Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed how a wall can become a touch screen computing interface this week at the company's annual CEO Summit in Seattle.
May 15, 2008
Terracotta to add Hyperic's systems management API to its Java application cluster software.
May 15, 2008
Microsoft partners are up in arms over the vendor's decision to remove a key backup feature from an upcoming update for Windows Home Server.
May 15, 2008
Google says smile and say cheese, Europeans not so much.
May 15, 2008
OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now in public beta, and there's enough there to throw some more potential trouble Microsoft's way.
May 15, 2008
The Gates Foundation earlier this week announced that Jeff Raikes, head of the Microsoft Business Division, will take over as CEO of the philanthropic organization this September.
May 14, 2008
In a recent document, Microsoft takes aim at several features of Windows Vista that have caused problems for users and explains how they're actually beneficial to the overall functioning of the operating system.
May 14, 2008
The Test Center takes a look at Microsoft's latest iteration of EBS -- Part 2 of 2.
May 14, 2008
Ghost driver glitch causing some HP machines built on AMD chips to endlessly reboot after installation of Windows XP service pack 3.
May 14, 2008
How much would it take to cut Google off at the knees? Mark Cuban does some math.
May 14, 2008
Nowadays, the Linux user experience is slick, clean, and aesthetically pleasing, thanks to the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. Users can keep the same desktop experience from distribution to distribution.
May 14, 2008
Company unveils partner-hosted option for Act application at Insights '08.
May 14, 2008
Microsoft has launched a public beta of WorldWide Telescope, an online virtual telescope that lets users peer deep into the outer reaches of the cosmos.
May 13, 2008
The Test Center takes a look at Microsoft's new EBS, focusing in this report on what VARs need to know about its installation.
May 13, 2008
While partners are excited about Windows Essential Server Solutions, some feel that Microsoft's branding is confusing.
May 13, 2008
Launched at MacWorld 2008 in January, Office 2008 for Mac has sold faster than any previous version of the software.
May 13, 2008
Microsoft and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion have partnered to bring Windows Live services like Hotmail and Messenger to the widely popular BlackBerry smartphone platform.
May 13, 2008
Microsoft message boards, customer service rep single out HP desktops for 'endless reboot' glitch, but official Redmond stance is that all OEMs with XP products could be affected.
May 12, 2008
Microsoft has confirmed it won't be including PC client backup when it releases Small Business Server 2008 later this year.
May 09, 2008
Citrix is reaching new heights, but what will it take to build up a strong following?
May 09, 2008
BlackBerry Professional software, priced at $849 for a 10-user license, could well be a big hit with solution providers servicing small companies.
May 09, 2008
Microsoft this week told Office 2007 users it's planning to begin automatically pushing out the first service pack for the product sometime after June 16.
May 09, 2008
Some users who've installed Windows XP SP3 on AMD-based machines say their PCs are entering an endless reboot cycle.
May 09, 2008
Finding ways to improve software and hardware benchmark tools.
May 09, 2008
San Francisco health department identifies outbreak of Norovirus at week-long event, but Sun PR team calls Moscone Center venue just part of the area impacted.
May 09, 2008
Despite the channel's aversion to Windows Vista, Bill Gates says the 140 million Vista licenses sold so far shows that the OS is growing at a healthy rate.
May 08, 2008
Microsoft stands to make a lot of money from both Grand Theft Auto IV and Windows Vista, but the similarities end there.
May 07, 2008
A week after halting downloads of Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 due to a technical glitch, Microsoft is once again letting users download both service packs.
May 06, 2008
Sun Microsystems kicks off its JavaOne Conference in San Francisco with plugs for Amazon's Kindle, Google's Android and a high-tech trip down memory lane with Neil Young.
May 06, 2008
Why have to choose? Tools like VMWare Fusion allows Mac, Windows and Linux to run from a single machine.
May 06, 2008
Software company unveils new business process management tools for upcoming NetWeaver upgrade.
May 06, 2008
Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang says he had
he had 'mixed feelings' about events over the weekend, when talks
broke down, and was still open to negotiations.
May 06, 2008
Microsoft continues to turn up the heat on software pirates by filing lawsuits against software resellers around the world.
May 06, 2008
Sun said the OS will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, or Amazon EC2, which is a Web service.
May 05, 2008
Sun Microsystem's new Lively Kernel is portable and simple, and, with developer acceptance, could threaten existing Web-creation standards.
May 05, 2008
Microsoft officially pulled the plug on its bid to buy Yahoo, with its CEO saying Yahoo's potential decision to outsource some of its business to Google was too much to take.
May 03, 2008
Users who this week downloaded what they thought was an updated audio device driver from Windows Update say the update knocks out the audio on their PCs.
May 02, 2008
While speculation runs rampant, it was enough to boost Yahoo's stock up 3.7 percent to $27.80 in mid-day trading
May 02, 2008
The news comes a day after the Redmond, Wash.-based company's board of directors met and let Ballmer off the leash, giving him "broad discretion to either go hostile or abandon the Yahoo pursuit
May 01, 2008
Open Screen Project is designed to remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and devices.
May 01, 2008
The head of the organization overseeing Ubuntu Linux says he's ready to invest more in the platform - - as long as developers keep the competition in mind.
May 01, 2008
The comparisons between Windows Vista and "New Coke" have been made since Microsoft launched its new OS last year. But will Microsoft learn from Coca-Cola's experience?
May 01, 2008