We’ve already seen a few apparent Windows 7 screenshots and videos turn up, and it looks like there could soon be plenty more where those came from, as Microsoft has now officially announced that it’ll be handing out “pre-beta” builds of the OS at both the Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in late October and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference [...]
Microsoft says merging with Yahoo will allow it to offer a competitive alternative to Google in the market for online services.
Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.
CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to [...]
Microsoft plans to release the first beta of the next version of Internet Explorer in the first half of 2008, and said that IE 8 has passed a key Web standards test [...]
Microsoft said Monday that it’s seeing piracy rates for Windows Vista that are half those of Windows XP.
Now cynical me wanted to write this up as “even pirates prefer XP two to one over Vista,” but that wouldn’t be fair. In reality, the decline in piracy rates is largely due to the fact that Vista [...]
Since Microsoft released Windows 95, the company’s biggest money spinner has been going downhill faster than a granny strapped to roller blades on the slopes of Sydney or San Francisco. The software giant has now promised than in 2010 we will see a much leaner Windows. Does that mean in 2015 we can expect to [...]
After months of silence, Microsoft finally coughed up details Tuesday about its plans for the first update to Windows Vista, saying the service pack will arrive in the first quarter of next year.
In the next few weeks, Microsoft will start private testing of a beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista as well as a [...]
Windows Vista hotfixes leak to the Internet after being offered to Windows Server 2008 beta testers this weekend.
Two substantial collections of Windows Vista hotfixes leaked to the Internet after being offered to Windows Server 2008 beta testers this weekend, leading some users to speculate that the pair are actually the foundation of the future [...]
Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows—known internally as version “7”—within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned.
The company discussed Windows 7 on Thursday at a conference for its field sales force in Orlando, Fla., according to sources close to the company.
While the company provided few details, Windows 7, the next [...]
When we say Microsoft Vista has some glitz, it’s not just marketing; the newest version of Windows sports some revamped video and audio functions designed to promote the digital arts.
We got a hint of the new multimedia even before Vista shipped, as the updated Windows Media Player, and that first look offers a good introduction.
[...]Microsoft is paying $6bn (£3bn) to buy digital marketing firm Aquantive in its biggest ever acquisition.
The all-cash takeover will allow Microsoft to expand into the highly lucrative internet advertising market, that Google and Yahoo have targeted.
Aquantive advises agencies and website publishers on putting adverts online, connecting buyers and sellers.
The $66.50 per share offer is 85% [...]
