A new August offering by virtual lab maker Surgient will add support for two key enterprise virtualization products: VMware ESX Server 3 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
- By Keith Ward
- June 28, 2007
The CTP release makes it appear increasingly likely that the successor to Windows Server 2003 will be shipped early next year.
- By Keith Ward
- June 27, 2007
Results of CDW's survey of 753 U.S. IT decision-makers.
- By Scott Bekker
- June 26, 2007
The Microsoft-Google spitting match over desktop search is getting wetter every day, with Google now claiming that Microsoft's remedies don't go far enough, and Microsoft arguing that Google has a bad case of sour grapes.
- By Keith Ward
- June 26, 2007
Unless there's a pressing need in your environment, you might want to hold off on installing the beta of Apple's Safari browser for Windows, as every day seems to bring a new bug report.
- By Keith Ward
- June 25, 2007
For the past several weeks, there has been a rush among some Linux vendors to ink patent protection deals with Microsoft. But that may have spurred a backlash, as other Linux companies are asserting their independence by refusing to go along with what they see as knuckling under to Microsoft's legal threats.
- By Keith Ward
- June 21, 2007
Windows Vista, in its first half-year of life, has proven to be an exceptionally secure operating system -- much more secure, in fact, than competing desktop OSes, according to Microsoft.
- By Keith Ward
- June 21, 2007
Microsoft has agreed to make changes to its search capabilities in Windows Vista, in response to federal anti-competitive charges leveled by Google. The changes will be part of Vista's service pack 1, which Microsoft said it hopes to have ready by the "end of the year."
- By Keith Ward
- June 20, 2007
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
- By Keith Ward
- June 20, 2007
Microsoft has verified that there will be an SP1 for Vista, although it's released precious few details about it.
- By Keith Ward
- June 19, 2007
Taiwan personal computer vendor Acer Inc. expects its computer shipments to increase 30 percent to 40 percent this year, a reduction from previous sales forecasts.
- By The Associated Press
- June 14, 2007
Patch Tuesday comes with the publication of six new security bulletins that collectively address vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Outlook Express, Office and Visio.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- June 12, 2007
Google has raised the ghost of Microsoft's past -- anti-competitive practices -- in a complaint to the U.S. government about Windows Vista.
- By Keith Ward
- June 11, 2007
A tool for determining whether or not computers can handle the Windows Vista operating system has been updated, with some useful new features.
- By Keith Ward
- June 08, 2007
Look Mom, take 2: No-script hard drive info, this time using WMIC.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- June 06, 2007