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The Slow Road To Windows XP
News Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new study shows that nearly half of business PCs are still running the older Windows 2000. Many companies aren't getting rid of their older PCs running Windows 2000.
[June 16, 2005, 11:20]
XP Uptake 'too Slow' - Microsoft
News While Microsoft is pleased with robust sales of new PCs that come loaded with Windows XP, the company has been less than satisfied with the rate at which large companies are installing its latest operating system.
[April 13, 2004, 9:30]
Vista Sales Gaining Momentum
News In last week's earnings announcement, Microsoft reported a 25 percent increase in revenue from the unit that sells Windows for notebook and desktop PCs. Microsoft has finally acknowledged that it won't hit its lofty target of having Vista in use on...
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
Microsoft Rebrands Anti-spyware Tool
News The tool, designed to protect PCs against hidden software, has been renamed "Windows Defender" and is getting a new look as well as capabilities to detect rootkits, keystroke loggers and other threats.
[November 8, 2005, 8:25]
Microsoft Unveils Optimised Sat-nav OS
News According to Microsoft, NavReady should help developers and manufacturers "quickly bring to market smart, connected, service-oriented portable navigation devices that easily connect to online services, Bluetooth-capable mobile phones, Windows...
[June 16, 2008, 14:00]
Microsoft May Disable Upgraded PCs
News On the issue of the estimated 80 percent of the world's population that does not have access to a telephone, Laver said Microsoft research found that few such people use PCs. By preventing installations on different PCs, Microsoft has said that it...
[March 2, 2001, 22:00]
New Version Of XP Media Centre Edition To Be Released
News And, in addition to Media Center extenders, which work only with Media Center PCs, Microsoft has a broader Windows Media Connect effort designed to let many different living-room products grab video, music and photos that are stored on a Windows...
[October 6, 2004, 15:40]
Microsoft Goes On Green Vista Offensive
News Microsoft has commissioned a report which claims the new power-management features in Vista can help companies "massively" reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use of desktop PCs. When asked why, if Microsoft is serious about reducing carbon...
[March 22, 2007, 13:17]
Vista's Journey Isn't Over Yet
News Microsoft has wrapped up development on Windows Vista, but there's still a lot of work to do before new PCs start shipping with the operating system in January. The possibility of people holding off on buying a computer until after that sale season...
[November 13, 2006, 8:36]
Windows XP Could Get Early Release
News Starting next month, some new PCs could include an unexpected accessory: Windows XP. How soon customers could receive the PCs from the manufacturers is not clear, however, because the testing process could be more complicated for this release of...
[August 8, 2001, 8:53]
'Windows Only' Dell Draws Fire From Linux Community
News A Dell Belgium representative has told ZDNet his company has an agreement with Microsoft to sell PCs only if they have an operating system pre-installed, and hinted Microsoft has pressured Dell into making sure that only Windows comes as standard.
[August 17, 1999, 10:08]
StarOffice Enters Solaris Orbit
News Java Desktop System is the company's subscription-based software bundle intended to serve as a low-cost alternative to running Windows PCs. Sun Microsystems has introduced a version of StarOffice tailored to desktop PCs running Solaris, its Unix...
[February 5, 2004, 8:45]
Sun's Java Misses The XP Bus
News Sun Microsystems may have missed its opportunity to get the newest version of Java on PCs loaded with Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system. Case in point: Compaq Computer has stated that it will incorporate Microsoft's JVM in its upcoming...
[August 21, 2001, 8:51]
Microsoft Steps On Samba's Toes
News In late March, Microsoft published a document that outlines how third-party developers can use Common Internet File Sharing (CIFS), a protocol developed by Microsoft that specifies how Windows PCs share files with servers.
[May 10, 2002, 12:04]
SP2 Trickles Down To Home PCs
News Microsoft has started to send out its latest major security patch to home PCs -- but some people won't get it for a while. Microsoft plans to cap the number of home PCs updated each day so that demand for the update does not overwhelm its servers...
[August 20, 2004, 8:25]
XP Media Center Gets Makeover
News Microsoft is working on a newer version of its Media Center software, which is expected to debut on PCs around the third quarter, according to sources. People at Microsoft lose sleep worrying about record labels and Hollywood studios creating CDs...
[February 14, 2003, 11:52]
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Beta review
Reviews As you flex your fingers in anticipation of tablet PCs such as the Acer TravelMate 100, remember one thing: the ball is in Microsoft's court. It's clear, based on a recent reviewer's workshop, that Microsoft has spent a lot of time fine-tuning the...
[June 26, 2002, 14:01]
Microsoft Plugs Qhosts Hole
News Microsoft releases a cumulative patch for Internet Explorer this weekend, plugging a security hole that had been used by Trojan horse program QHosts to compromise consumers' PCs. The vulnerabilities have been exploited by Trojan horse QHosts to...
[October 7, 2003, 9:05]
Windows Patches May Become Automatic
News Microsoft executives said the company decided not to make the feature a Windows default with Windows XP following customer feedback that suggested users did not want Microsoft controlling their PCs. Some security experts, even those normally...
[August 21, 2003, 13:30]
Microsoft Patches Bofra
News A Microsoft representative said the software giant had released the update before its next scheduled patch day, 7 December, because it had already been used by malicious software to compromise Windows users' PCs.
[December 2, 2004, 7:15]
