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Article | 13/05/2009 Microsoft starts taking names for Office 2010 preview
Microsoft yesterday said it would begin shipping early copies of Office 2010 to invite-only users in July, and has begun taking names for possible inv...
Article | 13/05/2009 Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
As expected, Microsoft today patched a six week-old critical vulnerability in PowerPoint, the presentation maker that's part of the popular Office sui...
Article | 13/05/2009 SharePoint 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server
SharePoint 2010 will require a 64-bit version of SQL Server and it will not support Internet Explorer 6, according to Microsoft.
Article | 12/05/2009 Microsoft outlines five ways Exchange 2010 will be faster, more scalable
Microsoft Corp. said Monday that its upcoming Exchange Server 2010 software will be able to read and write e-mails to disk 70% faster than Exchange 20...
Article | 11/05/2009 Parallels to offer XP compatibility for Win 7
Parallels is developing a tool that will allow users to run Windows XP applications on machines running Windows 7.
Article | 12/05/2009 Microsoft: Windows 7 available in time for holidays
Microsoft will make Windows 7 available to businesses and consumers in time for the typically busy holiday shopping season in the fourth quarter of th...
Article | 12/05/2009 MS: Corporate Vista testers should switch to Win 7 RC
Microsoft Monday said users testing Vista should abandon that effort for the Windows 7 RC candidate.
Article | 12/05/2009 Windows 7 on track for August RTM, October on-sale
Microsoft is on track to wrap up Windows 7 and ship it to computer makers in August, a company executive said today.
Article | 11/05/2009 Windows 7 usage jumps 22% after RC delivery
Microsoft's delivery of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) earlier this week boosted use of the new operating system by 22% since Monday, according to d...
Article | 11/05/2009 Mozilla, Opera blast Microsoft over IE8 upgrade practice
Browser makers Mozilla and Opera accused Microsoft Thursday of force feeding Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) to users with Windows Update and silently chang...
Article | 11/05/2009 Microsoft patches huge Windows 7 RC bug
Just days after it launched Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), Microsoft has released a fix for a major flaw that slipped through testing.
Article | 11/05/2009 Microsoft releases free beta for Windows 7 upgrade advisor
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released the beta of a free app that helps users determine whether their PC is powerful enough to run the upcoming Windows...
Article | 11/05/2009 Microsoft plans 10 fake 'updates' for Windows 7
Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming we...
Article | 8/05/2009 Twitter: We're Not for Sale
Forget all those rumors about Apple, Google, Microsoft or anyone else buying Twitter: The company's bosses say Twitter is not for sale. On Wednesday T...
Article | 11/05/2009 Competitors grouse over IE8 default setting in Windows 7
As the browser wars have heated up again, so have complaints that Microsoft is once again unfairly leveraging its Windows OS - this time Windows 7 - t...