Windows 7 beta testers will experience some pain when moving to the release candidate version of the operating system when it comes out, Microsoft officials explained on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 07, 2009
Microsoft will permit Windows 7 Professional edition downgrades to Windows XP Professional, according a report by veteran Microsoft watcher Mary-Jo Foley published on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2009
Phase 2 International now offers online IBM Lotus applications to SMBs, adding to its various hosted service offerings which already include a Microsoft solution stack.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 06, 2009
A new zero-day remote code execution vulnerability has come to Redmond's attention, this time affecting Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- April 03, 2009
Microsoft on Wednesday announced an addition to its Windows Server product family, unveiling a new server specifically designed for very small businesses.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2009
Mozilla rolled out security updates for Firefox after the Web browser was hacked during a contest two weeks ago at a software security convention in Vancouver.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- March 30, 2009
Microsoft has devised a Windows Touch Logo Program for its hardware and software partners that are integrating products with Windows 7.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft may be trying to send a message that the next release of Windows 7 will happen in May of this year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 27, 2009
Microsoft's Windows Home Server got a boost with the release of Power Pack 2 (PP2), which became available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 26, 2009
A Microsoft-sponsored report found that SMBs could represent an opportunity for future sales of IT software and services, despite the current economic downturn.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 25, 2009
IT departments should depart from the usual SP1 milestone when deciding when to deploy Windows 7, according to a Gartner analysis.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 24, 2009
Forrester Research found that enterprises predominantly use Windows and Internet Explorer, but they're currently sticking with the older Microsoft technologies.
- By Herb Torrens
- March 24, 2009
Microsoft won another round in a lawsuit over its "Vista Capable" practices after the federal judge overseeing the case dismissed a key plaintiff contention.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 20, 2009
Microsoft described three Windows Azure improvements designed to assist developers using its cloud-based operating system.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 19, 2009
More user interface tweaks and bug fixes are being carried out by the Windows 7 engineering team in preparation for the release candidate version of the OS.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 13, 2009