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More than 10 security patches from Microsoft due next week

October 10, 2008 — 12:17pm ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft plans to ship up to 11 security updates next week for its October's Patch Tuesday. Four of these updates have been rated as critical, and could be exploited remotely. The critical updates... Read more...

Microsoft gives us a peek at the future

October 8, 2008 — 4:56pm ET | By Judi Hasson
What does the future look like? Craig Mundie, one of two men who replaced Bill Gates at Microsoft, kicked off his first-ever college tour at Princeton University this week to show off cutting-edge... Read more...

Microsoft reviews its hiring plans

October 4, 2008 — 2:14pm ET | By Judi Hasson
The shaky economy may even be affecting Microsoft, which is now reviewing its hiring plans for the coming year. The world's largest software company, however, denied reports it had instituted a... Read more...

Ballmer: Intel rubbish at making chips

October 3, 2008 — 12:17pm ET | By Paul Mah
The Inquirer recently published a piece in which Microsoft's Steve Ballmer was reported to have made some decidedly uncomplimentary remarks about Intel at an event in London-- an event that,... Read more...

Microsoft gives OEMs an additional six months to peddle Windows XP

October 3, 2008 — 12:10pm ET | By Paul Mah
In yet another extension to the long, long death of Windows XP, OEMs were given an additional six months in which they can sell new PCs bundled with an accompanying Windows XP recovery disc. This... Read more...

Microsoft announces Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

September 30, 2008 — 1:21am ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft has announced the next version of its flagship Visual Studio tools as Visual Studio 2010. It will be tied to the next iteration of the .NET Framework, or version 4.0. The new roundup will... Read more...

Windows 7 will not come bundled with email, photo and movie applications

September 23, 2008 — 7:32am ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft told CNET News earlier this week that it has decided to remove software such as Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Mail, and Windows Movie Maker as part of the next version of Windows--or... Read more...

Cisco planning to buy Jabber

September 20, 2008 — 2:44pm ET | By Judi Hasson
A deal is in the works for Cisco to purchase the instant messaging platform vendor Jabber, a Denver-based company that has developed a "carrier class" platform based on open standards that can work... Read more...

Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager to be ready by end of year

September 9, 2008 — 7:07am ET | By Paul Mah
Microsoft announced earlier this week that its System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) will be ready by end of the year. This will bring Microsoft in line to ship within the last three months... Read more...

Flexible e-ink displays coming next year

September 9, 2008 — 7:02am ET | By Paul Mah
If everything goes according to plan, a big and bendable e-ink display is set to be released before the middle of next year. First seen back in 2006, the screen is developed by Plastic Logic and is... Read more...
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