Microsoft offers new licensing and technology to spur virtual-desktop usage
In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.
But doesn't set release schedule or say when it will ship beta
Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users' hands.
Microsoft becomes first major browser maker to drop support for world's most popular OS.
Microsoft's new browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, now or when the software eventually ships, the company confirmed this week.
Developers can implement their own clipboards within apps, but Microsoft is favoring contextual tapping instead
Microsoft revealed this week at its Mix 10 conference for Microsoft-oriented Web developers that its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile OS will not include a clipboard capability for copy-and-paste operations -- at least not in the first version.
No immediate plans to patch flaw that skirts Windows defenses, says Microsoft
A bug in Microsoft's software gives hackers a way to exploit virtual Windows machines which would be attack-proof if they were running on real hardware, a researcher said today.
The server-side utility transfers e-mail, calendar and contacts data from Exchange servers to Google Apps
Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of e-mail, calendar and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite.
Software giant says users don't need the function
Microsoft has removed the cut and paste function from its forthcoming mobile phone OS, Windows Phone 7.
At its MIX Web developer conference this week Microsoft had little to say about the unnamed browser in Windows Phone 7, even as it trumpeted a limited "preview" release of desktop Internet Explorer 9.
Microsoft pulls aside the curtain, sneak peeks its next-gen browser
Microsoft yesterday unveiled a very early edition of its next-generation browser, IE9.
A jury in Texas said the patent infringement was willful.
A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX US$105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company.
The move could be at odds with company's promotion of its own Silverlight RIA technology
Potentially toughening the competitive landscape for its own Silverlight rich Internet application platform, Microsoft will expand support for the HTML5 specification in its Internet Explorer 9 browser, under a plan revealed Tuesday.
Microsoft released a preview of Internet Explorer 9's Web page rendering engine. What does it do differently?
Microsoft today released a platform preview of Internet Explorer 9. This isn't an IE9 beta, mind you; it doesn't have the features you'd expect in a browser. It doesn't even have an address bar for that matter. Instead, the IE9 Platform Preview serves as a sneak peek at some of the new Web technologies and standards that Microsoft is working on building into its flagship browser.
Shun Windows Mobile, annoy Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer doesn't use one but apparently as many as 10,000 Microsoft employees do. Embarrassingly, the device in question is Apple's iPhone.
Analyst warns against expecting similar result by the end of this financial year
Government software sales reached a record high in 2008/2009 financial year, but resellers are being warned not to expect similar figures this year, according to an analyst.
Three IT companies top Hewitt's survey including Dimension Data and Microsoft
Express Data has been named one of three ‘Best of the Best’ employers in a survey conducted by human resources company, Hewitt Associates.
