In a posting on the newly launched Windows 7 blog, Microsoft has announced that details on the forthcoming product will be made available at the Professional Developers Conference in October.
The judge presiding over Microsoft's antitrust case said Tuesday that the company must release details on how different parts of Windows work together, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
Microsoft has announced that manufacturers will be able to sell Windows on "nettops" or low-cost desktops in another move that looks set to keep XP alive for several years yet.
Microsoft plans to add multitouch interface to Windows 7, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, CNET News.com has learned.
Suncorp's CIO, Jeff Smith, says he would like the banking and insurance giant to use open source software for its 20,000 desktops, which currently run Windows XP.
Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does suggest something about Microsoft's "people will beat up on us regardless" dilemma.
At the CeBIT exhibition in Germany this week, Steve Ballmer got on stage and told the world that Microsoft takes "green" issues seriously.
Synchronising data between multiple computers is difficult and dangerous, which is why we get software to do it these days rather than attempting to manage all the file movements ourselves. But making the assumption that the software knows what it's doing can in itself be dangerous.
Microsoft is going to let everyone -- even people with an illegal pirate copy of Windows XP -- download IE7 because the software giant really cares about the safety and security of all Internet users. (But don't mention Firefox ...)
Sony has once again been outed for putting its customers at risk from attack by creating software that could help criminals hide malware on a PC.
To winemaker De Bortoli, Linux has provided the opportunity to save money and free up IT staff.
Microsoft chairman claims mobile phone makers have to catch up to the power of his company's software.
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Sometimes you just must have the latest technology, and swallow the associated risks of being the first to use it. We talk to Australian companies that couldn't wait.
UK-based Waycam Technologies has launched a set of data recovery tools that can add the System Restore facility to older versions of Windows.
ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about new "instant-on" features that allow a PC to boot up without using Microsoft Windows. They discuss how tech companies such as Dell and Intel are all working on new technologies that enable users to get faster access to e-mail, calendars, and Web browsing.
ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007 Cesare Tizi says Windows Vista is big, requires lots of CPU horsepower and it will be a long time before companies will be able to justify moving to Microsoft's new operating system.
A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company.
Wotif is one of the most popular online marketplaces for last-minute hotel accommodation in Australia and New Zealand. In this interview, the company's CIO Paul Young talks about some of the important technical and business decisions he has made in order to successfully manage the infrastructure of a rapidly growing Web 2.0 company.
George Stathakopoulos, general manager of product security at Microsoft, tells us how Windows XP SP2 came about and why the company is not yet ready to talk about XP SP3. He also explains that UAC in Windows Vista is designed to be part of a 'defence in depth' strategy and not a standalone security solution.
The market for Virtual PC 5.0 for Windows is admittedly small, but if you fit into its target category, it's well worth checking out.
Just because there are many different Windows variants doesn't mean that everybody's happy.
Microsoft has released the third major collection of Windows 2000 bug fixes, or service pack, to premier customers. But everyone else will have to wait until later in the week.
Is Windows XP meeting your expectations or causing more exasperation than you bargained for?
Microsoft will extend the security measures now found in its Windows XP operating system to Windows 2000 and the slimmer version of the OS used in handheld devices.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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