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"Contrary to the wide reports that we have an RTM build and plan to announce it today, we will do neither," said a Microsoft representative who asked not to be named. "I'm not sure where the report of the 13th ...Read More

While some of us are likely to associate the National Security Agency with daydreams of espionage, the organization is also highly involved in improving security standards in software. They've even consulted with Microsoft during the development of Windows 7. According to ...Read More

Steven Sinofsky may not be talking about Microsoft's future Windows plans, but the Windows Server team appears to see more value in letting customers know its road map. In at least two slides apparently shown at the Professional Developers Conference in ...Read More

Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention. Xbox LIVE Gold-tier membership usually costs $50 a year and provides access ...Read More

Like a made-for-television movie — perhaps even one of those Meredith Baxter-Birney howlers on Lifetime — the “Project Runway” finale played out just the way we anticipated it would. There were tears. There were nerves. There were hugs. The producers ...Read More

It's been less than a month since Microsoft launched Windows 7, but the new OS is already far exceeding the sales rate of previous Windows releases. "We've already sold twice as many units of Windows 7 as any other OS ...Read More

Google on Thursday released the code for its Chrome OS project to the open source community, removing any ambiguity that may have existed about its intention to tip the Microsoft Windows cash cow with an easy-to-use Linux based alternative. At ...Read More

PDC Performance and standards look like dominating work on Microsoft's next version of Internet Explorer. As ever with Microsoft, though, it's likely to be the former that not just trips up the latter but that also continues to sour Microsoft's relationship ...Read More

* CEO says Windows 7 sales double previous versions* No actual sales figures releasedLOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O)Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows7 were running at twice the level of any previous ...Read More

Google today will fire the first salvo in its latest battle with Microsoft, unveiling the first iteration of its Chrome operating system to compete against Windows for control of personal computing. The Internet giant is releasing the first set of technical ...Read More

Microsoft just announced that it started work on Internet Explorer 9 three weeks ago. Steven Sinofsky, the president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, showed an early build of IE9 during his PDC keynote today. In this presentation, Sinofsky ...Read More

Microsoft on Wednesday launched a public beta of Office Mobile 2010, coinciding with its launch of the Office 2010 beta. Microsoft says the app will allow users to view and edit their Office documents, use their phones as a PowerPoint presentation ...Read More

LOS ANGELES - The beta versions of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are now available, Microsoft announced Wednesday at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC). The 2010 versions of Visio, Project, and Office Web Apps for business customers are also now live ...Read More

BEIJING -A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The order Monday said Microsoft exceeded its rights under licensing agreements with Zhongyi ...Read More

BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier. The order Monday said Microsoft exceeded its rights under licensing agreements ...Read More

* Court rules Microsoft violated licensing agreement * Dispute over use of Chinese character fonts * Zhongyi Electronic said IP deal was for Windows 95 only * Microsoft told to stop selling later Chinese versions * Microsoft to appeal ruling (Recasts with details on ...Read More

The Azure platform will have its first paying customers in February 2010, marking Microsoft's entry into the commercial cloud computing market. Microsoft plans to transition its Windows Azure cloud computing platform from preview to full production capacity on 1st January next ...Read More

Loic Le Meur, founder and chief executive of Seesmic, demonstrated a new Windows version of Seesmic's desktop console for managing your alerts and accounts in Twitter and Facebook today at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. After the presentation, ...Read More

Windows Azure cloud computing platform will become a production server on January 1, Ozzie said. This platform, which was announced at the PDC conference last year, will be free until Feb. 1, Ozzie said.The vision of Azure, said Ozzie, is ...Read More

Microsoft Windows continues to dominate the PC market with a 90 percent market-share stronghold, but when it comes to smartphones, Microsoft is getting beat up worse than a mustachioed villain in a Jackie Chan movie. Windows Mobile has lost nearly a ...Read More

Microsoft has released an advisory for a zero day bug that cropped up in Windows 7 the day after last week's November Patch Tuesday release. The vulnerability lies in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, which is used for file ...Read More