Microsoft Watch

SBS 2008 Takes a Price Hike

News Analysis. Price increases define Microsoft's 2007-2008 product release cycles. Small Business Server 2008 rises way above the rest....

.NET 3.5 SP1 Beta Changes Your Expression

News Analysis. Yikes! .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta isn't compatible with Expression Blend or Silverlight 2.0. Downloaders beware!...

Jesper Plays XP SP3 Hero

News Analysis. Now this is the kind of transparency I'd like to see from Microsoft....

Microsoft Appeals €899M Fine

News Analysis. Microsoft is seeking clarity about its most recent fine. What's not clear about dollars and cents? The exchange rate?...

Microsoft Preps Office 2007 SP1 for All

News Brief. Has it been six months already?...

Readers Woo-Hoo, Boo-Hoo Microhoo

News Commentary. Microsoft Watch commenters have had lots to say about the failed Microhoo merger....

Yahoo: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

News Commentary. Would Microsoft's Plan B wipe the smile from Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's face? How about Plan A?...

Extreme Marketing Makeover

News Commentary. "Extreme Makeover: Server Edition" is Microsoft marketing magic. But why is it circling the blogosphere a year after posting to YouTube?...

Let's Make a Deal! Please?

News Commentary. Everybody's talking, but nobody's agreeing to get up and dance....

Hydrazine Needs a Disclaimer

News Analysis. Sun's forthcoming Project Hydrazine is the blueprint Microsoft should follow for Live Mesh and other cloud-computing concepts....

Microsoft Rereleases Two Windows SPs

News Brief. They're Ba-a-a-ck! Like those specters from "Poltergeist," Windows service packs have returned....

Why Didn't Microsoft Yell 'Yahoo!'

Podcast. Four eWEEK editors discuss Microsoft's three-month old, failed Yahoo bid....

Where's the Yahoo Shareholder Revolt?

News Analysis. Yahoo isn't taking the stock price beating so many pundits predicted. Now why is that?...

Will He Stay or Will He Go?

News Commentary. It's a good thing that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is thick-skinned....

Translating Steve's Letter to Jerry

News Commentary. What would a letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer be without a little interpretation?...