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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

3 min

Windows 7 Licensing Issues

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

4 min

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?

4 min

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.

2 min

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.

2 min

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.

6 min

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.

5 min

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 the sluggish global economy. Microsoft eliminated 1,400 jobs on the day it announced its results and the rest of the cuts will follow during the next 18 months.

1 min

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.

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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 Windows clients and servers.

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