A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday stayed an injunction against Microsoft, pending appeal, in a patent dispute involving Microsoft Word.
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a test version of an extension that's designed to help speed up PHP-based Web applications running on Windows platforms.
Microsoft is forecasting a rare Patch Tuesday next week, with all of the September security bulletins expected to be deemed "critical."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/03/2009
Microsoft rolled out yet another free test version of Windows 7 on Tuesday -- this time targeting IT pros who haven't previously had access to the new operating system.
Microsoft launched a new licensing promotion on Tuesday aimed at midsize companies vying to better manage their servers and IT resources.
- By Herb Torrens
- 09/02/2009
Red Hat released the fourth update of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform, which the company is calling the foundation of its virtualization portfolio.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/02/2009
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the availability of a test version of its Windows Embedded Standard 2011 operating system, formerly code-named "Quebec."
Oracle released the first major update of its flagship database in two years with an upgrade focused on server consolidation, improved storage and extended data warehouse performance.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/02/2009
For the second time this year, Microsoft issued a security advisory for possible vulnerabilities in its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 09/02/2009
IBM released a virtualized client computing offering it touts as a cloud-based desktop.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/02/2009
In a move aimed at expanding the footprint of its distributed application lifecycle management platform TeamForge, CollabNet today said it will offer preconfigured professional services and new online resources.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/01/2009
New JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 boasts extended services architecture and integration with Amazon's EC2.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/01/2009
Windows 7 was released to manufacturing (RTM) by Microsoft in July, three months prior to the planned Oct. 22 retail launch.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2009
Microsoft got it right with Windows 7, according to Michael Cherry, vice president of research on operating systems for Directions on Microsoft.
- By Herb Torrens
- 08/31/2009
Looking to address a key objection to hosting data in the cloud, Amazon this week said it will offer a more secure iteration of its EC2 service, dubbed Virtual Public Cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/28/2009
Microsoft filed legal papers on Tuesday appealing a final judgment against it in a patent infringement case brought by i4i LP.
New report from IDC forecasts growth in Linux server operating system subscriptions and non-paid deployments will slow to a compound annual growth rate of 1.1 percent over the next five years.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/27/2009
Microsoft started a new pilot help program last week for IT professionals and developers facing application compatibility issues.
Microsoft is hoping developer code camps will help revive the fortunes of its Windows Mobile platform. But no word yet on when Silverlight for Windows Mobile will appear.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/25/2009
In its latest bid to show its support for PHP, Microsoft late last week released a toolkit that will bridge the popular scripting language to .NET-based data-driven applications.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/25/2009