a wireless weather forecasting center with an information link through MSN Direct.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 05, 2006