Is Windows Vista too complex for its own good? That's the claim -- made last week by analysts at research firm Gartner -- that has Microsoft watchers debating about what, if anything, needs to be done about the future of the OS. During

With the release of a new feature pack for Visual C++ 2008, developers can now write applications that feature the Office 2007 appearance, a Microsoft senior executive announced this week. At the same time, the company also discontinued support for its

Help has arrived for anyone unable to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). Microsoft said this week that its latest update addresses problems in earlier versions due to bugs in an update required for installation. The replacement update file

Despite a heated campaign to defeat International Organization for Standardization (ISO) status for Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML), over the weekend, even some staunch critics acknowledged that the company has likely garnered enough votes to win.

Despite continued turmoil over standardization efforts surrounding its latest Office file formats, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced this week it is pairing with Sourcesense, a European open source systems integrator, to work

With Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) all but completely out the door, now rumors have begun flying as to when Windows XP SP3 will go final. As if it were an office pool, tech pundits have been predicting dates for XP SP3 ranging from

Microsoft released a near-final version of its virtualization engine for Windows Server 2008 on Wednesday, possibly putting its vaunted Hyper-V hypervisor technology ahead of its current schedule. The release candidate is feature

It must have been one of the worst-kept secrets in the history of Microsoft product rollouts. As expected, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced Tuesday that it has released Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) for download by consumers with Vista.