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Microsoft Feels the Heat with First Ever Revenue Decline

The global recession has brought Microsoft to a new first: a year-over-year decline in quarterly revenue.

16 years ago

Microsoft Developing Parallel Programming Language

Formerly known as “Maestro,” Axum is an incubation project that Microsoft is working on to help programmers tackle the issue…

16 years ago

Is It The End of the Road For Windows 2000?

With Windows XP entering Extended Support mode this week and Windows 2000 due to leave extended support on July 13…

16 years ago

Mac Share Goes Down – Again

We asked - could the recession help the Mac against the PC? The answer is no. Price pressure and the…

16 years ago

Whether OOXML Wins Or Not, Older MS Docs Aren’t Safe

Microsoft's OOXML formats are controversial - but the older Office formats will be a danger as security holes go unpatched,…

16 years ago

IBM, Red Hat and others Join EC Microsoft Case

A group of tech companies has joined the likes of Google, Opera and Mozzilla in the latest EC case against…

16 years ago

Stealthy Mebroot Rootkit Drills Into Windows

The new variant hooks itself deep within Windows to thwart efforts at spotting it

16 years ago

Microsoft Tries To Patch Hacker Holes

The latest security bulletins address issues being targeted by hackers in the wild, including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel and…

16 years ago

Windows 7 May Have XP Downgrade Option

Reports claim users will still have the option of downgrading to Windows XP from Windows 7 after the latter is…

16 years ago

Microsoft Infringed Patents – In The Name Of Anti-Piracy!

A court has ruled that Microsoft's piracy-busting Product Activation system used technology patented by someone else. Meanwhile it was fined…

16 years ago

Microsoft’s XP Support Still Beats The Competition

From next week, Microsoft Windows XP and Office 2003 support and fixes will cost money. But that is much better…

16 years ago

Top Developer Joins Microsoft Next Generation OS Team

One of the primary designers of the BitC programming language and the related Coyotos operating system project, will be joining…

16 years ago

Windows On 96 Percent of Netbooks? No Way!

A Microsoft exec has announced the death of the Linux netbook. He's ignoring the world picture, and speaking too soon:…

16 years ago

Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8: Custom Made

Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8, or IEAK 8 makes it easy to customise Internet Explorer.

16 years ago

Microsoft Claims Most Notebooks Run Windows

Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other makers have been focusing on feeding increased public demand for netbooks in the midst of the…

16 years ago

Twitter Is So Anti-Social, Microsoft Should Invest!

The Twitter service is not a social network. It's profoundly anti-social, says Joe Wilcox. That's why it's important to Microsoft…

16 years ago

Double-Take Offers Any-To-Any Server Migration

Fail-over vendor moves to physical and virtual server migration

16 years ago

Is Microsoft Pleasing Embedded Developers?

With more smart devices hooking onto the Internet, Microsoft has had to raise itsĀ  game in what it offers to…

16 years ago

Windows 7 Licensing Issues

Microsoft needs Power PC users to help drive enterprise uptake of Windows 7, but there's a problem.

16 years ago

Microsoft Vista SP2 – Not Much To See

Windows Vista needs a service pack - and Microsoft's SP2 now has a Release Candidate. But how much does it…

16 years ago

Microsoft Promises To Fix Windows 7 Issues

Microsoft's Windows engineering chief has promised to deal with more than 2000 issues, in response to criticism from Windows 7…

16 years ago

Microsoft takes money back from sacked workers

Microsoft is asking recently laid-off employees to return some of their severance pay that the company apparently overpaid, according to…

16 years ago

Microsoft Updates Windows 7 Beta and Vista Service Pack

Tweaking its future and current operating systems, Microsoft has produced dummy updates for Windows 7, and a new Release Candidate…

16 years ago

Mobile World Congress: Summary of Day 1

Video: The ecological mobile of Samsung, the presentation of Windows Mobile 6.5 and the new products presented by Nokia mark…

16 years ago

UK Academics Launch Open Source PC Power Saver

The University of Liverpool's PowerDown can shut down idle PCs, saving users thousands of pounds.

16 years ago

Microsoft to Blitz Market with Six Editions of Windows 7

It's official: Microsoft will release at least six versions of Windows 7, following the same marketing approach it took with…

16 years ago

Next Windows 7 Milestone: Release Candidate

How ready is Windows 7? Ready enough so there will be no Beta 2. Microsoft plans to go directly from…

16 years ago

Songsmith Sings Microsoft’s Hope

Incubation projects can save Microsoft. The company needs them now more than ever.

16 years ago

IE 8 and Windows 7 RC-Beta Mashups

Microsoft gives and gives more. On the 23rd January, the company extended the download availability of Windows 7 Beta 1.…

16 years ago

Microsoft Results Disappoint, 5,000 Job Cuts Coming

Microsoft reported quarterly results on the 22nd January that missed Wall Street expectations and the software giant announced that it…

16 years ago