A Windows 2000 server software package can be crashed by sending it a comparatively simple request for a Web page, a security company has discovered. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...

It's hard to justify spending that much money on an OS when you can go the FOSS route with Linux distributions ...

Microsoft is the 800-pound-gorilla of software. So perhaps it was just a matter of time before the company rolled out a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) play, combing software-defined compute, ...

If you spend any amount of time in home-lab communities or pursuing forums, you’ll notice a weird propensity to dump on Windows. Real home labs run Linux. Proxmox, TrueNAS, ESXi replacements, Docker ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -A sweeping cyber espionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 organizations as of the weekend, two of the organizations that helped ...

One week before its long-awaited launch of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Corp. said it is rolling out a new umbrella brand for its array of server software. Windows Server System is the portfolio ...

Microsoft is changing some of its licensing rules, which are already complex. Here’s what small businesses should know.

Microsoft was on Thursday accused of overcharging thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud ...

Push-back is blow to AMD, which has been waiting for version of Windows that can take advantage of Athlon's 64-bit capabilities. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

When you read about Microsoft Windows Server licensing, more often than not, the message is negative. Microsoft seems to be taking it on the chin a lot, but really for such a large software company, I ...