Microsoft fixes critical security flaws
Microsoft released its February set of security updates on Tuesday, including critical fixes for bugs in Office and the scanning engine used by the company's security products.
Microsoft released its February set of security updates on Tuesday, including critical fixes for bugs in Office and the scanning engine used by the company's security products.
Microsoft and Novell have spelled out details of how they plan to put their operating systems on the same physical servers.
With a wealth of experience going back to his involvement on the .Net advisory council and more recently with the Windows Communication Foundation (formally known as Indigo) strategic design review, it’s not surprising IDesign founder Juval Lowy is considered one of the world’s top experts in all things .Net.
As Windows Vista appeared in computer stores worldwide, Microsoft announced that part of the design of the new operating system is the work of the European Commission.
When Peter Gutmann posted his analysis of Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista, late last year, he never expected his views to resonate around the world and hit the mainstream media big time.
Now that Vista has been launched, just about everyone has heard about its new and improved Aero user interface, desktop search, security and various multimedia enhancements.
Round one
A software engineer in Australia has said he was offered payment by Microsoft to edit certain entries in the Wikipedia online dictionary.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will next month begin rolling out a major infrastructure upgrade based on a Microsoft platform to replace its existing Novell systems.
Microsoft drew the largest number of web site visitors worldwide in December, a recurring accomplishment that makes the company's disappointing online ad business all the more disconcerting.
Microsoft and industry partners are pushing ahead with plans to make the web a little safer with a new technology to combat phishing.
The president of the New Zealand Open Source Society has questioned the process used to select Microsoft software as the platform for New Zealand’s new online charities registration system.
As 64-bit processing becomes more mainstream, the next major computing platform shift is due to arrive by 2008. And, if the open source community doesn’t step up to the plate and address major impediments to widespread desktop adoption Linux could be left behind.
Microsoft New Zealand reversed sliding revenue in 2006, achieving significant top-line sales growth. However, profitability remains off its peak.
Tracey Fellows, currently Microsoft's Australia and New Zealand director of business and marketing operations, has been appointed managing director for Australia and New Zealand.