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Microsoft said to be developing iPod rival
News Microsoft is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday. Robbie Bach, a rising star at Microsoft who headed development...
[June 19, 2006, 13:50]
Financial firms pick up Microsoft/Novell certificates
News An an announcement as light on detail as the original deal with Novell, Microsoft said it is providing 16,000 Suse Linux Enterprise subscription certificates in total to Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies.
[December 20, 2006, 15:25]
Office Open XML could stymie OpenDocument's progress
News Earlier this month, Microsoft said it would be submitting its Open XML document format, which will be the default file format in the next version of its Office suite, to standards body ECMA. In a research note published on Thursday, Gartner...
[December 2, 2005, 15:20]
Microsoft puts back first 64-bit Windows
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has delayed an update to its Windows Server software as well as the first version of Windows to support 64-bit x86 chips such as Advanced Micro Device's Athlon 64. As is the case with all Microsoft product...
[July 28, 2004, 8:45]
Microsoft to appeal Japanese antitrust ruling
News Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a ruling by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission that the software maker's contracts with computer makers violate that country's antitrust law. Microsoft said it will seek a legal review of the decision, which...
[July 27, 2004, 10:15]
'Critical' Microsoft fix breaks some Net connections
News One of the dozen security updates Microsoft released last week is causing network connection trouble for some users, the company said. The fix delivered with security bulletin MS06-025 can interfere with a certain types of dial-up networking...
[June 21, 2006, 10:05]
Microsoft merges corporate communications divisions
News Microsoft said on Monday that it is combining its Exchange email server unit with the group that handles corporate instant messaging, the latest in a series of organisational changes at the world's largest software maker.
[January 31, 2006, 9:50]
Microsoft to open its own retail stores
News After years of brushing off the notion, Microsoft said on Thursday that it plans to open up its own line of retail stores. Without detailing the plans, Microsoft said it has hired David Porter, a 25-year Wal-Mart veteran, to lead the effort.
[February 13, 2009, 7:41]
Microsoft to fix zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News Microsoft on Thursday said it will provide a fix next week for zero-day flaws in Microsoft Server Message Block and Internet Information Services that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer.
[October 9, 2009, 14:19]
Bug leaves Windows open to Java attack
News Microsoft said that Windows installations containing the VM include Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, beginning with Service Pack 1, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Microsoft said that a component of Indexing Services called...
[April 10, 2003, 11:30]
Microsoft delays CRM release
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that it plans to delay until next year the release of its new customer relationship management software, which it had slated for release by the end of the year. We've ended up with a couple of small delays over time and...
[December 19, 2002, 10:48]
Microsoft offers $250k bounty for Downadup arrest
News Microsoft on Thursday said it is offering a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for creating the Conficker internet worm that has infected millions of PCs.
[February 13, 2009, 12:06]
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code
News Microsoft said Friday that its inquiry confirms that a tool aimed to make it easier to load Windows 7 on a netbook does contain open-source code. After looking at the code in question, we are now able to confirm this was indeed the case, although...
[November 16, 2009, 8:10]
The New Yorker enters digital age with e-books
News Microsoft said Monday it has inked a deal with The New Yorker to publish the magazine's first series of e-books in the Microsoft Reader format. Kevorkian said, however, that Microsoft and other e-book companies have yet to tap into the two biggest...
[January 30, 2001, 14:53]
Microsoft buys Merck unit in life-sciences push
News Microsoft said on Monday it is buying the assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, a unit of Merck, as part of an effort to expand into the life-sciences software arena. As part of the deal, Merck will now become an Amalga customer, Microsoft said, Merck...
[June 2, 2009, 9:09]
Windows Server 2003 makes leap to 64-bit
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has made available a test version of its Windows Server 2003 operating system that runs on 64-bit chips from Advanced Micro Devices. Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will release a lower-cost version of its...
[October 16, 2003, 12:15]
Is it finally over?
News As it stands now, Microsoft said, the states will receive only a portion of their attorneys fees and costs, since they only prevailed on a few of their original allegations. Microsoft's five-year antitrust case may have reached its anticlimactic end.
[November 4, 2002, 8:37]
Patent ruling forces Office upgrades
News Microsoft said on Monday that it has been forced to issue new versions of Office 2003 and Office XP, which change the way Microsoft's Access database interacts with its Excel spreadsheet. It was recently decided in a court of law that certain...
[January 31, 2006, 8:25]
Microsoft joins Fuji Xerox in patent deal
News Microsoft said late on Wednesday that it has inked a patent swap deal with Fuji Xerox that paves the way for the companies to use each other's technology. Funds will flow in both directions, said Microsoft, but it declined to say which way it...
[March 22, 2007, 8:47]
Microsoft delays release of Update tool
News Microsoft said on Tuesday that Windows Update Services, a new tool designed to let system administrators keep PCs and servers up to date with the latest patches and bug fixes, won't ship until sometime in the first half of next year.
[July 13, 2004, 16:35]
