Users of Microsoft's instant-messaging service found themselves unable to share links to YouTube videos on Friday evening and Saturday morning, sparking brief worries of a possible Microsoft-led effort to block access to the Google-owned video-sharing site
Adobe Systems has confirmed that it will dramatically cut the price of its server software for streaming video over the Web.
Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight.
At first glance, Microsoft's secret project looks like a 2007 version of the sit-down arcade game Ms. Pac Man. Only if this machine were running the game, you could just take your finger and flick away any monsters chasing the heroine.
Microsoft released several patches for Windows Vista on Tuesday, including one designed to put the iPod and the new operating system back on speaking terms.
Just a few weeks ago I took possession of a shiny black MacBook, which was running like a dream till our IT guys insisted I join the corporate Microsoft Exchange domain and dump Thunderbird for Microsoft Entourage.
If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
Apple customers must cringe when Microsoft starts talking about Windows Vista -- after all many of the same "new" features have been available on Mac OS X for about five years.
Tech companies love to produce flashy videos gazing into the future. If only all their dreams could come true
While Sun Microsystems went to great efforts to portray Scott McNealy's stepping down from the CEO role as a natural transition and part of a well-thought out succession plan, it was clearly not something the company had chance to chat to its printers about.
Developers and designers are in a constant battle when working together on an application or Web site project; a presentation at Microsoft's ReMIX conference in Melbourne last month described the issues perfectly -- with an egg.
ZDNet Australia has filmed 10 tips and tricks to try and help you get familiar with some of Windows Vista's new features.
Microsoft has just announced its Surface Computing technology, in which a real-life object on the computer's surface is identified and becomes an on-screen object that can be interacted with.
Here's the way things work at Microsoft. After correcting shortcomings in the first and second editions of its software, version 3.0 of a Microsoft product usually silences the company's worst critics, allowing management to get on with business of crushing rivals. But I'll be first to acknowledge that Silverlight breaks with that pattern.
Much of the future success of Adobe Systems hinges on the work done by its Platform Business Unit, which is headed by Kevin Lynch, the company's chief software architect.
Developers and designers are in a constant battle when working together on an application or Web site project; a presentation at Microsoft's ReMIX conference in Melbourne last month described the issues perfectly -- with an egg.
Rich DeMuro shows you how to share an Internet connection, using the Wi-Fi on your Windows XP, Vista, or Mac laptop.
Rich DeMuro shows you how to use Apple's Boot Camp program to get the best of both worlds by configuring your Mac to run two operating systems.
Spybot - Search & Destroy is a program that can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer.
Azureus is an easy-to-use Java BitTorrent client with support for 27 languages. Azureus connects to the BitTorrent network. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files.
Microsoft released several patches for Windows Vista on Tuesday, including one designed to put the iPod and the new operating system back on speaking terms.
Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.
Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.
Drag-and-drop message organisation and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.
Microsoft Expression Web is a solid Web site layout program that replaces FrontPage and offers tools for dynamic designs, although we'd like more help for newbies.
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