Microsoft Extends Windows XP Shelf Life Until July 2009

Microsoft Corp. is to unveil release candidate (RC) for its upcoming Windows 7 operating system at the end of this month, a company official notified in a blog post.  Subscribers of TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network...

Details of Microsoft's next Zune device have emerged on the web over the past few days with some exciting new features already appearing. Here are five features or directions that Microsoft should be integrating in the Zune HD...

Microsoft has dropped a hint that Windows Server 2008 R2 will be shipped alongside Windows 7 operating system sometime around the end of this year.  In an interview with the CNet.com, Bill Laing, Microsoft’s vice...

In its customary Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft has issued first security update to its newly launched Windows 7 beta that addresses a critical flaw that leaves users at a risk of having their computer systems captured remotely...

Microsoft has apparently bowed to European pressure and has built a feature within Windows 7 that may allow users to disable Internet Explorer. In a post published on "Microsoft's Engineering Windows 7" blog, Jack Mayo who is...

Microsoft has announced that it will be sending out a series of test updates to Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) users to check whether the delivery system actually works (ed: that's what beta testers are meant for). Brandon...

Software giant Microsoft has launched its next generation mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, hoping to catch up with the likes of the iPhone and Google's...

It seems that Microsoft is reeling under some serious criticism from the industry over incorporating its web browser with its operating system, as Mozilla echoed European Commission’s (EC) charges over the software giant...

A couple of Windows bloggers have presented more proof-of-concept codes that subverts a crucial security feature in Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system, an issue, that the company admits it was aware of since...

Microsoft will release six versions of Windows 7 in a bid to extend its "divide and rule" strategy on the desktop with each version being the super set of the former. In a press statement, the Redmond-based company confirmed...

In what seems to be an extra step for development, Microsoft Vista’s second Service Pack has reportedly been delayed by a couple of months than its rumoured release date.  The news website TechARP, which first...

The Downadup/Conficker worm's ability to use the autoplay functionality to load up files from removable devices using a simple autorun.inf file can fool the user into installing malicious code on their machines. This means that...

Microsoft Corp. has denied reports that a security hole in its Windows Media Player application could be exploited to execute remote code on user’s PC. In its post to Security Vulnerability Research and Defense blog, the...

The incessant buzz over the launch of beta version of Windows 7, Microsoft’s successor of Windows Vista, is finally settling down, with the software giant indicating that the first beta is expected to appear in January...

In general, the press was generally positive about Microsoft's first official presentation of Windows 7, the successor of the ill-fated Windows Vista, partly due to the fact that it can't get worse than it currently is. Vista...