Microsoft has dropped the ".Net" from its speech-platform name. But that doesn't mean the company has ceased efforts to create a development/deployment package for Web-based speech apps.
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The software titan hires top scientists and mathematicians in its quest for search algorithms that will allow Microsoft to compete directly with Google.
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NewsWare has created an article about Microsofts Antivirus software
The software giant expands distribution of its MSN TV Internet service that gives people access to the Web and e-mail through their TV sets.
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The stern-faced M-Men cast a wide dragnet in their international hunt for junk e-mailers--so wide, some say, that it included the innocent.
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The software giant says its market share for Windows in network-attached storage devices rose 8 percent in the first quarter to 41 percent.
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Shares in the software giant rally Monday, fueled by speculation that Microsoft is mulling whether to share more of its cash hoard with investors.
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ieXbeta has posted some info about Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) 2.0. Thanks Aadd.
An alpha of MSN 9 has leaked onto the Web. In related news, Microsoft has applied for a patent for an instant-messaging translation service.
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NeoWin reports that Exchange 2003 RTM has been released to MSDN customers
Microsoft Corp. is getting a new open-source and Linux strategist as the end-of-financial-year staff shuffle continues.
Peter Houston, who as the senior director of Microsoft's Windows Server Strategies has had to defend and explain the company's response to the competitive threat posed by Linux and open source for the past 18 months, is now moving to Microsoft's Enterprise Management Division where he will work on the upcoming Systems Center product.
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Peter Houston, who as the senior director of Microsoft's Windows Server Strategies has had to defend and explain the company's response to the competitive threat posed by Linux and open source for the past 18 months, is now moving to Microsoft's Enterprise Management Division where he will work on the upcoming Systems Center product.
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Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that it plans to stop making joysticks and other PC gaming hardware sold under the SideWinder brand.
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The software giant says it will offer free downloads of 60 best-selling e-books during a 20-week promotion. It hopes to increase readers' familiarity with Microsoft's Reader software.
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PCMag.com says in its "First Look": "The new MSN Money provides financial information sooner, better, and in greater detail."
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Microsoft issued late Tuesday its release candidate of Systems Management Server 2003 (a k a "Topaz"). On the client side, Microsoft made its Office 2003 Beta 2 Technical Refresh officially available to all 600,000 Office testers on Tuesday, too.
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The software giant fixes a flaw in its Passport online identity system that could have allowed an attacker to take over old Hotmail accounts.
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Microsoft will no longer be taking support calls for the desktop version of its NT 4.0 product, as it has reached the official end of its support lifecycle.
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Turns out it is the release candidate (RC) of Microsoft's Real Time Communications Server that went gold yesterday, not the final product. Today, Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 goes to RC stage, as well.
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Microsoft makes a "technical refresh" for the second test version of Office 2003 available to all 600,000 beta testers. It was initially available only to a select group.
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