Windows XP powers "71 percent of PCs within North American and European enterprises," according to a report published last week by Forrester Research.
An international team of computer scientists has demonstrated in the lab that it is possible for overlapping Wi-Fi networks in densely populated areas to support the rapid spread of malicious code that could infect an entire city in a matter of weeks.
- By William Jackson
- 02/02/2009
Defense Department officials have launched a new Web site where developers can work on open source software projects specifically for DOD.
Microsoft’s Powerset acquisition brings the first open source code into a Microsoft product.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/01/2009
Research shows Software as a Service development is on the rise, especially in North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2009
Redmond releases a CTP of Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/01/2009
The Ruby on Rails project joins with Merb framework to develop Rails 3.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/01/2009
The rise of netbooks challenges Microsoft and other companies whose high-end operating systems may not run on the portable machines.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2009
Build 7000 of Microsoft's latest OS proves surprisingly stable and robust in our hands-on tests.
- By Stephen Chapman
- 02/01/2009
Ahead of Internet Explorer 8’s debut, Microsoft urges developers to test their Web sites for compatibility with a pre-release tool.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 02/01/2009
Microsoft releases second CTPs for Windows Azure.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 02/01/2009
Application lifecycle management provider Borland responds to setbacks.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/01/2009
Developers respond to Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg's discussion on the future direction of C#.
- By Michael Desmond
- 02/01/2009
Users testing Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta have been asking Microsoft when it will release the final product, but Microsoft isn't saying right now, according to a Windows 7 team blog posted on Friday.
Though Microsoft may have gotten ahead of the browser-security curve with RC1 of IE 8, which includes a feature that helps protect against clickjacking attacks, recent developments suggest that other browsers haven't quite caught up yet.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/30/2009
A dispute with the European Union might change how Microsoft distributes its software in the region.
Microsoft has advanced to the next testing phase by issuing Release Candidate "Escrow"-build versions of Service Pack 2.
Microsoft's rollout of Windows 7 Beta, the company's newest operating system, has resulted in a stepped-up workload for the Department of Justice effort overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a past federal court antitrust ruling.
One bright spot in the IT economy appears to be virtualization, with leading provider VMware today announcing that its yearly revenue rose 42 percent in 2008 to $1.9 billion. Fourth quarter revenues were a "solid" $515 million -- up 25 percent over last year.
Amid the current economic uncertainty, some businesses will probably opt to kill existing outsourcing arrangements to cut costs, but some in the industry expect the economic downturn to result in a net gain for outsourcers.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/27/2009