The latest security bulletins address issues being targeted by hackers in the wild, including vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel and WordPad
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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 released, even though mainstream support for XP will have ended
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 in Germany over pricing
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 than competitors' offerings, says Larry Seltzer - and that includes open source
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 Microsoft to work on its next generation operating system
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: Linux is still alive on the tiny laptops at least for now, says Joe Wilcox
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8: Custom Made
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8, or IEAK 8 makes it easy to customise Internet Explorer.
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 global recession
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 to invest, and break any Google purchase
Double-Take Offers Any-To-Any Server Migration
Fail-over vendor moves to physical and virtual server migration
Is Microsoft Pleasing Embedded Developers?
With more smart devices hooking onto the Internet, Microsoft has had to raise its game in what it offers to embedded developers, says the company's Kevin Dallas
Windows 7 Licensing Issues
Microsoft needs Power PC users to help drive enterprise uptake of Windows 7, but there's a problem.
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 offer to IT professionals?
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 beta testers
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 reports. As the recession bites, Microsoft and IBM are both facing layoffs and bad publicity.
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 for second Service Pack for Windows Vista.
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 the inauguration of the MWC.
UK Academics Launch Open Source PC Power Saver
The University of Liverpool's PowerDown can shut down idle PCs, saving users thousands of pounds.
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 Vista. Joe Wilcox says some things Vista shouldn't have been repeated.
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 Beta 1 to release candidate.
Songsmith Sings Microsoft’s Hope
Incubation projects can save Microsoft. The company needs them now more than ever.
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. Yesterday, 26th January, Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1. But the two shall never meet.
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 would eliminate 5,000 jobs. The results show that even Microsoft is not immune to the recession and ...
Conficker USB Worm Spreading Quickly
Security researchers are reporting that the Conficker worm virus, which preys on a recently reported vulnerability (MS08-067) in the Microsoft Windows server service, is spreading rapidly even as we speak.
Testing Microsoft’s Windows Application Whitelisting Tool
The SRP feature in Microsoft Windows doesn't offer the same granularity of control or change management capabilities as whitelisting options from third-party suppliers, but there also are no extra licensing costs and it works well with ...
Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie Talks Open Source, Azure and More
Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, on open source and interoperability, software modeling and the Windows Azure cloud operating system.
Microsoft: Patch Server Vulnerability to Combat New Attacks
Microsoft has repeated its warning to users to apply a vulnerability patch in their Windows Server service. A new variant of the Conficker worm that targets this flaw is to blame.