Windows 10


Microsoft To Converge Its Windows Live Efforts

Microsoft continues to tweak its "Live" services effort, converging its current Windows Live Platform and Windows Live Core efforts, a company spokeswoman confirmed Thursday afternoon.

Three Critical Patches on Tap for Tuesday

The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) plans to publish six security bulletins next Tuesday, according to Thursday's advance notification.

Google Goes Back to Court Over Vista Desktop Search

Google remains undaunted in its quest to become a legal player in the battle to keep Windows Vista's desktop search subject to federal scrutiny.

Vista Ultimate Customers Await Their 'Extras'

Vista Ultimate has been out more than half a year now, and several prominent Windows bloggers have been asking when more Extras are coming.

Getting the Lay of the Land

Here's an up-to-date sketch of Microsoft's competitive landscape -- including the peaks and valleys that most affect partners.

Small Business Equals Big Sales Revenue

Partners can get seen in the small business space through some basic marketing moves.

All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go

Take steps ahead of time to ensure a successful Microsoft partnership on products that will succeed.

Microsoft Offers $500 Vista PC in India

Microsoft Corp. will sell "affordable" Windows computers aimed at students in India.

MCDST Ugrade Exam Goes Live

Earlier this week, Microsoft put exam 70-621 up for general availability.

Microsoft Readies Partner Fix for 'Downgrade Rights' Issue

A Microsoft executive this week confirmed that Microsoft is close to offering a first step to help remedy the problem of Vista "downgrade rights," which posed complications for partners.

Surgient To Support New Microsoft, VMware Virtualization Offerings

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.

Windows Server 2008 CTP Released

The CTP release makes it appear increasingly likely that the successor to Windows Server 2003 will be shipped early next year.

New Views on Vista

Results of CDW's survey of 753 U.S. IT decision-makers.

UPDATED: Vista Desktop Search Fight Gets Uglier

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.

The Bugs Keep Coming for Safari on Windows

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.