Microsoft on Tuesday made available for public download 100,000 copies of a "pre-Release Candidate 1" (RC1) of Windows Vista hoping to enlist the aid of additional beta testers to swat down any last-minute bugs.
- By Ed Scannell
- August 29, 2006
Whoops. In an apparent repeat of the revelation of Office 2007 pricing earlier this year, Amazon.com and Microsoft Canada seem to have lowered the veil on prices for Windows Vista's various incarnations a bit early.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 29, 2006
Microsoft to charge $239 for Windows Vista through retailer Amazon.com's Web site.
- By The Associated Press
- August 29, 2006
Starting Monday, Google will offer Google Apps for Your Domain, a free package of programs for businesses, universities and other organizations.
- By The Associated Press
- August 28, 2006
Microsoft has begun shipping the first release candidate of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, putting the first major update of the company's browser in years on track for final release on schedule.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 24, 2006
Microsoft to release four versions of Windows in South Korea that comply with antitrust ruling.
- By The Associated Press
- August 23, 2006
Microsoft considers discounts or other promotions during holidays to entice consumers to upgrade PCs to Vista, months before it may hit stores.
- By The Associated Press
- August 23, 2006
Despite Microsoft's failure to release a new desktop operating system in the past five years, Windows' previous versions still give the company control of nearly 97 percent of all PCs worldwide, according to a leading Web analytics firm.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 22, 2006
Microsoft executives may have a hard time talking about open source software without getting their blood up, but the company appears to be taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to Windows Vista and the growing popularity of the Firefox browser.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 22, 2006
Microsoft is disputing claims of a zero-day flaw in its PowerPoint application that could allow remote code execution.
- By Shawna McAlearney
- August 21, 2006
Scant details available for two new exams for mobile and embedded device developers.
- By Michael Domingo
- August 16, 2006
World's biggest PC seller to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can burst into flames.
- By The Associated Press
- August 15, 2006
A recent high-profile Microsoft hire, brought onboard to work on Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's Windows Live vision, has suddenly announced his pending departure, citing a pullback on plans he had signed on to implement.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 10, 2006
Despite calls by some beta testers for Microsoft to release a third beta of Windows Vista, the company appears to be instead readying to push its first golden code candidate out the door.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 09, 2006
When Microsoft Corp. said it planned to begin checking for pirated copies of its Windows operating system using the method it set up to send people security fixes, even some of the company's traditional critics could sympathize.
- By The Associated Press
- August 04, 2006