Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format, which was technically approved in April as an international standard (ISO/IEC 29500), may be on its way toward surviving an appeals process -- the last challenge to its legitimacy as a standard.
With the help of Microsoft Research, USC's Cyrus Shahabi is working to help scientists manage data to provide better results, reliability, and overall accuracy of data analysis.
Microsoft will begin pushing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) out via Automatic Updates to users who have not already downloaded it as early as Thursday, the company confirmed.
Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a month ago , and it
One week to the day Microsoft announced it was working on a patch to correct problems concerning System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) -- problems that have rendered some SCCM users unable to deploy June's security patches -- the company on
Microsoft has a new software volume licensing program in the works for large organizations, according to an announcement issued by the company today. The Microsoft Select Plus program, planned for later this year, will let companies use a single ID
IT pros will come back from the holiday weekend to face a possible four patches in Microsoft's July patch rollout, according to an advance announcement issued by the company. The patches, arriving Tuesday, won't contain "critical" or "moderate" items, but
According to a report released on Tuesday, more than 40 percent of Internet surfers don't use browsers with up-to-date security patches -- and Internet Explorer users are the biggest culprits. The report, " Understanding the Web Browser Threat ," was
In the wake of a report suggesting that Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the least secure of all leading Web browsers, Redmond on Wednesday touted the security features expected to appear in IE 8. The company is promising nothing less than
On its face, today's July patch release from Microsoft seems to be light one. There are no "critical" or "moderate" ratings this time. All four items are deemed "important." But the rollout is not without controversy among some IT pros
Microsoft is offering a helping hand to small businesses that buy new Windows Vista-based PCs over the summer by providing limited free technical support. The offer was announced yesterday by Brad Brooks, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows consumer product
On Monday, a day ahead of its monthly patch release, Microsoft issued a security advisory specific to its database program in Microsoft Office. The exploit permits "limited targeted attacks leveraging a potential vulnerability in the ActiveX control" for certain components
Less than 24 hours after its Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued a security advisory connected to a possible vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3. The company is conducting an ongoing investigation into the problem, which isn't widespread, spokespersons
Microsoft on Thursday confirmed public reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) programs and it also provided a solution to the problem.
After some speculation that the final release of SQL Server 2008 may slip yet another quarter, Microsoft said its next-generation database is on pace to ship in the third quarter.
Users of the security program ZoneAlarm encountered a problem accessing the Internet after applying a Microsoft Windows domain name system (DNS) patch described in security bulletin MS08-037.
