A US Federal Court yesterday reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product activation technology infringed on a patent held by a US-based technology firm founded in Australia in 1992, overturning a US$388 million verdict in the case.
Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it has stopped automatic updates of Vista to Service Pack 1 in the wake of a newly discovered glitch.
Microsoft will resume two major Windows updates it had stalled due to a conflict it caused with one of its lesser-known software products.
Australia's very own "smartest man in ICT", Samba author Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell, talks about the days when Microsoft was run by programmers, not lawyers, and how the software giant has finally started to give open-source developers due credit.
Microsoft has been forced to delay the launch of SP3 for Windows XP and halted the distribution of SP1 for Windows Vista because both updates caused problems with users of the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System.
Senator Stephen Conroy last week launched the Future Directions for the Digital Economy whitepaper, but the Patch Monday team believes it is more of a state-of-the-industry paper than a sign of what's to come.
"Hi, where do I find the keynote session," I asked the registration desk of the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) conference. "That's upstairs. Just follow the drumming." Right, I thought.
Scott McNealy spent years sniping at the "evil empire" of Bill Gates. Now, a more customer-centric approach unites the archrivals, forcing them to bury the hatchet.
The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.
2008 was a cracker year for telco in Australia, with so many huge events happening that those at the beginning of the year have been drowned by the importance of those at the end.
The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.
Microsoft will focus on adding new security technologies to its products, educating its customers and improving its process of releasing patches, CEO Steve Ballmer pledged on Thursday.
Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.
South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.
This is a powerful system that enables server administrators to very quickly restore data that may have been lost due to viruses, user error or hardware failure.
Technical glitches have prompted Microsoft to stop offering for download a free program it introduced last week that allows Palm handhelds to synchronise with the Macintosh version of Office.
On Tuesday, the independent browser company introduced Opera 6.03, which is tailored to the upcoming update of the Macintosh operating system, code-named Panther.
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