Microsoft has decided to keep its forerunner, Windows XP, in sales and OEM channels for another five months.
- By Keith Ward
- September 27, 2007
Microsoft is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap between it and market leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- September 27, 2007
Microsoft has released a key "extra" that had been promised for months.
- By Keith Ward
- September 26, 2007
Windows Home Server (WHS), Microsoft's first-ever server for home use, gets its first update today.
- By Keith Ward
- September 25, 2007
Microsoft released several major updates for its Windows lineup today, including the first release candidate (RC) for Windows Server 2008 and the initial public beta for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1.
- By Keith Ward
- September 24, 2007
A European think tank is recommending to the European Commission that computers sold abroad come without any operating system pre-loaded.
- By Keith Ward
- September 24, 2007
The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.
- By Becky Nagel
- September 19, 2007
Google Docs, which is trying to muscle in on Microsoft's Office suite, has released its PowerPoint counterpart, known as "Google Presentations."
- By Keith Ward
- September 18, 2007
A European court upheld earlier ruling that Microsoft abused its monopoly position on several fronts.
- By Keith Ward
- September 17, 2007
Microsoft's update system is changing files on both Windows XP and Windows Vista -- even if a user disables automatic updates. Microsoft, however, calls it built-in behavior and no cause for alarm.
- By Keith Ward
- September 13, 2007
A group of states led by California asked a federal judge Tuesday to extend court oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s business practices for five more years.
- By The Associated Press
- September 12, 2007
As expected, Microsoft's September "Patch Tuesday" update contains fewer security patches than in recent months -- four, to be exact.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- September 11, 2007
Microsoft's new server virtualization product is on schedule -- albeit a delayed schedule -- and expects to make a community technology preview (CTP) available with the first release candidate of Windows Server 2008.
- By Keith Ward
- September 11, 2007
Is Microsoft Office in danger of having real competition for the first time in a decade? That's the question being asked this week, as the battle for office productivity suites heats up on several fronts.
- By Keith Ward
- September 11, 2007
Microsoft will unveil three security enhancements as part of its upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) release, slated for early 2008.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- September 10, 2007