Microsoft is accelerating the development of the next version of its Windows client operating system and plans to test a feature-complete version by early next year, a lead on the Windows Vista ...

Microsoft executives Tuesday said its engineering team will have all the planned features in the beta code by the end of December but could not say when the feature-complete beta 2 code will be handed ...

The curmudgeons of this world know that every new operating system brings with it at least much hype as benefits, and more often than not means spending lots of money in pursuit of the ever-elusive ...

A trio of new features -- user account control, Windows Defender, and BitLocker -- have been included in the OS to help enterprise users maintain security Microsoft finally rolled its Vista operating ...

A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new features, including some borrowed from Windows Vista. According to NeoSmart ...

A security researcher is raising concerns about a digital rights management feature in Microsoft’s new Vista operating system that he claims may make it easy for malicious code authors to block ...

Microsoft tried to explain some of Vista's most "misunderstood" features in a document posted to -- then removed from -- its Web site. In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt ...

Microsoft finally rolled its Vista operating system out the door Tuesday, billing it as its most secure operating system ever, but what are the security features that will really matter to enterprise ...

In its continued attempt to convince business customers to adopt Vista, Microsoft has outlined and tried to explain some of what it calls the OS’s most “misunderstood” features in a document posted to ...