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Microsoft launches enterprise antipiracy program Microsoft amped up its antipiracy campaign Monday, adding a program that targets large customers that need to "get legal" after being fingered for using counterfeit or illegally applied volume licenses. Giving up on Vista? Here's how to downgrade to XP Microsoft's decision last week to delay the end of Windows XP sales five months means users have just that much longer to jilt Vista and return to the older -- and some say more mature -- operating system. But even with XP's reprieve, few PCs come with anything but Vista. Even if you wanted to take advantage of the wider window of XP opportunity, you might not know where to start. October 2, 8:26 a.m. PDT Microsoft: We have services, too Microsoft has taken another baby step into on-demand services, with a bundle of small announcements that amount to a little rebranding here, and a couple of new services there. The new offerings are Office Live Workspace -- a free, personal, Web-based document storage and collaboration space hosted by Microsoft -- and a fresh edition of the company's Dynamics Live CRM product.  October 1, 12:01 a.m. PDT Microsoft gives OEMs five more months to install XP Microsoft is extending the time it will allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and retail outlets to sell PCs with Windows XP as customers continue to balk on upgrading to Windows Vista. September 28, 4:01 a.m. PDT DataCore revs up apps with memory caching It was a long time ago, and my memory may not serve me perfectly well, but I'm pretty sure that the concept of caching is about as old as computing itself. Nevertheless, dedicating fast-access memory space to temporarily park frequently referenced data is still the best and most effective way to cut down on I/O time. September 28, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft's stealth updates stymie XP repairs The contentious stealth update that Microsoft delivered to customers this summer blocks 80 patches and fixes from installing after Windows XP is restored using its "repair" feature, researchers said Thursday. September 27, 8:48 a.m. PDT Microsoft releases SP1 beta to limited group Microsoft released the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to a private group of testers, taking one step closer to the anticipated official launch in the first quarter of next year. September 24, 4:09 p.m. PDT Euro think tank recommends unbundling Windows from PCs A pro-business think tank in Europe has recommended unbundling Microsoft's Windows operating system from sales of new PCs in order to give customers more choice when buying a new computer. September 24, 4:41 a.m. PDT On the road to the virtual desktop Click ‘n’ run. It seems like such a simple concept. Surf up to a Web page, select the desired application from a list, and click. Voila! Microsoft Word appears on your desktop. Or Excel, or Adobe Photoshop… you name it. September 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Herd behavior demonstrated at Demo "Whatever happened to working alone?” September 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Credit Suisse plans virtualization a massive scale With 20,000 servers to manage, financial services powerhouse Credit Suisse had a long list of reasons to consider server virtualization: reducing the number of physical servers to manage, cutting power needs, improving software provisioning time, and deferring expensive datacenter buildouts. But it also needed a clear set of guidelines to determine when to virtualize, plus a clear set of procedures for managing a virtualization initiative. September 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Tech executives dominate richest Americans list Technology executives dominated the top 10 of Forbes magazine's list of 400 richest Americans this year with Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates retaining his place at the top of the annual list for the 14th time. According to Forbes, Gates is worth $59 billion. September 21, 12:19 p.m. PDT EU commissioner slams DOJ reaction to Microsoft antitrust ruling European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has slammed comments from the U.S. Department of Justice about Monday's European court ruling on an antitrust judgment against Microsoft. September 19, 5:45 a.m. PDT Microsoft loses appeal against EU antitrust ruling Microsoft failed Monday in its bid to overturn a European Commission antitrust ruling against it, when the European Union's second highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses. September 17, 3:36 a.m. PDT Microsoft: 'Secret' updates were for Windows Update Microsoft claims updates sent out to Windows XP and Vista machines without users knowing about them were for the Windows Update mechanism, though the company acknowledged it could have been more "transparent" before changing files on user computers. September 13, 11:31 a.m. PDT Design work trumps new technologies at Beijing Olympics When Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officials promised to use it as a showcase for new technology and China's economic development. September 13, 6:52 a.m. PDT Microsoft, Novell open interoperability lab Cross-platform virtualization is top of the list of projects that a new joint development lab operated by Microsoft and Novell will work on, executives said. September 12, 3:46 a.m. PDT Eight great Microsoft reviews and analyses Oliver Rist is gone, but his memory will live on, both in our hearts and in the databases of InfoWorld.com. While you may very well have read each and every Enterprise Windows column he wrote over the years, it's possible that you missed some of the great Windows-oriented product reviews and analyses the InfoWorld Test Center has done, many penned by Oliver. September 12, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft streamlines volume licensing programs Microsoft continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company's software in bulk. September 7, 2:32 p.m. PDT Microsoft releases more Windows Media Extenders Microsoft is increasing the range of video formats that PCs running its Windows software can pipe to televisions around the home, with support for a new range of Extenders for Windows Media Center devices from hardware manufacturers. September 6, 3:46 a.m. PDT Microsoft touts cost savings of Vista over XP Microsoft released details of a study it commissioned that found that total cost of ownership for Windows Vista on mobile PCs is $605 less annually than Windows XP. September 5, 2:20 p.m. PDT Microsoft ties Windows Live services to OS Microsoft is using the same tactic for its online services that made its Internet Explorer browser ubiquitous among Internet users. With new beta technology it's releasing Wednesday, Microsoft is tying its Windows Live services directly to its Windows OS. September 5, 11:01 a.m. PDT Last call: Oliver's parting shot Back in the saddle again… September 5, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft postpones Longhorn release date When Microsoft unveiled the long-awaited details of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Wednesday, the company also quietly pushed back the release date for another highly anticipated product, Windows Server 2008. August 30, 4:09 p.m. PDT Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch Microsoft blamed human error for a Windows Genuine Advantage problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. August 29, 12:57 p.m. PDT Update: Vista SP1 due in Q1 2008, beta in September Microsoft has finally broken its silence on the timing of the release of the highly anticipated Windows Vista Service Pack 1, saying the software updates should be in final release in the first quarter of next year with the company shipping off a beta next month to 10,000 to 15,000 testers. August 29, 9:39 a.m. PDT Microsoft offers free software to Louisiana SMBs Microsoft is working with state officials in Louisiana to offer Windows and Office software free for a year to small businesses still feeling the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. August 27, 2:09 p.m. PDT Pano Logic virtual desktops run without software A Silicon Valley startup claims to boost computing security and reduce electric costs with a virtual desktop PC that uses no software or processor. August 27, 9:13 a.m. PDT Microsoft revises anti-Linux campaign with new site Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-Linux "Get the Facts" Web site with a kinder, gentler site explaining how its Windows Server operating system compares to open-source Linux as well as other competitive OSes. August 24, 9:25 a.m. PDT Does Vista suck? Does Vista suck? The word on the Web is that it sucks badly enough that we should all don iSheep caps and adopt Macs or Penguins. I usually don't get into those kinds of arguments because they amount to OS holy wars. My inbox fills with angry anti-Microsoft zealotry from folks who've made up their minds to hate one and love another no matter what. I just don't look at it that way -- and I don't think most systems admins, consultants, and integrators do either. To us, it's a toolbox. August 22, 3:00 a.m. PDT Ballmer parries discussion of Yahoo buy Try as he might, not even veteran U.S. television interviewer Charlie Rose could get Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to disclose whether the company continues to mull an acquisition of Yahoo. August 20, 12:57 p.m. PDT Microsoft reacts to kernel hacks, defends Vista Microsoft quietly beefed up a key defensive feature of 64-bit Windows Vista Tuesday to better protect the operating system against hacks that have plagued it for weeks. August 15, 9:30 a.m. PDT Researcher: Vista prevents users playing high-def content Content protection features in Windows Vista are preventing customers from playing high-quality video and audio and harming system performance, even as Microsoft neglects security programs that could protect users, computer researcher Peter Gutmann argued at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston Wednesday. August 10, 6:03 a.m. PDT Vista, wireless kept off core Olympic IT roster Microsoft's newest OS, Vista, has been relegated to waterboy status at the 2008 Olympic Games, while wireless networking won't even play a supporting role in Beijing. August 8, 9:28 a.m. PDT Survey: Microsoft's IIS may catch Apache in Web server market Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) continues to narrow the gap with the open source Apache Web server, with a survey firm suggesting that the longtime second banana could surpass Apache as early as next year. August 8, 8:35 a.m. PDT Microsoft PsTools bolster Windows admins' utility belts It's been a bit of a roller-coaster week. Fake Steve Jobs peels off his "Mission: Impossible" mask and it's (sad sigh) Dan Lyons. Maybe Webster's can use the incident as the new definition for anticlimactic. Then again, he made me laugh a few times, so I can't complain (would've been better had it been Gary Coleman or Lisa Nowak, though). Then Michelle Madigan from "Dateline NBC" tries to one-up Chris Hansen with a predatory hackers-type undercover story at Defcon and instead wound up doing a shame walk all the way to the parking lot. A week of thrills, chills, and social spills -- I figure I'll calm things down a bit, take a big yoga cleansing breath, and concentrate on the mundane. August 8, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft releases XP, Vista service pack previews Microsoft has quietly released pre-beta code to two forthcoming Windows service packs to testers in the past week, but the company continues to remain vague about when the final code for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista SP1 will make it to end-users. August 7, 1:37 p.m. PDT Running Windows on Macs becomes a race with VMware Fusion out of the gates VMware gave startup Parallels some competition Monday by releasing the first version of its software that lets Windows applications run on Apple's Macintosh computers. August 6, 10:52 a.m. PDT Update: Microsoft cuts Windows Vista price in China Microsoft has dramatically cut the price of Windows Vista in China in a bid to boost sales of its new operating system. August 3, 4:24 a.m. PDT Microsoft System Center can ease network security fright The night is so dark, it sticks to your skin. The young geek wanders lost through thick foliage, branches grabbing his sleeves, the glow from his pitiful penlight only serving to accentuate the crushing blackness all around. Suddenly branches snap under mysterious feet somewhere ahead, his heart base jumps into his mouth, and he nearly swallows his penlight in a vain attempt to stay hidden. August 1, 3:00 a.m. PDT Hit the books, Windows admins This was a depressing weekend. Not only am I getting older, I seem to be doing it faster than the rest of my friends. I spent the weekend tearing up the shoddily built original deck so that I can replace it with something remotely attractive. But after only two days of hammer and crowbar work, I'm wheezing like John Goodman climbing stairs and can barely lift my hammer. Dave — who is three months older — is still bright eyed and bushy tailed. Makes me mad. It also makes me want to crawl into my easy chair with a scotch, half a pound of Advil, and some good reading. July 25, 3:00 a.m. PDT What will Windows 7 look like? By now, everyone has heard how Microsoft plans to release the next Windows client OS, Windows 7, in 2010. But what the company is not making clear is what new features the OS will have, a topic that has become fodder for educated Windows 7 speculation. July 24, 11:02 a.m. PDT Sources: Windows Vista SP1 beta due this week Microsoft could pull the trigger on putting out a beta of the first service pack for Windows Vista any day with a final release by November, sources close to the company said. July 18, 3:51 p.m. PDT Windows Mobile needs fixing, fast Last week's big Redmond stories were the release of Dynamics Live CRM and the announcement that Windows Server 2008 would come out in February of next year along with the next revs of SQL Server and Visual Studio. The week prior it was how Apple iPhone seemed a little worm-ridden when compared even to Windows Mobile. And naturally, at the time, I agreed. No one's open-mouthed with surprise, but even so, I feel it's important to point out that I don't think the iPhone is total bullocks. And nothing has served to bring that out more than Microsoft's release of Dynamics Live. July 18, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft Research inventions are wacky and useful Flying bikes, cell phone robots, smart walking sticks, and audio speakers that defy logic are inventions all on display Tuesday at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters. July 17, 2:09 p.m. PDT EU to rule on Microsoft appeal Sept. 17 The European Court of First Instance will give its long-awaited verdict in Microsoft's antitrust appeal on Sept. 17, people involved in the matter said Tuesday. July 17, 5:45 a.m. PDT Microsoft offers partner tools for licensing, Vista At its partner conference this week Microsoft released new tools to help partners navigate two of the company's more complicated offerings: product licensing and the Windows Vista client OS. July 11, 11:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft to launch next product wave in February 2008 Microsoft on Tuesday said it would formally unveil the next wave of its enterprise products -- including the long-awaited "Longhorn" version of Windows Server -- in February 2008 at a launch event in Los Angeles. July 10, 9:03 a.m. PDT Microsoft customers sour on Software Assurance IT procurement managers are finding that Microsoft's Software Assurance maintenance program may not save them money as hoped, according to a survey by Forrester Research. July 9, 10:49 a.m. PDT BeyondTrust keeps Windows users from abusing privileges Too many organizations are still allowing most of their end-users full-time administration privileges in Windows. If you ask why the taboo practice is continuing, administrators will respond that they must allow regular end-users to install software and to make basic system configuration changes. Yet these very tasks also put end-users at risk for malicious exploitation. June 28, 3:00 a.m. PDT Windows Server 2008 makes hosting debut at Microsoft.com About 2,600 Web sites are already running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server 2008, a small but increasing number that indicates rising interest in the OS, according to new statistics from Netcraft. June 27, 4:41 a.m. PDT Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta Microsoft on Wednesday started limited beta offerings of Windows Live file and photo sharing services. June 27, 4:32 a.m. PDT Analysts: Vista SP1 delay won't hurt enterprises Although Microsoft may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on enterprise adoption of the OS. June 25, 2:35 p.m. PDT Microsoft kills Longhorn continuation project Microsoft has forced developers to close down a project aimed at reviving the original Windows client code-named "Longhorn." June 22, 11:01 a.m. PDT Microsoft better at patching XP than Vista A Microsoft security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP. June 22, 4:12 a.m. PDT Microsoft jumps antitrust hurdle in Iowa The latest status report on Microsoft Corp.'s compliance with an antitrust settlement in the U.S. has cleared the company of a separate accusation of not complying with orders to disclose information to make its products more interoperable. June 21, 4:48 a.m. PDT Microsoft interoperability team: Bring on Red Hat Leaders of Microsoft's strategy to make its products more interoperable with competitive technologies said the company still hopes to strike a Linux pact with Red Hat similar to the partnerships it's forged with Linux vendors Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. June 15, 1:11 p.m. PDT Microsoft: Mystery trio thwarts pirates Microsoft has clarified the identity of the mysterious trio on the installation disks for the business version of Windows Vista. June 14, 7:47 a.m. PDT Windows Home Server edges toward final release Microsoft's first server OS aimed at helping Windows users organize and share files on a home network is nearly ready for prime time. June 13, 2:24 p.m. PDT SharePoint library: No non-geeks allowed Microsoft is pushing a bunch of new technologies as part of the Vista-Office-2007-Server-2008 product bonanza: The new Exchange, Viridian virtualization (eventually), Forefront security. The list is long and maybe even a little distinguished, but nothing is being pushed harder than SharePoint. June 13, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft clarifies virtualization licensing - for now Microsoft has clarified how licensing for its current version of Windows Server works when paired with virtualization software. However, customers may face a whole new set of licensing rules once the next version, Windows Server 2008, is released later this year. June 12, 2:21 p.m. PDT Burden of proof on Google in Vista antitrust claim Google's claims that Microsoft's built-in Vista desktop indexing and search tool violates its antitrust agreement could be difficult to prove even if the software does slow down the performance of Google's competitive Google Desktop offering. June 11, 4:28 p.m. PDT Linux veteran to lead Microsoft-Novell interop lab Microsoft has appointed an executive to lead its controversial efforts to make its software more interoperable with Novell's Suse Linux. June 11, 3:29 p.m. PDT Google complains to DOJ about Vista search Google has complained to federal antitrust officials that the search tool in Microsoft's Windows Vista discourages customers from using its own search utility, the company confirmed Sunday. June 11, 9:31 a.m. PDT Parallels for Mac cozies up to Vista On the heels of Apple's launch of the Intel Mac, a company called Parallels captured the spotlight with an eponymous product that does for Mac OS X what VMware Workstation did for the Windows and Linux world -- full-blown hardware virtualization in a workstation package running natively on the Mac OS. Parallels allowed less-than-satisfied Windows users to jump to the Mac and to take their Windows applications with them. Windows-only applications and games were no longer a sticking point. June 11, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft tests tool for assessing hardware with Vista Microsoft has released the beta of a tool that will test business PCs to see if they are compatible with Windows Vista. June 8, 3:10 p.m. PDT Parallels for Mac now plays 3-D graphics Parallels is upgrading its desktop virtualization software for running Windows on a Mac computer, adding, among other things, 3-D graphics capability. June 8, 6:33 a.m. PDT Microsoft fixes Windows Mobile synch problem Microsoft has fixed a problem that made it difficult for users of the most recent Windows Mobile devices to synch with PCs running Vista. June 7, 3:32 a.m. PDT Microsoft sued by French TV company over Vista name French television presenter Philippe Gildas has sued Microsoft for "violation of intellectual property," accusing the software publisher of illegally using the trademark "Vista." June 6, 5:55 a.m. PDT Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains Microsoft Corp. released tools to help companies deploy Windows Vista, acknowledging that there are deployment and application-compatibility pains enterprise IT managers face when updating business desktops to the new OS. June 5, 10:13 a.m. PDT Microsoft gives Vista's Windows Mail the heave-ho Microsoft on Wednesday launched a beta of the new e-mail client designed to give the boot to Vista's four-month-old built-in Windows Mail. June 1, 8:58 a.m. PDT Microsoft Orcas Beta 1 hints at a killer IDE on the horizon While the Visual Studio team at Microsoft has been burning the midnight oil for some 18 months to bring us Orcas Beta 1, the CLR (Common Language Runtime) team has been hammering away on .Net Framework 3.5 Beta 1. Happily, all the effort appears to be paying off. June 1, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft, Novell defend partnership, promise details Executives from Microsoft and Novell defended their controversial business agreement to collaborate and promote integration between Windows and Novell's SUSE Linux operating systems on Wednesday, saying that Microsoft's sales organization is now the biggest channel for SUSE Linux and that the deal will help, not hurt the prospects of Linux in the enterprise. May 24, 5:00 a.m. PDT PC dealers strike against Microsoft in India Computer dealers in India are growing increasingly agitated at Microsoft's attempts to clamp down on the use of pirated software in the country. May 21, 6:35 a.m. PDT Gates christens Longhorn Windows Server 2008 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Tuesday revealed one of the company's worst-kept secrets by announcing Longhorn Server will officially be called Windows Server 2008. May 16, 9:34 a.m. PDT Trimming the Longhorn, threatening the Penguin Some weeks, the dog is man's best and fuzziest friend; others he's chasing you around the yard and snapping at your heinie — I'm having a real "Tom and Jerry" moment here. May 16, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft expands sales channel for home server Microsoft Corp. has signed up more vendors to build hardware for its forthcoming Windows Home Server, expanding the sales channel for the company's first server OS aimed at home PC users. May 15, 10:18 a.m. PDT Microsoft patent claims hint at internal issues Microsofts aim to seek patent royalties from open source distributors and users may be an attempt to use legal threats to deflect attention from larger questions surrounding its business, including lack of interest in new versions of core products and lackluster profit from new wares. May 14, 12:41 p.m. PDT Microsoft demands royalties for open source software Microsoft reportedly wants open source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations. May 14, 4:19 a.m. PDT Longhorn beta 3 shows the beef Microsoft’s wide open beta testing paradigm, which combines unfettered interaction between Microsoft developers and customers and a formal system of gathering feedback from public testers, brings a whole new meaning to the word “beta.” Nowhere is proof of the vendor’s commitment to the program more evident than in the third beta release of Windows Server “Longhorn,” which looks like it’s been hit with a mega-dose of growth hormone since beta 2. And I mean that in a good way. May 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT VMware upgrade adds Vista support VMware is scheduled to introduce a new version of its workstation virtualization product on Wednesday that supports Windows Vista, dual monitors, and other features. May 9, 9:04 a.m. PDT Survey: More using Vista, but some concerns increasing More users are starting to evaluate and deploy Windows Vista, but they are showing more concern over perceived performance and patching improvements and the operating system's hardware requirements, according to a recent study. May 9, 5:35 a.m. PDT The Road to Longhorn: A Hobbit's Tale It must be a little like trudging your furry feet all the way from the Shire to Mordor, only to see that big damn gate manned by a thousand orcs who look like Paul Venezia after a hard night drinking. You're filled with despair, like that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach after writing about little else besides Vista this and Vista that for the last six months, only to realize that I'm sitting down in my well-worn lab chair, about to install Beta 3 of Longhorn. May 9, 3:00 a.m. PDT Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux collaboration Dell is backing the Windows-Linux partnership set up by Microsoft and Novell. As part of the deal, Dell will buy Suse Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft for corporate customers that are not already using Linux, the computer maker said Monday. May 7, 4:07 a.m. PDT Startups class of '06: Where are they now? In 2006, InfoWorld uncovered 15 startups that emerged after the nuclear winter that followed the dot-com bust with cool, useful technologies. Well, another year has brought a new crop of startup darlings, such as the companies we're profiling each day in May for our Month of Enterprise Startups (MOES) feature. But MOES got us thinking about last year's startups. In the year that has followed, how have these innovators fared? May 7, 3:00 a.m. PDT Can G.ho.st scare Microsoft? Somehow, the fact that startup G.ho.st has its headquarters in Jerusalem is fitting. After all, it wasn't far from the ancient city that the biblical hero David squared off against Goliath. And, in a sense, that is the tiny company and its G.ho.st (Global Hosted Operating System), is intent on doing with the giant of the operating system business: Microsoft. May 6, 3:00 a.m. PDT Supreme Court favors Microsoft in AT&T case The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Microsoft is not liable for using patented AT&T technology in copies of Windows running on computers outside the United States. April 30, 9:23 a.m. PDT How to get bought by Google (or IBM, or Oracle) May is a month of rebirth and new beginnings. It's a time when flowers are blooming, trees are flowering, and young bucks lock horns in battle over the privilege of choosing a mate. Those kinds of biological imperatives are a bit masked in the super-refined atmosphere of Silicon Valley, but it's safe to say that betrothal is on the minds of many a young company these days. They're complex emotions, to be sure, but they find their truest expression in a question that flits across the mind of many a traveler on Route 101 or, if articulated, is done so only in whispers: "How do we get bought by Google?" April 30, 3:00 a.m. PDT Microsoft releases first Longhorn public beta Microsoft is posting the final beta and first publicly available and feature-complete version of Windows Server "Longhorn," marking the final time the product will be available for testing and feedback before the long-awaited server update is available later this year. April 26, 4:14 a.m. PDT .ANI attacks took swipes at Vista's security Microsoft's Vista operating system took some of its first punches when a dangerous vulnerability was disclosed earlier this month, but the OS held strong, a security analyst said Tuesday. April 24, 9:36 a.m. PDT Microsoft requests guidance on protocol pricing Microsoft asked the European Commission on Monday how much it should charge for protocol information, in an attempt to defuse the latest crisis between the regulator and the software giant. April 23, 9:37 a.m. PDT Gates launches developing world tech initiative Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates launched an initiative in Beijing Thursday aimed at bridging the digital divide between technologically advanced and developing countries. April 19, 6:57 a.m. PDT Microsoft plans $3 suite for emerging markets Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Thursday is expected to unveil a global initiative by Microsoft to bring computers and technology education resources to emerging countries during an appearance in Beijing. April 19, 4:41 a.m. PDT Judge approves Microsoft class-action settlement A judge in Iowa's Polk Country District Court granted preliminary approval on Wednesday to a settlement in one of the last class-action lawsuits faced by Microsoft in the wake of the antitrust case brought by the U.S. government in the 1990s. April 18, 2:10 p.m. PDT Microsoft, Lenovo to develop R&D center in China Microsoft and Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group have struck a deal to set up a technology center in China to promote research and development (R&D) of new consumer technology and, in particular, mobile devices. April 18, 2:02 p.m. PDT Oracle updates leave critical Windows flaw Some Oracle customers using the Windows operating system will have to wait another two weeks to receive a critical software update to their database software, thanks to a glitch that came up in testing the company's latest patches. April 18, 4:14 a.m. PDT Adobe CEO responds to Microsoft's Silverlight The head of Adobe Systems has questioned Microsoft's commitment to keeping its new Silverlight platform compatible with other operating systems besides Windows. April 17, 5:08 a.m. PDT Windows XP to be discontinued in early 2008 Microsoft's plan to phase out OEM shipments of Windows XP, the predecessor to the new Windows Vista platform, is not sitting well with some observers, based on Internet-driven feedback. April 13, 12:15 p.m. PDT Microsoft pressures testers after software leak Microsoft is taking tough measures to find out who leaked a CTP (Community Technology Preview) of Windows Home Server to The Hotfix.net blog after the software preview was posted on the site by a user named "Richard" soon after it was released to a small group of testers. April 12, 3:45 p.m. PDT Microsoft delays key virtualization pieces Microsoft Corp.'s plan to catch up to competitors in providing virtualization has hit a snag. The company said this week it has pushed back the release of both a beta of virtualization technology for Windows Server and a service pack to its existing virtualization software. April 12, 10:24 a.m. PDT > Platforms > Operating systems |
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