SEATTLE — Jim Allchin emerged on stage from behind the black curtain carrying a large cardboard box yesterday. The co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division was the last speaker ...

Back in April, news reports stated that Microsoft planned to turn off half the firewall in Vista, disabling the outbound filtering capabilities by default -- making its defense identical to that of ...

My detailed dive into Vista Beta 2 put some meat on those initial-observation bones. Here then, in no particular order, are my top 10 Windows Vista raves and rants. 1) Hit: Vista's Sidebar and Gadgets ...

Microsoft this week released the latest beta version of its Vista operating system, allowing large enterprises to test drive all of its new features and provide technical feedback prior to deployment.

Computerworld obtained a recent interim build of Windows Vista, Build 5472, that shows Microsoft is making progress in the areas of performance and installation time, has refined the User Account ...

The week, Microsoft made new versions of Windows Vista and Office 2007 widely available. If you didn't sign up for the Windows Vista Beta 2 Customer Preview Program, you have another chance. Microsoft ...

Companies should check out the new functionality in the first beta of Windows Vista - but most can leave serious testing until the second beta, according to analyst group Gartner. Last week Microsoft ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Windows Vista delivers some pretty snazzy new graphics, ...

As I post this piece, Microsoft is revealing the official existence of Windows Vista™ SP1, the SP1 beta , and the timeframe for testing and availability. Microsoft will release the beta of Windows ...

Microsoft's Enterprise Desktop Virtualization beta lets users run legacy apps from Windows XP and Windows 2000 on Windows Vista; the final release is expected later this year Microsoft has released ...

Microsoft brings more focus to its upcoming operating system as it gives developers access to a key piece of Windows Vista. Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech ...