Users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft today.

Last month, researchers at online security company Finjan uncovered a 1.4GB cache of stolen data from North America, Europe, the Middle East and India on a Malaysian server that provided command and control functions for malware attacks in addition to

Finding a data needle in the haystack that is your hard disk requires more than just a magnifying glass and a huge dose of patience.

Analyst reaction this week to Redmond's " Live Mesh " initiative can be deciphered in one of two ways. On the one hand, it's an old idea, namely "convergence," with new buzzwords. On the other, it means that industry leader

Information technology executives are focusing on cutting costs rather than investing in technology this quarter, according to a report released today by research analysts at IDC. IDC conducted in-depth interviews with 27 U.S.-based chief technology officers and other "senior" IT

Three new public betas -- that boost capabilities in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 -- were announced today at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008 event in Las Vegas. IT administrators typically use Operations Manager 2007 to centrally monitor network

One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Consequently, Microsoft has postponed Web access to downloading Windows XP SP3. However, the company is still making Windows Vista

Leaks from unnamed sources to the Wall Street Journal constitute the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo. Even Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer reportedly told a May 1 " town hall " meeting of

Shares of Microsoft closed just shy of 7 percent higher on Friday May 2 based on new speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are now actively negotiating to seal a deal.

Just two days after walking away from its $49.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the Times Online U.K. is reporting that Microsoft is meeting with Time Warner executives regarding a possible bid for America Online -- the very company Yahoo turned

The plunge of Yahoo's stock happened as expected after Microsoft withdrew its takeover bid for the Web app company on Saturday.

Citing a hefty price tag and other concerns, Microsoft this weekend officially scrapped its plans to acquire Yahoo.

In a move a little like Lucy pulling the ball out of the path of Charlie Brown's lunging foot at the last moment, Microsoft withdrew plans to make Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) publicly available today.

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Jennifer Chayes, managing director of Microsoft Research's New England lab, talks about the excitement of building a new research facility and the sort of projects she expects the lab to undertake.