Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft releases six security updates, 11/14/06
Microsoft has issued six security updates, fixing critical bugs in Windows components ranging from Internet Explorer to the Microsoft NetWare client service.
Office Live leaves beta with ad-purchasing service, 11/15/06
As expected, Microsoft’s Office Live hosting service for small businesses emerged from beta Wednesday with a test version of a new service that allows users to purchase online advertising for Microsoft’s search engines.
SAP, Microsoft plan more Duet features and new version, 11/15/06
Businesses interested in Duet, the software application jointly developed by Microsoft and SAP, can look forward to new features and a new version of the product over the next several months.
Pirated Vista may be useless, Microsoft says, 11/15/06
Microsoft said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system “will be of limited value” to those who use them.
Microsoft labels Google’s Gmail as virus, 11/15/06
Microsoft’s fledgling consumer antivirus service, Windows Live OneCare, wrongly identified Google’s Gmail service as a virus infection last week, Microsoft has admitted.
European Commission may fine Microsoft again, 11/15/06
The European Commission has threatened Microsoft with daily fines of €3 million ($3.8 million) if it doesn’t provide interoperability information about its Windows operating system by Nov. 23, the Commission said Wednesday.
Adobe bolsters support for Windows documents, 11/15/06
Adobe has rolled out new products that offer customers greater control over who can view sensitive documents.
Windows Networking Strategies Newsletter: Not everything good has to be created in Redmond, 11/15/06
Steve Ballmer has always been a good friend of writers and journalists. Not that he likes to sit down with us and chat, but that he does so much that creates interesting stories for us whether it’s the infamous “Monkey boy” dance at the Windows XP kickoff or his various comments about Linux, he’s always doing or saying something interesting although it’s often in a “slow down to look at the accident” way.
Samba slams ‘unacceptable’ Novell-Microsoft deal, 11/13/06
Samba developers have slammed the Microsoft-Novell deal reached earlier this month, calling it “unacceptable” and warning that it may cause significant damage to the open source community.
Customers ready to embrace Vista, expect hardware upgrades, 11/14/06
More than four out of five IT decision makers surveyed said they expect to adopt Windows Vista and about one in five plans to roll out the Microsoft software in the next 12 months.
Microsoft lays out Longhorn, PowerShell and application management roadmaps, 11/14/06
On the heels of the completion of Vista and Office, Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual IT Forum conference by confirming the roadmap for the next beta of Longhorn Server, announcing the release of its long-awaited PowerShell command line tool, and unveiling a host of new and upcoming releases of platform and application management tools.
Gates to link Zune device to Xbox, PCs, 11/14/06
Microsoft Corp. plans to extend the wireless capability of its new Zune devices to PCs and the company’s Xbox 360 game console, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
IT FORUM – Microsoft: Code is better, not perfect, 11/14/06
Over the last few years, Microsoft has aggressively sought to change the image that its products have poor security. The company says Windows Vista, which has been released to manufacturing, will be its most secure operating system, representing a top-down change in how its programmers develop code with security in mind.
Microsoft files suit against FTC-targeted spyware organization, 11/14/06
Microsoft Tuesday announced it has filed a complaint against Nevada-based ERG Ventures, the same company the Federal Trade Commission took action against for secretly loading malevolent software onto millions of computers.
Microsoft slowly begins IE 7 auto-upgrade, 11/10/06
Microsoft has slowly begun shipping automatic updates of Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) to all users of the English language version of the browser.
Microsoft Exchange’s official availability set for December, 11/10/06
Development of Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2007 won’t be completed until sometime in December, and the software will be made available shortly thereafter even though the company plans to launch the server at an event in late November.
