Microsoft: To reach Windows 7 release candidate, run Vista
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday asked people running the Windows 7 beta to return their machines to Vista before upgrading again to the impending release candidate of Windows 7.
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday asked people running the Windows 7 beta to return their machines to Vista before upgrading again to the impending release candidate of Windows 7.
The anticipated initial service pack for Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 database will be available imminently, Microsoft said Tuesday.
A locally developed carbon auction system that claims to cut through much of the complexity of government legislation has received backing from Microsoft to be sold globally.
An old, but little-known worm has copied some of the infection strategies of Conficker, the worm that raised a ruckus last week, Microsoft security researchers said late Friday.
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, which four years ago was running on nearly nine out of 10 computers, has fallen on hard times. Last month, just two out of every three users surfed the Web with IE, a Web metrics company said Wednesday.
As expected, Microsoft Wednesday introduced a version of its Windows Server OS for small businesses with 15 users or less, filling in what the company sees as a gap in its server offerings.
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday announced the 10th member of its Windows Server 2008 family with a new version of the server operating system aimed at companies with fewer than 15 employees.
Microsoft used its VoiceCon Orlando keynote Wednesday to attack the desk phone and traditional telephony vendors in general as a hindrance to cost savings that businesses need to realize in order to deal effectively with the bad economy.
Lenovo and Microsoft will provide 220,000 netbooks to NSW school students under the Department of Education and Training’s $110 million mini-laptop tender.
One technique used by the Conficker worm is to patch vulnerable Microsoft-based computers it has invaded in order to hide and prevent other malware from invading. One vendor, Qualys, says it upgraded its scanner Tuesday to be able to tell real Microsoft patches from stealthy Conficker patches.
Microsoft is shutting down its Encarta encyclopedia Web sites and will also discontinue its Student and Premium Encarta software products.
Microsoft has added a feature to Live Search designed to give users up-to-the-minute information linked to a particular search query to help make searches more interactive for users.
Microsoft Corp. will issue a public release candidate of Windows 7 in May, according to the company's Web site.
Microsoft may charge developers if they submit within a year more than five applications or application updates to the Windows Mobile Marketplace, a move that has some developers concerned that the store won't be able to compete with the iPhone App Store or the Android Market.
Retailers have been urged to improve their use of IT to survive the economic downturn at a Microsoft Future of Retail event in Sydney.