Microsoft's "Yukon" SQL Server database update includes support for 64-bit x86 platforms, as well as improved productivity, security and business intelligence.
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The next step in Microsoft Corp.'s efforts to delay or reverse anticompetition sanctions imposed by the European Union's (E.U.'s) executive branch comes on Tuesday in Luxembourg when officials from the software maker and the European Commission are set to attend an "informal meeting" with the president of the European Court of First Instance (CFI), Bo Vesterdorf.
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The Redmondians have been hinting that they are planning to open source more of their technologies. The $64,000 question has been "Which ones"?
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Digital Silence has posted an editorial discussing Microsoft's recent announcement of how they are going to deal with their excessive cash situation.
Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that it plans to hire as many as 7,000 people in its current fiscal year and increase spending on research and development. The software maker also said it is talking to potential buyers for Slate, its online magazine.
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Microsoft Corp. will soon put some bite into its Sender ID antispam plans by checking e-mail messages sent to its Hotmail, MSN and Microsoft.com mail accounts to see if they come from valid e-mail servers, as identified by the Sender ID, according to a company executive.
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Buoyed by strong PC sales, company posts better-than-expected revenue, though earnings fall short of what some investors were hoping for.
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Who wants 2GB of e-mail storage? Some customers to free Hotmail were inadvertently upgraded, but Microsoft soon pulled the plug.
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Officials say the company's new cash-management plan to return almost $75 billion in capital to its shareholders over the next four years won't hurt employees, and that Microsoft will continue investing heavily in R&D.
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U.K.-based BTG Plc has sued Microsoft Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. for allegedly infringing a patent that covers Web-enabled software update technologies, the company announced Wednesday.
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There's a new Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) under development at Microsoft, that is designed to be a replacement to the current, Windows Driver Model.
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All Most Valued Professionals within the Microsoft platforms community and living within the 27 eligible countries worldwide will now be able to access Windows source code at no cost.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. and services company Capgemini SA have bolstered their seven-year alliance with a $50 million investment designed to sell more software and services to customers in several industries, the companies plan to announce Monday.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that it won an almost $4 million verdict against a California man for trademark infringement, false advertising and "cybersquatting" stemming from an unsolicited commercial e-mail campaign to distribute a desktop toolbar program on recipients' Windows desktops.
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Motorists will access Web services via Bluetooth and listen to music stored in players via USB connection in dashboard.
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In a move that advances instant messaging (IM) interoperability, Microsoft Corp. will open up communication between its enterprise IM server and the public consumer-oriented IM networks run by its MSN division and by rivals Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc.
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Microsoft is boosting its investment in Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) to help the group reach its ambitious goal of becoming a $10 billion business by 2011.
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TORONTO -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer has one clear assignment for the company's partners: Go out and win deals!
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