Microsoft is doubling the size of the group conducting private tests of the Windows Server 2003 "R2" release, but the test group remains tiny compared to the scope of Microsoft's public betas for operating systems.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 15, 2005
Intel announced this week it is already turning out trial production runs of two of its promised dual-core processor models, enabling creation of desktop PCs that can run four separate threads at once. Deliveries of production processors and supporting chipsets will come in the second quarter, a company spokeswoman says.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 10, 2005
Intel is facing a challenger in multi-core processors from a surprising competitor -- a consortium that includes IBM, Sony and Toshiba.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 10, 2005
HP chairman and chief executive officer Carly Fiorina, the architect and champion of HP's controversial 2002 merger with fellow computer giant Compaq Computer, resigned Wednesday at the request of HP's Board of Directors.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 09, 2005
Microsoft signed a definitive agreement to buy anti-virus and anti-spam vendor Sybari Software for an undisclosed sum, the companies said on Tuesday.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 09, 2005
Microsoft posted second release candidates on Wednesday night for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 09, 2005
Microsoft on Tuesday delivered its promised heavy load of security bulletins, including two patches for critical flaws already in the public domain.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 08, 2005
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates used the company's first Office System Developer Conference to pitch Office as the obvious smart client for applications being built by the 800 partner developers in the audience.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 08, 2005
Microsoft kicked off its first ever Office System Developer Conference here Wednesday, emphasizing the increasing programmability of the Office suite and its improving integration with other products.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 03, 2005
IT departments worldwide should have an exceptionally busy Tuesday next week, evaluating and deploying a flood of patches from Microsoft.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 03, 2005
Microsoft on Wednesday posted a free security tool in the Microsoft Download Center to help administrators root out unauthorized network sniffers running on Windows computers.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 03, 2005
ScriptLogic is shipping Cloak, a tool that lets systems managers show individual users only those files and directories that they are allowed to access. Like the fabled stealth capability of Klingon warships, files and directories that users are not authorized to access become invisible to them.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 03, 2005
Microsoft's most recent quarterly financial report showed a stumble in the lucrative Office suite's otherwise steady march toward ever-larger revenues. Revenues for the Information Worker unit fell 3 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. On the other hand, profits from the unit shot up 11 percent.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 02, 2005
High-performance computing is becoming more common and less expensive, according to analysts at IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 02, 2005
Microsoft's long-awaited direct challenge to Google's Internet search dominance arrived Tuesday with the formal launch of MSN Search.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 01, 2005
The back-and-forth between Microsoft and government regulators about whether Windows "Longhorn" will violate the U.S. antitrust agreement will escalate this month to a face-to-face meeting. Windows XP Service Pack 2 also emerged as a topic for antitrust-related discussion.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 01, 2005
A funny thing's been happening on the security mailing lists lately,
and it's got me shaking my head.
- By Russ Cooper
- February 01, 2005
Microsoft's broad appeal of European Commission antitrust measures will continue, but the company has given up on an effort to put off the remedies until all appeals are exhausted a few years from now.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 27, 2005
Launches new "least privilege" security software in its core line of PolicyMaker products, which provide Group Policy extensions.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 27, 2005
Microsoft this week unveiled its plans to use the technology levers at its disposal to cut off downloads and other benefits for users of counterfeit software.
- By Scott Bekker
- January 27, 2005