Mary Jo Foley
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Near-final Vista SP1 goes public
News Microsoft has made Vista's Service Pack 1 near-final "release candidate" available for download to the general public.
Tags: Operating systems, Software, Windows Vista
Bing 2.0 could be around the corner
News Microsoft apparently has shown off new improvements to its Bing search engine, according to some employees' Twitter feeds.
Tags: Web servers, Web sites, Search, Search, Web servers
Ballmer calls for "cost-conscious culture" at Microsoft
News A humbled Microsoft is adjusting its priorities.
Microsoft pulls Windows 7 download tool
News Software giant takes down tool aimed at making it easier to put Windows 7 on Netbooks after blogger raises question about whether the software improperly uses open source code.
Tags: Open source, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., software, GPL, Tool, USB, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
News Software maker will let users of certain editions go back to Windows Vista or even Windows XP if they wish. The company says it's expanding Vista downgrade rights program a bit too.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows 7, computer, volume-license, computer company, Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft releases beta of Morro antivirus
News The company has posted a beta of its free antivirus software, Microsoft Security Essentials, for testers in the United States, China, Israel and Brazil.
Tags: Antivirus software, Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, Mary Jo Foley, antivirus, Ina Fried, Beta, antipiracy, ZDNet, U.S.
Microsoft, Linux Foundation find common ground
News The two parties may disagree on many issues, but are united in opposition to a law group's effort to add an implied warranty to the software industry.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley, TomTom, software company, software, blog, Linux
Microsoft plans to release hypervisor
News The software maker has completed a final version of its Hyper-V technology, which is designed to handle virtualization tasks and competes with VMware.
Tags: Business applications, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, leader
Windows 7 said to hit milestone
News Several Windows enthusiast sites are reporting that Microsoft has hit its internal "M3" stage for the OS and that a public test version could come as early as next month.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Milestone, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Speculation Game
XP Service Pack 3 remains in testing
News Microsoft releases a new test version of the Windows XP update, with final availability still slated for sometime in the first half of this year.
Tags: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft shuffle leads to many promotions
News Microsoft gives added titles and responsibilities to more than a dozen executives, naming some new leaders in its Windows, Windows Mobile and Windows Live efforts. Three previously reported departures are confirmed.
Microsoft gives US govt sneak peek of Windows 7
News Microsoft has given regulators an early version of Windows 7, the company noted in a court filing last week.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft's open source patent threat still intact
News Microsoft truly is sharing more, but it still insists that companies selling or using some open source software must license Microsoft patents.
Tags: Open source, Patents
For rent: Software development tools
News In a twist on the software-hosting model, companies that make development tools are searching for new profits by offering Web-based tools for rent to software developers.
ICQ logs spark corporate nightmare
News Thousands of confidential messages between the CEO of an Internet company and top executives have been posted on the Web, stirring up a hornet's nest of corporate intrigue.
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