An annual survey of IT organizations found rising trends toward deploying Windows 7, desktop virtualization and unified communications solutions.
Microsoft has adopted a variant of its "responsible disclosure" policy for reporting security flaws in its software, the company announced last week.
Tablet handheld computers will begin to outsell netbooks in two years in the U.S. market, according to Forrester Research.
- By Herb Torrens
- 07/26/2010
After a year of working on security steps to comply with federal government regulations, Google today launched Google Apps for Government.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 07/26/2010
Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be released "within the first half of calendar year 2011," Microsoft announced this week.
Microsoft's Windows Phone engineering team announced yesterday that Windows Phone 7 Series has reached the technical preview stage.
Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
Microsoft today announced the beta release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/12/2010
Microsoft today released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008.
Microsoft last week acknowledged that the VC-1 video codec has limited performance on multicore systems running Windows 7.
IE market share rose past the 60 percent mark after two straight months of decline.
According to new research, companies are once more investing in application development projects, and Agile methodologies are leading the way.
After only two months on the market, Microsoft pulling the plug on its line of social media-friendly phones.
Microsoft initiated a free Windows Embedded update service for device developers, which started on Monday.
Slides purporting to show Windows 8 features have emerged on the Web.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the third "platform preview" release of its Internet Explorer 9 browser prototype.
After nearly seven years running Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group, Allison Watson is stepping aside to take on a new role in the company. She will be replaced by Jon Roskill.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/24/2010
Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft and other software companies.
Microsoft touted its operating system interoperability partnership with Novell on Monday.