The 2009 release of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is now available for purchase by Software Assurance customers at the Microsoft Volume Licensing Site. You'll have to login using your Passport account, go to the Products Download Section, under Software Assurance select ''Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for ...

Polycom has licensed the right to distribute Microsoft RoundTable, originally launched by the software giant in October 2007. As of April 13, 2009, Microsoft will no longer be selling RoundTable, and instead the product will be available as the Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station. Microsoft will continue to support all ...

AV-Comparatives is known for the thorough tests it does on security software. Following its November 2008 retrospective report, the company has released its February 2009 on-demand comparative roundup. Seventeen products were updated on February 9 and tested against 1.3 million malware samples received between May 2008 and ...

After various problems, the replacement for Microsoft Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2 has finally arrived. The build number is 2.0.2096.0 but it will be a while before this version of SP2 trickles out via Microsoft Update and the Mac AutoUpdate. Thankfully, the new SP2 is also available on the Microsoft Download Center for ...

In a post last week on the Microsoft's Environment Sustainability Blog, Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, explained Microsoft's goals for the environment: ''Today, I want to focus on our carbon footprint goal. We understand that environmental action must begin at home. Today, Steve announced to all employees that ...

Forbes has updated its World's Billionaires list, and boy have things changed. The list has lost 373 people: last year there were 1,125 billionaires and this year there are just 793 people rich enough to have the title. Even these 793 have lost an average of 23 percent of their wealth. The economic downturn isn't being very ...

Channel 9 has a rather interesting video interview with Brad Abrams, group program manager for the .NET framework, regarding business Web app development with Silverlight 3.0. While there are unannounced aspects of the new version that Scott Guthrie will be detailing during his keynote at MIX09 next week, Abrams still manages ...

Back in November 2008 when everyone was still speculating about what Windows 7 editions were coming down the pipeline, one morsel of information that we found was a mention of a ''Windows 7 for Small Business (future)'' in a job posting for a marketing manager. Once the six Windows 7 SKUs were revealed last month, it was ...

At Convergence 2009, the semiannual New Orleans event for Microsoft Dynamics lineup of business-management solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions Corporate Vice President Kirill Tatarinov outlined a Microsoft vision referred to as the Dynamic Business, a way for organizations to combine the unique value of their people, ...

Now that we all have our beta copies of Windows 7 to play with, Ars thought it was time to take Vista's successor for a spin on the Apple side of the street. After all, it isn't every day that recent switchers and established users get to (legitimately) try out a copy of Windows for free, so we burned a couple of ISOs and got ...