All of those users who have been waiting to kick the tires on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), it's time to start your engines – well … almost. While it's not quite ready for prime time yet, the general public will be able to get its hands on the

Microsoft said today that it is entering the mobile ad arena, following competitors like Google into one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Internet economy. The software colossus will be moving only gingerly into the space, however, placing banner

Microsoft this week shipped release candidates, or RCs, for both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008. Additionally, the company disclosed that it will release SP1 for Office 2007 next Tuesday. "Microsoft made the Windows Vista SP1

Microsoft plans to eliminate the most controversial of its Windows Vista anti-piracy features in the OS's upcoming Service Pack update. The company now plans to ax Vista's "kill switch", which disables features of the operating system when it appears

What do you do when you're locked in a battle for network access market share with the world's largest networking provider? If you're Nortel, you team up with one of the world's largest software providers. Nortel is strengthening its Microsoft

Portals are so twentieth century. Or are they? Joanne Bradford, chief media officer for Microsoft's MSN site, is brushing aside any criticism that online portals have seen their best days. Speaking at VentureWire's Consumer Technology Innovations

Microsoft finally gave its upcoming Windows Server virtualization technology an official name this week, and also announced its packaging plans for the technology. The announcement came Monday at the company's TechEd IT Forum conference in Barcelona

How do you cut down on Windows piracy while making a little extra money selling out-of-date software? If you're Microsoft, you set up a program to let companies that recycle used computers buy bulk licenses that let them legally install Windows XP