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Clock is ticking on Windows XP
News If a customer purchases a Vista system and wishes to downgrade and doesn't have the CD, they can contact our Help Center to get an XP downgrade CD. After a long-announced transition, 30 June marks the end of an era at Microsoft. [16 Jun 2008]
Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release
News The software maker said there is a "compatibility issue" between the XP service pack and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a retail chain management program for SMEs. Microsoft said: "To help protect our customers, we plan to put... [30 Apr 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News The Texas Advanced Computing Center (Tacc) at the University of Texas will dedicate a Constellation System from Sun on 22 February, said John Fowler, executive vice president of systems at Sun, speaking at the company's global media summit. [14 Feb 2008]
Microsoft readies Windows Vista patches
News A second patch deals with the OS' interactions with USB ports, in particular when systems wake from sleep or hibernation, issues that cause one to two per cent of all reported crashes, Microsoft said. [13 Nov 2007]
VMware shows off next-gen virtualisation
News VMware has some new ideas for tackling an age-old problem for system administrators: how do you keep a computing service available when the server it's running on fails? Technology called virtualisation is transforming servers, higher-end systems... [14 Sep 2007]
Dell CTO sees Linux virtualisation sweet spot
News Despite its recent growth, Linux is lagging in terms of the worldwide combined paid server operating system environments by Microsoft and others. He spoke to an audience gathered for the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco at Moscone Center... [08 Aug 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News Removing the update and doing system restores brought the systems back. Microsoft consciously released the cursor flaw patch despite the compatibility problem, Mike Reavey, a Microsoft Security Response Center staffer, wrote on a corporate blog. [05 Apr 2007]
Zune is compatible with Vista, says Microsoft
News Microsoft's Zune website currently only lists Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2 installed as the operating systems that Zune currently supports. [16 Nov 2006]
Windows attack worm warning
News McAfee, the Sans Internet Storm Center, Symantec and several other security companies are warning of a new worm that wriggles into Windows PCs by way of a security flaw for which Microsoft issued a patch with security bulletin MS06-040 on 8 August. [01 Sep 2006]
Microsoft scoops up Windows apps maker
News Winternals' Recovery Manager, for example, has some similarities to the System Center Data Protection Manager tool that Microsoft released in September 2005. Microsoft on Tuesday said it has bought Winternals Software, a small maker of Windows... [19 Jul 2006]
Vista won't crack the living room, says AMD
News Certain editions of the new Microsoft operating system will include an update to capabilities found in today's Windows XP Media Center Edition. The PC industry, with players such as AMD, Cisco Systems, HP, Intel and Microsoft, has tried to move... [24 May 2006]
RFID security raises privacy issues
News But it added: "We believe, however, that minimising RFID technology and system vulnerabilities - to ensure that attackers cannot obtain confidential data by compromising systems - is equally important. [08 May 2006]
Open source ID management plan on the cards
News InfoCard is one user centric identity system.but the implementation Microsoft has is not what I would call open. We are not here to create another identity system, we are here to aggregate the existing systems," he said. [27 Feb 2006]
Cyber security 'not keeping pace with threats'
News Progress has been made on the US government's strategy for protecting the internet and securing information systems but the work is not done, a panel of experts said on Tuesday. The policy statement called for the government to work with private... [15 Feb 2006]
Microsoft to hunt 'new species' of bugs
News The critical flaw in the way Windows Meta File (WMF) images are handled, is different to any security vulnerability the software maker has dealt with in the past, according to Kevin Kean and Debby Fry Wilson, directors in Microsoft's Security... [10 Jan 2006]
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