With every Exchange release, Microsoft touts the opportunity for Lotus conversions. Now that SharePoint is in the mix, partners see more potential than ever before.
- By Ted Dinsmore
- June 01, 2007
IT admins are justifiably excited by the idea of a "server core" in Windows Server 2008, formerly code-named Longhorn Server. The technology, which strips out extraneous functionality to allow just the services needed to run a server in a specific role, promises easier installation and a smaller footprint once set up. It even has implications for security.
- By Keith Ward
- May 31, 2007
Warning to users of pre-release versions of Windows Vista: In two days, your operating system will self-destruct, like the cassette tape at the beginning of "Mission: Impossible."
- By Keith Ward
- May 30, 2007
Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
- By The Associated Press
- May 30, 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has received government certification for its ability to meet regulatory compliance standards.
- By Keith Ward
- May 29, 2007
Microsoft announced the cancellation of its semi-annual Professional Developer's Conference (PDC) last week, leading to lots of Internet speculation on the reason. But conspiracy theorists should take a breath: The reason may well be as mundane as the fact that it just isn't necessary this year.
- By Keith Ward
- May 29, 2007
Microsoft tends to tout the release of a new operating system as an earth-shattering event, certain to change computing as we know it.
- By Keith Ward
- May 24, 2007
Spam messages are increasingly plaguing e-mail inboxes, but more Americans are accepting them as a fact of life, a new study finds.
- By The Associated Press
- May 24, 2007
The House passed legislation Tuesday to combat the criminal use of Internet spyware and scams aimed at stealing personal information from computer users.
- By The Associated Press
- May 23, 2007
Microsoft Corp. last night released a new security advisory, the second this week. The good news is that it doesn't actually deal with a known exploit, worm, or virus. In other words, it doesn't technically deal with security at all.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 23, 2007
Microsoft provided a few more details about this week's MOICE offering, which was the subject of a previous security advisory.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 23, 2007
Microsoft Corp.released a new security advisory. The good news is that it doesn't actually deal with a known exploit, worm, or virus. In other words, it doesn't technically deal with security at all.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 22, 2007
Microsoft, Juniper work to integrate Network Access Protection and Unified Access Control
- By Keith Ward
- May 22, 2007
Yesterday, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of its Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE), a feature it hopes will help put the kibosh on an increasingly common exploit vector –- the innocent-looking Office document with a malicious payload.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 22, 2007
According to security professionals, it's possible for users of Microsoft's new RDP 6.0 client to bypass server-side security settings and successfully establish connections—even when their sessions haven't been authenticated.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- May 21, 2007