Windows Vista SP1 fails to spark migration
Microsoft’s latest efforts to persuade customers to upgrade to its much-maligned Vista operating system have met with a cool response from users.Historically, Microsoft’s first service pack for one of its marquee products – such as Windows – provides the impetus for users to upgrade.
Microsoft looks to cash in on the iPhone
Don’t think for a minute that Microsoft is ignoring the iPhone. In fact, the software giant is probing the gadget for profit opportunities.
For a little more than a week, a team of the company’s Silicon Valley software engineers has been examining the iPhone software development kit (SDK for short), a set of tools Apple (AAPL) [...]
Are Apple ads hurting Microsoft’s brand?
A new ranking of global brands shows Microsoft’s reputation sinking in recent years. Among the possible factors: Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads.
Microsoft lands at No. 59 in the rankings for 2007, down from No. 11 in 2004, according to the survey from CoreBrand released Wednesday.
Vista SP1 to hit Windows Update Tuesday, reports say
Microsoft will release Windows Vista Service Pack 1 next week to a wider audience, according to information posted on Amazon.com and reports from a Web site that correctly called SP1’s ship date last month.
Microsoft research on theory of Six degrees of separation
Those who may be wondering, “What is this Theory of Six degrees of separation ?”, please note, Six degrees of separation, is a famous theory which suggests, on average, every person on this world is connected to each other by just 6 steps.
Microsoft and Yahoo Meet to Discuss Merger
Microsoft and Yahoo met on Monday to discuss Microsoft’s takeover offer for the Internet company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool 1.39
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 computers for and helps remove infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom.
Microsoft’s Non-Windows OS : Singularity
Microsoft has made the announcement at its Microsoft Research TechFest 2008 event in Redmond, that the Singularity Research Development Kit (RDK) 1.1 is now available for academic non-commercial use. You can download it from Microsoft’s open source code project hosting website.
Microsoft releases Silverlight 2 Beta
Moving forward with next-generation software in two critical realms, Microsoft released Wednesday initial public beta versions of its Silverlight 2 multimedia presentation technology and the Internet Explorer 8 browser. The company announced the releases at its Mix08 conference in Las Vegas.
Microsoft Launches UltimatePC.com - Ultimate Extras?
Microsoft has provided an update for its Vista Ultimate plans. UltimatePC.com is a new website where Microsoft is hosting “blueprints” of the best PCs available and exactly what you can achieve with them. Although the domain name was transferred last October, Microsoft has only decided to make use of it now.
