Microsoft’s Windows 7 is slated for a late 2009 release. Pundits are gearing up to chime in on its possibility of success. Consumers are anxiously awaiting the opportunity to finally get their hands on the operating system. Companies are wondering if it...

The Windows team is readying second service packs (SP2) for Vista — and for its server complement, Windows Server 2008 — and is aiming to deliver these SP2s before it releases Windows 7. Microsoft already has delivered a beta of at least Vista SP2...

Microsoft is opening up the MSDN, TechNet, and Expression sites to the community, so that technical professionals can better connect with each other, share knowledge, and succeed. Tagging - and especially social bookmarking - are essential ingredients...

Microsoft sold more than 18 million Windows Mobile software licenses in its recently completed fiscal year – about 2 million short of its widely publicized 20 million-unit target – the senior vice president in charge of the business acknowledged...

Back in March 2006, more than two years ago, Microsoft purchased Apptimum, Inc., which had developed two system utilities for transferring programs and settings from one computer to another: the consumer-focused Alohabob PC Relocator and its corporate...

The folks at VMware are continuing their assault on anyone else's claims of good return-on-investment numbers for competing virtualization platforms. Microsoft has posted a free, questionnaire-based TCO/ROI calculator on its web site. It's not impressing...

Wizzard Software (AMEX: WZE), the world's premier speech technology company, announced today that the U.S. English version 10.6 of the IBM ViaVoice dictation runtime software is now available to developers and integrators for use in desktop/client...

So, you liked the recently-announced and sexy-looking BlackBerry Bold did you? Well, there's even more good news for users of Microsoft's Windows Live services. In addition to the unveiling of its new handset, RIM has announced an agreement with...

To put a lid on bloggers' speculation about police getting "backdoors" to Windows security, Microsoft is starting to hush up on the subject. In an e-mail to BetaNews on Friday, a spokesperson described COFEE as a "customizable framework." Despite...

Last year the Microsoft Expression team shipped a new suite of tools for creative professionals. This first release of Expression Studio marked a significant milestone in the history of development tools at Microsoft, delivering superior...

Microsoft likes digital photography enthusiasts as customers, and on Thursday plans to release a free new utility designed to keep them wedded to Windows. Pro Photo Tools is geared for photography professionals and enthusiasts, and its first notable...

As of August 31 of this year, Microsoft's "Plays for Sure" technology -- once codenamed Janus -- will no longer play for sure -- unless, that is, users play back the tunes on the same computers and OS forever. In a move that's come under concerted attack...

The president of Acer said today his company will release its first smartphone in the coming months, and seems determined this will be followed up by many more. Gianfranco Lanci said his company's initial smartphone will hit the market early next year...