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Running XP? You can’t upgrade to Windows 7
Microsoft has confirmed it isn’t providing an upgrade path for Windows XP to Windows 7.
The not unexpected confirmation came in a new post on the Engineering Windows 7 blog outlining the latest developments with the new OS as it moves swiftly towards release.
In the post - signed ‘Windows 7 Team’ - the subject [...]
Testing Begins for Vista SP2 Release Candidate
Microsoft has advanced to the next testing phase for its Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems by issuing Release Candidate "Escrow"-build versions of Service Pack 2. Various news accounts, published this week, suggest that the build is being made available for testing.
The releases apparently are only available to private testers via Windows Update. [...]
Microsoft Taps Zander To Head Visual Studio Group
Microsoft has re-organized its developer division, tapping .NET Framework head Jason Zander to oversee the team that puts together Visual Studio, the company’s flagship development environment.
Online Crooks Getting More Professional
Online crooks are quickly enlarging an already vast sales and distribution network to propagate spam and send malicious software in hopes of infecting millions of computers worldwide, according to a new report.
Microsoft Loses European Court Appeal
A European court today upheld an earlier ruling that Microsoft abused its monopoly position on several fronts, including bundling Windows Media Player with Windows and withholding critical technical information about its client and server operating systems.
SCO Group Files for Bankruptcy
The SCO Group Inc., licenser of the Unix operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, drained by unsuccessfully filing lawsuits claiming its software code was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system.
VMworld Shines Spotlight on Virtualization
VMware’s dazzling Wall Street debut last month aimed a spotlight on virtualization, the rapidly evolving technology that provides a logical view of computing resources, rather than a physical view. This week (Sept. 11-13), the beam stayed focused, as nearly 11,000 people attended the company’s annual VMworld Conference and Expo at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
Famed ‘$100 Laptop’ Now $188
The vaunted “$100 laptop” that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.
Microsoft Ships BizTalk Server 2006
Microsoft this week released a key update to its SOA-based middleware platform—BizTalk.
Coming to a Windows Server 2000 Computer Near You: ‘Clippy’s Revenge’
“It looks like you’re using me as an attack vector for hacking into a business network, would you like some help?”