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Microsoft releases Vista SP1 Beta

September 25, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Looks like Microsoft is still on track to deliver Windows Vista SP1 on time: right on schedule, the... Read more...

Windows Server 2008, Vista SP1 on track

September 7, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Few folks await new patches and builds as anxiously as Microsoft fans do--part of the reason being that the company... Read more...

Vista SP1 to arrive in Q1 2008

August 29, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Microsoft has been awfully coy about the existence--or lack thereof--of Windows Vista SP1 during the past few months.... Read more...

Microsoft developing new VPN secure tunneling protocol

January 21, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Along with Vista Service Pack 1 and Longhorn Server, Microsoft plans to debut another new product this year: a new Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol or SSTP. According to the company, SSTP will resolve certain issues that exist with VPN tunneling: namely, problems that arise when attempting to use a VPN client in conjunction with a firewall, router or web proxy. As one would expect, SSTP will work with Microsoft's existing VPN software, though it's not clear if SSTP will be available for …

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Windows Home Server: what is it?

January 9, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

With all this talk of the iPhone, your memory might be a little hazy right now and that's understandable. Remember that company, Microsoft? Remember its Chairman, the nerdily endearing Bill Gates? Remember how he wants you to have a Windows Home Server in your house? Oh come on, of course you remember.

More than a few of us were left standing in the dust of CES, wondering exactly …

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Microsoft releases new Longhorn Server test build

December 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

If you're the type of person who trolls around Microsoft's download sites late at night, (and if you are, I'm picturing that you look something like Smigel from the Lord of the Rings movies) then you may have noticed that the company posted a new test build of the Longhorn Server on their site last night. The Community Technology Preview (CTP) is the same code that was originally slated for release last month. Microsoft will release one last CTP in early 2007 before the next …

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ALSO NOTED: Vista and Longhorn Server: So happy together;Look before you leap at a great job offer; and much more...

December 5, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

> Vista and Longhorn Server: So happy together. Article

> We all saw it coming: A huge reorganization at Yahoo sees the COO on his way out. Article

> Adobe Reader 8.0 for OS X is now available. Article

> Feel …

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Vista SP1 and Longhorn Server to ship in late 2007

November 15, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Remember what your teachers used to tell you when you went on field trips: always use the buddy system. The same applies, apparently, to Microsoft products. The company will unleash Vista Service Pack 1 and the long-awaited Longhorn Server at the same time, during the second half of 2007. Two more Longhorn Community Technology Previews (CTP) will be released, one this year and one next, followed by a Beta by mid-2007. "The current plan is to ship Longhorn and Vista SP1 …

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ALSO NOTED: Longhorn Server Beta due in '07; The top 500 supercomputers; and much more...

November 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

> A Beta of Microsoft's Longhorn Server is due in the first half of 2007. Article

> Check out the top 500 supercomputers. Article

> Vista PCs can have their own domain for remote-access: a blessing or a curse? …

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ALSO NOTED: HP scandal update; Ubuntu to offer pay-for-support; and much more...

October 5, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

> HP Update: Dunn to surrender to authorities on Thursday. Article

> Ubuntu to take a page out of the Red Hat playbook. Article

> Google to collaborate with Apple? Blog

> Review of Google's Writely, an online …

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