Defence has awarded Data#3 a three-year Microsoft large account reseller contract in a deal which could see the IT services company also servicing other agencies across the Commonwealth.
Microsoft has decided that Windows 7 won't include built-in programs for e-mail, photo editing, and movie making, as was done with Windows Vista.
The pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developer Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it.
Microsoft has informed some of its partners that it has had to delay Windows Mobile 7, a much anticipated update to its handset operating system.
After taking a one-two punch from investor activist Carl Icahn and Microsoft on Monday, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang threw a few punches of his own in an interview in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
As we slowly creep closer to the launch of Windows Vista, it seems that the six different versions of Microsoft's new operating system are for the benefit of the company's PR machine rather than its customers.
A recent thread of conversation across a couple of 2.0 blogs has been the subject of whether Web 2.0 is suited not only for implementation inside a corporate firewall, but by companies with a view to improving their relations with their customers.
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Microsoft's Hyper-V is the missing piece from the launch of Windows Server 2008. We examine its background, and predict how the hypervisor market is likely to develop.
The second-generation Microsoft Zune media player was intended as an iPod killer, but the Zune never made the splash Microsoft had hoped it would. Which is strange, considering our inside look will reveal just how similar the two media players are.
From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.
In part two of 'Securing Microsoft', we learn how the company slowly became more intimate with the security community. Microsoft's slow shift to focus more on security came to a head with Vista, with more money spent in securing Vista than anybody has ever been invested into securing any piece of software before.
June 30 marks Gates' last official day of work at Microsoft. While the software giant's founder will continue on as chairman, he will no longer be a full-time employee. ZDNet's editor in chief, Larry Dignan, rates Gates' many conference keynotes and product launches, separating the successful from those that missed...
This is an impressive update to Microsoft's Small Business Server that packs a big punch. However, it may be overkill for a lot of companies and isn't quite as easy to manage as it first appears.
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Service Pack 1 (SP1) reinstates a lot of the functionality that Microsoft left out in order to get Exchange Server 2007 out of the door last year.
Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.
If you work with Microsoft Outlook on a daily basis, this upgrade can make scheduling simpler and e-mailing more interesting. Still, we wish Instant Search and e-mail rendering were better.
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