Microsoft released seven patches for its June rollout of security fixes. As expected, three are labeled "critical," three "important" and one "moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/10/2008
Redmond projects a rollout of seven fixes, with three rated critical, three important and one moderate.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/05/2008
Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.
A Microsoft executive said today that Microsoft may be considering rebranding its Live search engine brand.
Microsoft continued to investigate what it called public reports of a remote code execution threat for XP and Vista when Apple's Safari Web browser is installed.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/02/2008
Symantec officials described a workaround to a problem that has affected some users upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 3 who also use Symantec's security solutions.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/29/2008
A touch user interface turned out to be the big surprise in Windows 7, the latest operating system being developed by Microsoft.
Senior Technical Account Manager at Microsoft New Zealand Nick MacKechnie posted on his MSDN blog that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is coming in the "third quarter" of this year.
Windows 7, the code-name for Microsoft's upcoming operating system, will be demonstrated at "D6: All Things Digital," according to a blog note for the sold-out event.
Microsoft released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week.
Security software vendor PC Tools on Friday fired the latest salvo in the argument over whether Windows Vista is as secure as Microsoft says it is.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/16/2008
Microsoft and One Laptop per Child announced an agreement Thursday to put Windows XP Professional on OLPC XO laptops in emerging markets along with Linux.
Evans Data research indicates only eight percent of developers in North America are writing applications for Vista, even though the OS has been live for 15 months.
Why has Microsoft clammed up about dev projects in the Windows and Windows Live groups, and what does it mean for developers?
- By Mary Jo Foley
- 05/15/2008
A former Microsoft employee appears to be coming to the rescue of those suffering from the XP SP3 endless reboot cycle that can happen on computers with AMD processors