Microsoft’s researchers are working on yet another operating-system research project which can trace its roots to the company’s Singularity project. This new operating system, known as Helios, is a heterogeneous multiprocessing platform built around satellite kernels. (The folks over at the Ma-Config...

Q&A: Rich Kaplan discusses the second part of the Daylight Saving Time extension to come in North America, lessons learned from March’s “spring forward,” and the effects these changes have on customers around the world. It used to be easy to know when to move your clocks back an hour and ahead to...

Microsoft on Friday said it may take decades to tackle the problem of counterfeit software in large emerging economies, despite some recent progress, and called on Asian governments to invest more in policing the practice. "We are realistic in recognising that we have to work diligently over periods...

Lost in the pre-Labor-Day shuffle in the news around Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 was Microsoft’s plan to synchronize its Windows client and server fixes and updates , starting next year. Officials have been saying for more than a year (and then attempting to cover up) that their game plan was to...

Bink: In my opinion this article is complete nonsence, it is been posted here cause it is floating around the Internet last few days. What is your opinion Microsoft is secretly working on a new OS with the core team of Vista, sounds exciting? well indeed it is. Some insiders have told me that this new...