SoftwareWill Microsoft deliver Windows 7 next year?

Recent hints suggest Microsoft might release the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, earlier than the expected 2010 date, suggesting that the company may also want to cut its losses on Vista.

SoftwareMicrosoft System Center gets cross-platform support

Microsoft has released beta technologies that enable its System Center software to manage servers running operating systems other than Windows.

SoftwareIs Google your next data center?

Lower costs, snap upgrades and other benefits of cloud computing are leading IT organizations to increasingly outsource traditional IT infrastructure activities like storage and server management to managed services providers. How will this alter the makeup of the IT department of the future? Computerworld looks ahead.

SoftwareMicrosoft may have 2,000 developers working on Windows 7

Microsoft's head of engineering for the Windows 7 operating system says there are 25 "feature teams" of about 100 employees each working on the upcoming replacement to Windows Vista.

SoftwareVista users rush for SP1; XP owners dawdle on SP3

Windows Vista users rushed to install the troubled operating system's first service pack, but users running Windows XP haven't been in such a hurry to install its newest service pack update.

SoftwareVista users rush for SP1, XP owners dawdle on SP3

Windows Vista users rushed to install the troubled operating system's first service pack, but users running Windows XP haven't been in such a hurry to install its newest service pack update.

SoftwareMicrosoft details plans for new social bookmarking tool

The new tool, set to be available early next month, will focus on its MSDN, TechNet and Expression sites, which are devoted to developers and designers.

SoftwareDell links up with Salesforce's development platform

Dell has signed a three-year deal to use Salesforce's Force.com platform for custom development.

SoftwareMicrosoft admits posting flawed update

Microsoft has rereleased one of its Aug. 11 security updates, saying it posted an incomplete version to its own download center last week.

SoftwareEmbarcadero to upgrade Windows RAD tools

Embarcadero's enhanced rapid-application development tools can be used to build graphical workstation applications and client/server workgroup database applications.