Microsoft has been licensing its exFAT flash file format for licensing for a while now. In case you forgot, on December 10, the company reminded folks that exFAT is available for licensing.

Microsoft today announced it is supporting the addition of its exFAT file system to the Linux kernel. To facilitate the development of “conformant, interoperable implementations,” the company ...

FAT stands for File Allocation Table, a term that describes what it does: maintains a table of each file's space allocation.

Microsoft announced today that it supports the inclusion of its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system for USB flash drives and SD cards in the Linux kernel through the Open Invention ...

NTFS permissions offer a great deal of control when it comes to resources on your systems. When it comes to the old NTFS (from Windows NT) and the current NTFS (from Windows 2000, Windows Server ...

Additionally, hardware and software errors that cause either the file copy process to fail or incorrectly update the file allocation table can also cause files to disappear.

The poster-child for Microsoft's intellectual property aggression were the File Allocation Table (FAT) patents. But the Microsoft of then is not the Microsoft of now.

Thanks for the responses.<br>Doesn't Chkdsk /f fix corrupted file chains only and /r recovers bad sectors?<br>Does it also copy the good copy of FAT over the bad one?<br>Boozy, on point (a) you've ...

exFAT file technology helps mobile industry leader provide cutting-edge capabilities to customers. REDMOND, Wash. - Sept. 18, 2012 - Microsoft Corp. announced today that Microsoft and Research In ...

Research in Motion has entered into an agreement with Microsoft that will allow them to use the software maker's Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) file system on select BlackBerry devices.

Microsoft has announced a new licensing program for its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology. For certain device categories, such as cameras, camcorders, and digital photo frames, the ...