Microsoft aims to host regular hacker meetings
Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesman for the vendor's security group.
Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesman for the vendor's security group.
Microsoft said Thursday it is stepping up efforts to replace Linux with Windows, highlighting a new campaign aimed at specific kinds of server workloads.
Microsoft plans to increase its investment in enterprise-class products with new high-end -- and higher-priced -- versions of Windows and Office that will be released in the next several years, the company's chief executive officer (CEO) said Thursday.
Windows Vista won't be available for shipment until the last quarter of 2006, a Microsoft executive let slip in a presentation on Microsoft's campus Thursday.
For those rabid, open-source conspiracy theorists still holding on to the popular notion that Microsoft is secretly working on its own version of the Linux operating system (OS), Bill Hilf has some sobering news.
Microsoft Tuesday unveiled a partnership with a rewards software and services company to support its incentive program for subscribers of its Live Meeting Web conferencing offering.
Microsoft will release the first beta of the next version of Windows tomorrow, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Microsoft is expected to go live with a program requiring customers to validate that they are running legitimate copies of Windows before they can use Microsoft's download services.
The founder of a Redmond, Washington-based custom application and services provider is considering taking action to challenge Microsoft over the naming of the next version of the Windows operating system (OS).
Microsoft posted solid growth for its fiscal fourth quarter 2005, highlighted by sales of server software. Revenue for the software maker's quarter ended June 30 was US$10.2 billion, a 9 percent increase over the same period last year, when Microsoft earned US$9.3 billion.
As anticipated, Microsoft will release the first public beta of BizTalk Server 2006, code that includes the entire feature set of the finished product.
Microsoft Wednesday bolstered both its managed services and messaging security investments with plans to acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a company that provides managed services for e-mail security, compliance and availability, executives from both companies said.
Microsoft stepped its rivalry with Google up a notch Tuesday, filing a lawsuit against the search company over Google's hiring of a former Microsoft employee.
Microsoft is readying changes to its certification programs that are expected to take effect with the release of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 in November.
When Microsoft releases the first beta of its Longhorn version of Windows, it will include a nearly complete version of the product's Web services-based communication framework, code-named Indigo, a Microsoft product manager has confirmed.