Some of the latest security updates for Windows XP will not be installed on machines infected with a rootkit virus. A rootkit is sneaky malware that buries itself deep inside the Windows operating system to avoid detection. Microsoft said it had taken the action because similar updates issued in February made machines infected with the Alureon rootkit crash endlessly.   The latest updates can spot if a system is compromised by the Alureon rootkit and halt installation.     Find and fix

I am very excited to share some great news with you. Earlier today we reached the release-to-manufacturing (RTM) milestone for Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010!   RTM is the final engineering milestone of a product release and our engineering team has poured their heart and soul into reaching this milestone. It is also an appropriate time to re-emphasize our sincere gratitude to the more than 5,000 organizations and partners who have worked with us on rapid deployment

If you cannot attend MMS 2010 for whatever reason then all hope is not lost, you can still participate, from your desk.     You can watch some of the highlights on Video streams at the following addresses:     Video Streams   * MMS for non-attendees via myITForum. * The official MMS 2010 site.     Keynote Speeches   Pay particular attention to try and watch the two Keynotes on Tuesday April 20th (servers) and Wednesday April 21st at (clients) - approx 8-10 PST   Get Notified

Today Microsoft is announcing the availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.       S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of the Developer Division here at Microsoft, has posted about the release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 and the 5 major launch events happening around the world.   Visual Studio 2010 provides a great deal of enhancements for developers to make it easier to develop applications including a new editor which now uses the Windows Presentation Founda

With Microsoft and Verizon set to finally reveal the outcome of Project Pink on Monday, here we give you a preview of what to expect and try and explain just what this mysterious project is, and why it might have failed before it even launches...   Back in February 2008, Microsoft agreed to acquire Danger for an estimated $500 million. Danger manufactured the Danger Hiptop smartphone, also known as the T-Mobile Sidekick - a device with a young user base and many features centred around social

The Microsoft Office Suite is one of Microsoft’s most successful and profitable products. In the upcoming release of Office 2010, Microsoft plans to give away a stripped down version called Office Starter. This product will be installed on new PC’s. The full version will be available as soon as the user purchases the upgrade product key.     Microsoft is moving in the direction of an inventory-less product by pursuing this approach. Since the full suite will already be installed on the syst

Most Windows 7 users are expecting the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be released in 2010. Microsoft has already mentioned that it will not contain major changes or additions which some have interpreted as a way of saying “Why wait? Get Windows 7 now!”. A beta release of the service pack 1 for Windows 7 [...]   more > http://windows7news.com/2010/04/07/windows-7-service-pack-1-beta-leaks/

Last month, Windows 7 crossed into double-digit market share numbers. Microsoft disclosed that it sold more than 60 million copies of Windows 7 by the end of 2009, and now we know this very quick growth has continued through the first quarter of 2010.       On the whole, between February and March 2010, Windows dropped a sizeable 0.54 percentage points (from 92.12 percent to 91.58 percent). More specifically, Windows XP dropped 1.03 percentage points (from 65.49 percent to 64.46 percent),