Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week's …
Microsoft targets Windows, Linux management
Microsoft opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of …
Windows Mobile to get voice command capability
Microsoft has high hopes that a new speech-recognition application for the forthcoming Windows Mobile operating system will be attractive enough …
IE 8: Its Security Is Worth the Download
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 in March, and whether to install it is likely your biggest update decision right now. …
Hands on: Running Windows 7 on a netbook
Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company planned to equip netbooks with the Starter …
Developers to get Windows 7 RC next week
Some Microsoft developers will be able to download a near-final version of the company's Windows 7 operating system next week, …
Windows bugs never really die
Hackers can successfully attack Windows PCs months — even years — after Microsoft Corp. fixes a flaw, a security expert …
Android faces fight for smartphone users, despite Google’s update plan
An Android update that Google Inc. plans to release soon will include new features sought by users and developers since …
XP shifts to reduced support
As expected, Microsoft Corp. last week moved Windows XP out of its mainstream support program and into a more limited …
New Sidekick will get Exchange support
Despite its heritage as a phone aimed at the youth market, the latest version of the Sidekick mobile device will …
Microsoft leaks Windows 7 RC delivery date
Microsoft will deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than two weeks, the company's Web site revealed …
VMware bug allows Windows hack to attack Macs
A bug in VMware's Fusion virtualization software could be used to run malicious code on a Mac by exploiting Windows …
Mozilla ponders dropping Firefox support for Win2k, early XP
Mozilla Corp. is considering dropping support for Windows 2000 and the earliest versions of XP when it ships the follow-up …
Forrester: Microsoft opens virtual desktop options
Changes that Microsoft Corp. has made to its desktop virtualization licensing are giving enterprises more scenarios for how they can …
Virtualization management: Cross-platform tools fall short
With the abundance of formidable virtualization platforms on the market today, there ought to be a better way to manage …
Desktop virtualization and licensing: IT wary of gotchas
CIO Roxanne Reynolds-Lair of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising wanted to bring both Macs and Windows to her …
1 in 5 Windows PCs still hackable by Conficker
Although the media blitz about the Conficker worm prompted a significant number of enterprise users to finally fix a six-month-old …
Windows now on 96% of netbooks
Almost all of the netbooks sold in February 2009 were running Windows, rather than Linux, says NPD. According to the …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Microsoft to limit Office 2003 support
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it will drop mainstream support for Office 2003 on April 14, the same day it …