Microsoft news from FierceCIO

Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 upgrades will be limited to just 25 machines per company for those that purchased new computers between now and the official release of the Windows 7 operating... Read more...

Microsoft has capped the number of downloads for the beta of Windows Security Essentials (MSE) to just 75,000, said a Microsoft spokeswoman on Monday. As we reported earlier, MSE is the replacement... Read more...

Microsoft has finally announced the retail pricing and upgrade information pertaining to its eagerly awaited Windows 7 operating system. And yes, while there is a price reduction for the low-end and... Read more...

It would appear that Microsoft isn't the only company that can be surprised by overloaded servers. This time, legions of Apple fans eager to upgrade to the highly-anticipated iPhone 3.0 software... Read more...

Microsoft is expected to rally its partners to pitch its Application Platform Agreement (APA) licensing scheme next month. APA is only available to organizations on Microsoft's volume-licensing... Read more...

Someone has finally said it: "Don't buy computers this month," writes Dave Methvin over at his Microsoft blog at InformationWeek. This is good advice, since Microsoft will be offering free upgrades... Read more...

Business intelligence software grew by 22 percent in 2008, according to Gartner. It's a huge jump from the 13 percent increase it saw between 2007 and 2008. According to Gartner analyst Dan Sommer,... Read more...

Microsoft is trying to get tough with Congress in an issue over taxes, of course. Microsoft chief executive Steven Ballmer said Microsoft would move some employees offshore if Congress enacts... Read more...

A report by StatCounter says that Microsoft's new Bing search engine has overtaken Yahoo's market share within the first week of release. As of June 4, StatCounter noted that Bing had a 16.28 percent... Read more...

Microsoft is suddenly finding itself embroiled in another potential antitrust case, as Russian antitrust regulators investigate Microsoft's retirement plans for the venerable Windows XP operating... Read more...