Microsoft, Red Hat, Virtualization and Patents

One deal between Microsoft and an open source vendor that isn't turning contentious. 02/17/2009

Using Virtual Machine Manager

Emmett gives Red Hat's Virt-Manager high marks after taking it for a spin on Fedora 7. Here's a rundown of how to set it up on your own machine. 02/15/2009

Microsoft Readies Second CTP of VS Extensions for SharePoint

Microsoft will release the second CTP of its Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint in the coming weeks, a company official said on Friday. 02/13/2009

Microsoft Joins Group To Stop Conficker Worm, Offers Reward

Problems with the Conficker worm have become so widespread that Microsoft is putting up $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the worm's author. 02/12/2009

Exchange Labs To Become Outlook Live

Microsoft's Exchange Labs is changing its name to Outlook Live and adding new e-mail features, according to a Thursday announcement by Microsoft. 02/12/2009

Atalasoft Offers New View of SharePoint

Atalasoft Inc. is launching a SharePoint plug-in based on the document imaging tooling in its latest SDK. 02/12/2009

Tech Data Sweetens Financing Deal

Deal includes 0 percent financing for HP resellers. 02/12/2009

IBM Soars Further into the Cloud

Company forms new cloud computing division, and inks a cloud deal with Amazon. 02/12/2009

Reader Feedback: Windows Mobile Still Wobbly

But first, some clarification. 02/12/2009

LightEdge's UC Service Taps BroadSoft-Microsoft Partnership

Unified communications (UC) has emerged from the Internet cloud thanks to a partnership that brings together LightEdge Solutions, BroadSoft and Microsoft 02/11/2009

Bad Economy Good for Cloud Computing, Microsoft Exec Says

A weakened economy will serve as a catalyst to push enterprises from on-premise computing to accessing services over the Internet cloud, according to Microsoft exec Doug Hauser, who delivered an address on Wednesday at the Thomas Weisel 2009 Technology and Telecom Conference. 02/11/2009

Microprocessor 4Q Decline Slowed by Atom, Report Says

Worldwide shipments of PC microprocessors plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), according to a report announced on Wednesday by the International Data Group (IDC). 02/11/2009

Mailbag: $0 Laptop Scheme, H-1B Debate, More

Windows 7 Non-Starter Pack

Mozilla Gunning for Microsoft...in Court!

Ballmer for Treasury Secretary

Microsoft Still Trying To Figure Out Search

SharePoint's enterprise search is a good place to start. 02/11/2009

Mozilla Jumps into EU Browser Case

Surprise, surprise. 02/11/2009

Windows 7 Beta Ends

We hardly knew ye... 02/11/2009

Letter to Obama: Consider Open Source

The Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) today posted an open letter to President Barack Obama on open source software. 02/10/2009

February's Patch Contains 'Critical' IE and Exchange Fixes

Redmond's February slate of security bulletins includes four patches -- two deemed "critical" and two "important." 02/10/2009

Microsoft Bolsters SharePoint's Enterprise Search

Microsoft rolled out two new enterprise search products on Tuesday at its FASTforward'09 event in Las Vegas. 02/10/2009

Conficker Grounds French Air Force

"Des vers sur un plan!" 02/10/2009

Dynamics AX Goes Green

Leaving your carbon footprint through the network. 02/10/2009

Windows Mobile Moving and Shaking

It's coopetition, loud and clear. 02/10/2009

Four Patches Today

The fixes are in. 02/10/2009

Mozilla Coming After Microsoft in EC Dispute

Microsoft's antitrust past has come back to haunt it, yet again. 02/09/2009

Google Licenses Microsoft's ActiveSync

Google has licensed a patent from Microsoft that will allow synchronization of Exchange Server and the popular Gmail service. 02/09/2009

Microsoft Readies MyPhone Service

Microsoft over the weekend acknowledged it is planning a service that will allow users of its Windows Mobile operating system to synchronize data on their devices with the Web. 02/09/2009

Win7 UAC Debate Nipped With Fix

Plus, Microsoft revamps security portal; printer flaws get fixed; drivers get spammed. 02/09/2009

EMC and Microsoft Extend Their Love

Mailbag: Windows 7 x 6, More

Windows 7 Planning

Virtual Survey Virtually Wrong

Top MySQL Officials Leave Sun

After months of mounting dissatisfaction with the way Sun Microsystems was evolving the MySQL database, the founders of the popular open source vendor have decided to move on. 02/06/2009

Career Assist Combines Second Shot with E-Learning Discounts

Microsoft provides discounts to try its E-Learning courses for those who register for its Second Shot program. 02/06/2009

IT Planning Toolkit Now Supports Windows 7

Microsoft has followed up on the release of its Windows 7 Beta by rolling out another build of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. 02/06/2009

Security Know-It-Alls Debate Windows UAC

Mailbag: Six Is a Crowd for Windows 7, More

Alex to the Rescue

Intel Taps SaaS for European IT Market

Intel Corp., known mostly for its hardware chips, has been gradually moving into the software cloud-computing space, with support for IT administrative tasks as its initial target market. 02/05/2009

Microsoft Plans To Fix UAC Security in Windows 7 RC

A debate erupted over the effectiveness of the user account control feature in Microsoft's beta release of Windows 7. 02/05/2009

Four Security Fixes Planned for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft plans to rollout four security bulletins for this month's patch cycle on Tuesday, with two "critical" items and two "important" patches on the slate. 02/05/2009

Microsoft Re-Ups with EMC

Partnership extended through 2011. 02/05/2009

Reader Feedback: Words of Warning on Windows 7

The upcoming OS may have shades of Vista, some readers warn. And that's not a good thing. 02/05/2009

Tech Data Rolls Out Cisco Solutions Group

Good news for VARs. 02/05/2009

Seattle Thrift Stores Choked with Discarded Microsoft T-Shirts

Get that limited-edition Zune T-shirt you've always wanted. 02/05/2009

EMC and Microsoft Push Out Virtualization Partnership

EMC and Microsoft formally renewed a partnership on Tuesday, extending their collaborative efforts on virtualization, content management and security solutions for the enterprise market through 2011. 02/04/2009

IT Hiring and Salaries Down, but Not Out

Despite gloomy economic projections, IT professionals may fare better than people working in other job sectors this year, according to Computer Economics report. 02/04/2009

Channel Gets a Crack at Windows 7

Microsoft has begun aggressively reaching out to the channel to prepare for the release of Windows 7. 02/04/2009