Despite previous indications, the upcoming Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) will be available for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 SP1, as well as Windows XP SP2.
When Microsoft chairman Bill Gates unveiled the project two weeks ago at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, he stated that the software would become available for Windows XP only.
The world's wealthiest man is about to obtain a new honor commemorating his contribution to private enterprise and efforts to reduce poverty around the world. Microsoft Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates will soon be knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that former AT&T Wireless and E*TRADE executive Michael Sievert has been named corporate vice president for Windows® product management.
If you have a 64-bit CPU, you will want a 64-bit OS to run on it. 64-bit versions of Linux notwithstanding, most Athlon 64 and Pentium 600 series owners are looking forward to the release of Windows XP 64-bit Edition for 64-bit Extended Systems. Early on in February, Microsoft let loose with Release Candidate 2, and let it be known that they are right on track for a final version before the end of June 2005.
You know that feeling you get when your friends or family see you do something on your computer that they've never seen before?
If you haven't had this opportunity, here's where you start.
If you have, then you know that you're feeling like the world's coolest power-user when this happens. Knowledge is power! Here are five Microsoft Windows XP tips that will get you/keep you schoolin' your friends and family.
I spent the day in IKEA today. That's not because I've decided to turn over a new leaf and take up interior decorating. I just moved to Los Angeles, and I have a big apartment with nothing in it.
The software giant sent invitations to journalists and other insiders this week for an 8 March event in San Francisco, during which Gates will "unveil Microsoft's new and revolutionary real-time collaboration offerings."
A Microsoft spokesman said he couldn't specify that Istanbul would be the subject of the event but the software has been widely touted as Microsoft's next major move in real-time communications. Istanbul is an internal code name. Microsoft has not said what the program might be called when it's ready for formal release.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Hironobu Sakaguchi, video game legend and president of Mistwalker game studio, has joined with Microsoft® Game Studios to develop role-playing game (RPG) video games exclusively for the next-generation Xbox® video game platform. Sakaguchi is best known as the creator of the "Final Fantasy" franchise, which has sold more than 60 million units worldwide, and was executive vice president in charge of game development at Square Enix Co. Ltd. until February 2001.
Microsoft has pushed out a patch for a software bug responsible for crashing some Windows systems that had third-party antivirus and firewalls installed.
The fix, which was sent out through the automatic Windows Update system this week, deals with a problem that only affects Windows XP computers with Service Pack 2 installed alongside Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 and Windows Server 2003. The bug causes those PCs to crash and display the Blue Screen of Death with an error message.
Afraid Microsoft's anti-spyware will muck up your hard drive, erasing your digital photos, music collection and work files?
Don't worry, you've got a $5 rebate coming your way in this worst-case scenario--enough to buy five songs on iTunes. That is, if you read and take advantage of Microsoft's legal promise.
According to the AntiSpyware Beta end-user license agreement (EULA), Microsoft will reimburse direct damages up to $5 for problems associated with the new downloadable tool that wards off spyware, adware and any other "potentially unwanted software."
