Jason Brooks

There is an updated version of this story available. For the most recent version, click here. With this weeks release of the latest Windows Vista Community Technology Preview, which Microsoft has labeled “feature complete,” our view of the Windows-to-be is beginning to snap into focus. eWEEK Labs tested the new CTP code, Build 5308, and […]

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 carries out its virtualization chores about as well as competing products from VMware. However, Microsofts server virtualization solution still lags in certain key areas— most notably, support for host and guest operating systems. Click here to read the full review of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. 2 Microsoft Virtual […]

VMware Workstation 5.5 is an excellent tool for creating and running virtual machines, with the best administration and setup tools of any virtualization product weve tested. eWEEK Labs thought highly enough of the previous version of Workstation, 5.0, to give it an Analysts Choice award, and we found Version 5.5 equally fit to wear that […]

Another Windows Vista build is about to arrive via Microsofts Community Technical Preview program. /zimages/5/28571.gifRead more here about the upcoming Vista CTP and beta deployment tools. The program hasnt managed to meet its initial goal of monthly releases, but it has offered members of the Windows ecosystem more opportunity than ever to participate in the […]

ETrade Financial saved $13 million annually, realized a boost in performance and changed the way it thinks about development by moving from a Sun Solaris infrastructure built up during the stock market boom to an open-source stack running on x86-based IBM hardware. Building on work it began in late 2001, the financial services company has […]

IT managers whose users depend on Research In Motions BlackBerry devices and service need to be thinking of ways to get out of Dodge. As the injunction barring RIM from doing business nears—and, with it, the darkening of RIMs much-relied-upon network of BlackBerry devices—the top concern of IT managers whose users rely on RIMs service […]

Palm Inc.s Treo 700w marks the marriage of Microsoft Corp.s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and the slick and functional smart-phone design thats made previous Palm OS-powered Treos a fixture in the fists of so many always-connected mobile workers. Click here to read the full review of the Treo 700w. 2 Palm Inc.s Treo 700w […]

Boasting management and performance improvements for its core file and identity-service duties—along with broadened support for Unix—Microsoft Corp.s Windows Server 2003 Release 2 is a worthwhile upgrade, particularly for organizations running the operating system in remote-office scenarios or in heterogeneous environments. Click here to read the full review of Windows Server 2003 Release 2. 2 […]

It was an exciting year on the operating system beat, with prominent new releases for every season. While the proliferation of platform options weve seen this year has made the OS landscape more complicated, this diversity is spurring competition and much-needed innovation. Fortunately, most of the vendors and projects that made this year so interesting […]

I was pretty impressed when, just before Thanksgiving, I came across a Financial Times article reporting that Microsoft was pledging to open up the specifications for its Office file formats, although those specs wouldn’t be available for 18 months or so. That story wasn’t quite right, but, in the Financial Times reporter’s defense, neither was […]