Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft, Eolas seek to settle patent rift out of court, 07/31/07: Microsoft is seeking to settle its long-running patent suit with Eolas Technologies through negotiations rather than heading back to the courtroom.
Microsoft details online software service strategy, 07/27/07: Nearly two years removed from the introduction of Microsoft’s services dream, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie this week said the next 12 to18 months will be filled with the release of services and technology that will fit into an online platform for software plus services.
Utility evades Vista kernel defenses, 07/30/07: A security feature in the 64-bit version of Windows Vista can be easily circumvented with a free utility that loads unsigned drivers into the kernel, according to researchers at Symantec.
Microsoft breaks ground on San Antonio data center, 07/30/07: Microsoft is relying on green technologies in its newest data centers, including one in San Antonio where it is breaking ground on Monday.
Windows Vista sales hit 60 million, 07/26/07: Microsoft says by June 2008 there will be one billion PCs running Windows in the world.
Microsoft VoIP server and client complete, 07/26/07: Microsoft’s plunge into voice market will put it against the likes of Cisco, IBM.
Silverlight release candidate set to ship Friday, 07/26/07: Microsoft shipping final beta of its “Flash killer,” hopes tools will bring video, audio to browser-based applications.
Software Assurance and a case of denial: Microsoft insists that Software Assurance is achieving record renewal rates from enterprise customers even though IT execs and analysts say that the plan is less than appealing.
Microsoft roadmap 2008: It’s rare for Microsoft to issue a roadmap. But they did. Now we’ve got the list of the 56 products that Microsoft is promising to release next year.
A death knell for open source?: Pro Open Source blogger Groklaw has some interesting analysis on Microsoft’s attempt to get its “shared-sourced” license model validated by the open source community. But the Microsoft Subnet blog asks if his fears are overdramatized. Could the move be good for open source?
