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Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News Tim Rains, security response communications lead for Microsoft, told silicon.com sister site CNET News.com: "Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 are not affected by any of today's bulletins. The five "important" patches affect Microsoft... [14 Feb 2008]
Vista SP1 finally ready for manufacture
News Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts yesterday. Microsoft is due to formally launch Windows Server 2008 on 27... [05 Feb 2008]
Microsoft: 30-day grace for XP SP3
News The software giant said in the white paper: "As in Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Vista, users can now complete operating system installation without providing a product key during a full, integrated installation of Windows XP SP3. [02 Jan 2008]
AOL pulls plug on Netscape browser
News The software raised the prospect of a computing environment that could rival Microsoft Windows. Sun Microsystems bought rights to the Netscape server software. The Netscape web browser has long since been eclipsed by its Firefox offshoot but AOL... [02 Jan 2008]
Top 10 software stories of the year
News Reflecting the growing number of software options, Dell's CEO, Michael Dell, said in October that sales of the company's Linux-based servers have increased faster than those with Microsoft's Windows server systems. [14 Dec 2007]
Microsoft issues Office 2007 SP1
News The new update adds largely performance and stability improvements, along with making the server components of Office fully compatible with the forthcoming Windows Server 2008 update. Microsoft has issued the first service pack (SP) update to... [12 Dec 2007]
Microsoft: Service Pack Blocker tool released
News Microsoft has released a toolkit to let businesses block service pack updates for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003. Windows Server 2003 SP2 will be blocked until May 2008. The Windows Service Pack Blocker Toolkit will allow this to happen by... [11 Dec 2007]
Microsoft reaches Windows Server 2008 milestone
News Microsoft has reached another milestone on the road to the release of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft plans to launch the product, along with SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, at an event in Los Angeles. [06 Dec 2007]
Microsoft does bundling U-turn on hypervisor
News Microsoft has said it will sell its new virtualisation technology separately from its Windows Server OS, in addition to as a bundle - a reversal of its earlier position. The software maker said it still expects most people who ultimately get its... [13 Nov 2007]
Security threats evolve again
News The keynote also contained some details of the forthcoming Windows Server 2008, which is due to be released on 27 February. Speaking at the RSA Conference Europe 2007, Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development for the Windows Core... [24 Oct 2007]
Vista SP1 beta sent to 12,000 testers
News In another expected move, Microsoft said it has completed its first near-final "release candidate" version of Windows Server 2008. Originally slated to be released this year, Microsoft has delayed the release of Windows Server 2008 until next year. [25 Sep 2007]
Delayed: Windows Server 2008
News Businesses have been waiting a long time for Microsoft's much-anticipated Windows Server 2008 are going to have to wait a little longer. The company has announced that, rather than launch this year, Windows Server 2008 will be delayed until the... [30 Aug 2007]
Citrix snaffles XenSource for half a billion dollars
News Xen is included in the two most used Linux server distributions from Red Hat and Novell and also works on Microsoft Windows. By acquiring XenSource, the company intends to move into the adjacent server and desktop virtualisation market. [16 Aug 2007]
Windows Server 2008: Virtualisation is the key
News Virtualisation will be the key to the popularity of Microsoft's long awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, analysts have predicted. According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 will initially include a beta version of its... [12 Jun 2007]
Gates: Vista selling faster than XP
News Confirming news that had already leaked on its website, Microsoft also announced Windows Server 2008 as the official name of Windows Server "Longhorn", which is due to be finalised later this year. In announcing the Windows Server 2008 moniker... [16 May 2007]
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