Microsoft releases the public beta version of Office 2010, asking for feedback from users ahead of the productivity suite's general release in early 2010
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Microsoft Confirms First Ever Windows 7 Bug
Microsoft has confirmed reports of the first ever zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7, as well as Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Open Sourcing Internet Tools
At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announces the release of Version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework and says it is open-sourcing the technology and making it available under the Apache 2.0 license
Novell Plug-In Lets Linux Developers Use Visual Studio
Signs emerge of a bridge between Windows and Linux - but will developers take it?
Windows 7 Advertising Gets Personal
Forget a picture of a loved one, Microsoft is letting key advertisers take over the desktop images and audio of willing users
Open Source Code Lifted For Windows 7 Download Tool
Microsoft admits that a third-party developer lifted open-source code from the GPLv2-licensed ImageMaster project in creating its free Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
Microsoft Upgrades Windows Marketplace
Microsoft has announced new shopping, anti-piracy and developer-friendly upgrades to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store.
Microsoft Cracks Down On Piracy With Twitter Feed
Microsoft has launched a dedicated Twitter feed for its anti-piracy enforcement team in an attempt to curb unauthorised file-sharing
eWEEK Webinar Bridges Windows And Linux
eWEEK Europe presents a webinar on 9 December, designed to help you get the best out of combining Microsoft and Linux
Parallels Desktop Enters Windows-On-Mac Market
Competition is hotting up in the Windows-on-Mac market with the the release of Parallels Desktop 5, which also now ships with tools for managing VM creation
Windows 7 and Server Bug Reported After Patch Tuesday
A security researcher discovers a bug that could be used to trigger a crash in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2
Microsoft Hits Back At Sophos Windows 7 UAC Claims
A Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalising claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting malware
Novell Pushes Benefits Of Microsoft Protection
Microsoft and Novell celebrated the third year of their interoperability agreement at a conference in Seattle
Three Critical Fixes For Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday will include six security bulletins, three of which are rated 'critical'
Microsoft Windows 7 Beats Early Vista Sales by 200 Percent
Boxed Windows 7 sales were three times as high as those of Vista during the products' first few days of release - but price cuts will hit Microsft revenue
Microsoft Cuts Another 800 Jobs Worldwide
Microsoft confirms plans to cut another 800 employees from its worldwide payroll, as part of its longer-term plan to eliminate 5,000 positions
Microsoft Goes On Cloud Cost Cutting Offensive
Microsoft cuts the prices of its Business Productivity Suite as it seeks to block cloud-based competition from Google, Oracle and other companies
Microsoft Invests £60K In Open Source Apache Foundation
Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 (£60,700) to the Apache Software Foundation over the next few years.
Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives exist, say open source groups
Cloud Ushers In New Security Frontier
Widespread adoption of cloud computing is likely to entail a plethora of management and security challenges, warns original Windows NT developer Mark Shavlik
Conficker Infections Reach 7 Million
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million computers
Microsoft Talks Speech-Recognition Despite Windows 7 Touch
Although Microsoft integrated touch-screen capabilities into Windows 7, at least one Microsoft executive suggests that the next stage in user interaction is speech-recognition technology
Microsoft Web Apps Compatibility Issue Revealed
Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps
Microsoft Apes Apple With Windows 7 Hardware Push
The software giant says its hardware leads the industry, and has opened its first retail store... which sounds a bit like Apple talking
Microsoft Warns Against Illegal Windows 7 Upgrades
Microsoft posts a response to information drifting around the Internet that Windows 7, its new operating system, can be installed using an upgrade disk on a blank hard drive
Microsoft Issues Updates For Vista, Windows Server 2008
As the launch frenzy of Windows 7 dies down, Microsoft has pushed out platform updates for both Windows Server 2008 and Vista
Opera Boss Welcomes Browser Ballot In IE Case
The CEO of Opera, Jon Tetzchner, talks to eWEEK about some of the latest developments in the antitrust case it brought against Microsoft in the European Union courts
Microsoft Sends Mixed Messages On Consumption
Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines - but is still critical of unbridled consumption
Problems Reported With Windows 7 Downloads
Microsoft and partner Digital River are working to solve the problem of users experiencing download and install errors with the Windows 7 student edition
Microsoft Lets Netbook Owners Download Windows 7 To USB
Microsoft is allowing netbook users to download Windows 7, its new operating system, onto a bootable USB or burn it onto a DVD, in yet another move by Redmond to disseminate the operating system to as many users as possible