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Microsoft tries to reclaim Windows' image After years of letting Apple's attack ads go unanswered, software maker sets out on difficult, costly journey of trying to take back control of what Windows stands for. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft faults OEMs for some XP SP3 endless reboots Microsoft blames computer makers for some of the problems users have encountered after updating to Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), according to a company support document.The document also showed that the "endl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft urges users not to misunderstand UAC, other Vista features In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt Vista, Microsoft has outlined and tried to explain some of what it calls the OS's most "misunderstood" features in a document posted to -- then mysteriously removed from -- its Web site last week. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: Don't misunderstand UAC, other Vista features In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt Vista, Microsoft has outlined and tried to explain some of what it calls the OS's most "misunderstood" features in a document posted to -- then mysteriously removed from -- its Web site this week. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft kills more third-party ActiveX controls Microsoft Wednesday issued "kill bit" updates for ActiveX controls from HP and a Washington state developer, the third time it's disabled third-party add-ons in the last four months.One security researcher linke Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft adds Facebook-like qualities to Windows Live xMicrosoft aims to turn its Windows Live portal into something more like a social-networking site with features it will add to the next major update of its online services and applications.Windows Live users wil Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft preps Vista to thwart rogue gadgets Microsoft urged Windows Vista users to download a new security tool that automatically disables suspicious or malicious "gadgets," the small applets that mimic the "widgets" popular on Mac OS X.Dubbed "Windows S Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows graphics system Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates.Microsoft released a total of five Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft puts Vista SP2 beta on Windows Update As expected, Microsoft launched the first public beta of Windows Vista SP2 (Service Pack 2) late Thursday, making it available for download from both its Web site and through its update mechanism.On Tuesday, Mic Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft looking for embedded innovations Ever dream of designing a toaster that sears a design of your own making on a piece of bread? If that's the kind of project you might like to tackle in your spare time, Microsoft has a new program that could help. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft confesses to posting a flawed update Microsoft Corp. re-released one of its Aug. 11 security updates yesterday, explaining that it had posted an incomplete version to its own download center last week.The admission was the third time in the past tw Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Economic woes, AMD splits, Microsoft developments Not all of this week's news involved global financial turmoil: while IT budgets are being cut and AMD is breaking itself up, a security tool was released for Firefox that prevents "clickjacking" and Microsoft said that Windows 7 will fix issues in Vista's user account Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft issues slew of critical security patches Microsoft Tuesday released its final eight patches of 2008, which address 28 vulnerabilities including a critical flaw in the new search component in Vista and Windows Server 2008.Six of the eight were listed as Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements Microsoft's Visual Studio software development system is getting a makeover.With the planned Visual Studio 2010 software development environment, Microsoft intends to offer a new editor based on the company's Wi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's post-Gates management team Though Bill Gates leaves his full-time duties at Microsoft on Friday, he remains nonexecutive chairman and will participate in select projects at the direction of Microsoft's current executive management team. Below is a rundown of who they are and what some of their Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft fixes IE, Office in big month of security updates Microsoft released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately.Th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's pre-iPhone 'salute' to Apple A reminder to Windows Mobile partners that Microsoft will sell nearly 20 million Windows Mobile smartphone licenses. The timing's purely coincidental, we're sure. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft lists Windows 7 in patching tool Microsoft has already seeded its most popular patching tool for corporate users with a reference to Windows 7, its planned successor to Windows Vista . Windows 7 Client is listed o Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will a 'Jackass' boost Microsoft's image? Valleywag says that Jonny Knoxville could be Microsoft's new spokesman in its forthcoming consumer ads. Redmond won't say. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, Sun boost desktop virtualization If there is any doubt that vendors want to poke desktop virtualization into the psyche of corporate IT, then last week's rash of vendor announcements should put all that to rest.Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, and Sun a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |