After appearing to release official names for the editions of Windows Vista over the weekend, Microsoft now says the Web page where the names appeared was posted prematurely and the names are not final.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 21, 2006
As if to reinforce its message that it is now an application lifecycle firm, Borland Software announced this week it is shipping a new IT governance solution.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
It's official. Microsoft announced overnight on Wednesday that Office "12" will be officially known as -- ta da! -- Office 2007. At the same time, the Redmond software maker announced a dizzying array of packaging and licensing options.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
Alero Technology announced this week it is shipping Release 2 of its Alero 2006 enterprise information management package.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 16, 2006
Microsoft releases two more exams, aimed at MCITP for SQL Server DBA candidates.
- By Michael Domingo
- February 15, 2006
German utility firm 1-abc.net announced it is shipping a new product aimed at making sure that files you delete stay deleted.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2006
A recent survey, billed as one of the first polls of end users of managed services, found the customers were much more responsive to managed service providers they encountered at trade shows and to referrals than to cold sales calls.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 15, 2006
Declaring that it has fulfilled both the letter and the spirit of the law, Microsoft Wednesday denied it is still in violation of European Community fair trade laws and attacked the EC's Commission for Competition.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2006
Popular "second-shot" promotion keeps coming back; this time, it's worldwide.
- By Becky Nagel
- February 15, 2006
Microsoft's Office Live online services for small companies officially entered beta mid-week.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 15, 2006
Microsoft said Tuesday that it is making additions and changes to Windows Server "Longhorn" and to Internet Explorer 7 to add capabilities to better support security and identity protection.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 14, 2006
Microsoft released seven security bulletins, including two bulletins that addressed critical flaws affecting Windows. The other five bulletins included patches for flaws with a maximum severity rating of "important" in Windows and Office.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 14, 2006
When Microsoft releases Windows Vista sometime in the second half of this year, two huge stars will be lining up. The first full release of a new Microsoft operating system in five years will be arriving to at least a couple of years worth of pent up demand among users. At the same time, new PCs running with dual-core processors running under the hood will be plentiful, though still a bit pricey. That leaves a big question: What should you do?
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- February 13, 2006
Microsoft came late to desktop search; it doesn’t intend to make the same mistake with mobile search. The company announced Monday that it has bought MotionBridge, a French maker of "mobile search" technology.
- By Keith Ward
- February 13, 2006
Security specialists Websense and Network Engines team up with Microsoft to offer integrated solutions.
- By Dan Hong
- February 13, 2006