Users testing Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta have been asking Microsoft when it will release the final product, but Microsoft isn't saying right now, according to a Windows 7 team blog posted on Friday.
A dispute with the European Union might change how Microsoft distributes its software in the region.
Microsoft has advanced to the next testing phase by issuing Release Candidate "Escrow"-build versions of Service Pack 2.
Microsoft's rollout of Windows 7 Beta, the company's newest operating system, has resulted in a stepped-up workload for the Department of Justice effort overseeing Microsoft's compliance with a past federal court antitrust ruling.
For the second time in as many weeks, after a breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a company storing a large volume of personal data has been hit by a major theft.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/27/2009
One bright spot in the IT economy appears to be virtualization, with leading provider VMware today announcing that its yearly revenue rose 42 percent in 2008 to $1.9 billion. Fourth quarter revenues were a "solid" $515 million -- up 25 percent over last year.
Microsoft has extended the general public availability of its Windows 7 Beta yet again, with a new final date of Feb. 9 to get it.
Microsoft will discontinue its PerformancePoint business intelligence product and will merge its function into SharePoint Server, the company said late last week.
- By Michael Desmond
- 01/26/2009
Citrix Systems has teamed with Intel Corp. to provide virtualization technology for Intel-based desktop computers.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 01/23/2009
Microsoft is still trying to control the Conficker worm, both the bug itself and news about how it's handling it.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/23/2009
Redmond's security team is undergoing a revamp with the announcement that Andrew Cushman, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center, will be stepping down to be replaced by group manager Mike Reavey.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/23/2009
Microsoft's disappointing second-quarter earnings showed just how dependent the software giant is on new PC sales.
Microsoft announced lower than expected earnings for its second fiscal quarter said that it will eliminate 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/22/2009
A new report from security consultancy AppRiver confirms what many of us have long expected: Spammers are becoming both savvier and sneakier.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/20/2009
A survey of more than 300 open source software (OSS) developers found that many plan to distribute their solutions as services over the Internet cloud.
- By Herb Torrens
- 01/20/2009
The European Commission (EC) issued a "Statement of Objections" against Microsoft's practice of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
Microsoft released a beta of Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), which lets users run older OSes and applications on newer Windows systems.
Users of Windows Server service that haven't patched a previously disclosed worm hole (MS08-067) are taking a big risk.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/14/2009
Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta tools that let system administrators perform remote management of Windows servers from their desktop PCs.
As expected, it's a one-patch Tuesday, with a single item deemed "critical" in Microsoft's first security update for the year.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 01/13/2009