IE 8 Closing In

Microsoft Not a Fan of Wal-Mart Linux PCs

IE 8 RC1 Released

One brave blogger tries it out. 01/28/2009

VMware Posts Good Numbers, Warns About Future

Revenues are up, but the company is cautious about 2009 estimates. 01/28/2009

Cisco Goes Green with New Partner Program

The networking giant tries to bridge the gap between "green IT" hype and reality. 01/28/2009

Microsoft Cost-Cutting Hits Enterprise Apps

PerformancePoint Server is the first to get hit. 01/28/2009

Monster.com Gets Hacked Again, Data Stolen

For the second time in as many weeks, after a breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a company storing a large volume of personal data has been hit by a major theft. 01/27/2009

Get Ready for Compliance 2.0

Many observers with a vested interest in regulatory requirements say tighter compliance is inevitable. 01/27/2009

Survey: Unified Communications Has Market Potential

Unified communications (UC) could carry a spark through an increasingly dimming economic landscape if trends in an industry-conducted poll hold true. 01/27/2009

VMware's Revenue Rises 42 Percent in 2008

One bright spot in the IT economy appears to be virtualization, with leading provider VMware today announcing that its yearly revenue rose 42 percent in 2008 to $1.9 billion. Fourth quarter revenues were a "solid" $515 million -- up 25 percent over last year. 01/27/2009

Outsourcing Uptick May Be Ahead

Amid the current economic uncertainty, some businesses will probably opt to kill existing outsourcing arrangements to cut costs, but some in the industry expect the economic downturn to result in a net gain for outsourcers. 01/27/2009

Chips (and Revenues) Are Down for AMD

Things went downhill fast for the world's second largest chipmaker in the fourth quarter of 2008 when revenue slipped to $1.162 billion, 33 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2007, according company's earnings report. 01/27/2009

Windows Mobile Development Slowed in Second Half of 2008

Growth of the Apple iPhone and Google's Android mobile platforms are cutting into the market for devices based on Windows Mobile and will continue to do so, according to a global survey of developers. 01/27/2009

Microsoft Releases RC1 of ASP.NET MVC

Microsoft today made available Release Candidate 1 of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications. 01/27/2009

'Lives' Come Together in Redmond

And get a cool new name in the process. 01/27/2009

Cost-Cutting Continues at Microsoft

Microsoft should take this opportunity to go back to basics. 01/27/2009

Windows 7 Beta To End on Feb. 10

So get it while you can. 01/27/2009

'Vista Capable' Fiasco Could Cost Microsoft Billions

Rather, it could -- but it probably won't. 01/27/2009

Windows 7 Beta Availability Extended to Feb. 9

Microsoft has extended the general public availability of its Windows 7 Beta yet again, with a new final date of Feb. 9 to get it. 01/26/2009

Microsoft Shutters PerformancePoint Server

Microsoft will discontinue its PerformancePoint business intelligence product and will merge its function into SharePoint Server, the company said late last week. 01/26/2009

Q&A: Top IE Exec Discusses New Browser

With the release candidate of IE 8 now available, Microsoft GM Dean Hachamovitch talks about switching to standards compliance. 01/26/2009

Security Change From the Top

MSRC gets new leader, while old leader moves up; IE8 stems clickjacking; Conficker continues to confound; payment cards -- now, more vulnerable. 01/26/2009

Mailbag: Lotus vs. Microsoft, Live Mesh, More

Conficker Worm Slimy and Sticky

Microsoft Security Chief Transferred

Microsoft Suffers While Big Blue Blows It Out!

Microsoft Security Director Steps Down

Redmond's security team is undergoing a revamp with the announcement that Andrew Cushman, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center, will be stepping down to be replaced by group manager Mike Reavey. 01/23/2009

Citrix and Intel Forge Virtualization Pact

Citrix Systems has teamed with Intel Corp. to provide virtualization technology for Intel-based desktop computers. 01/23/2009

Microsoft Battles Worm, Rebuts CERT Claim

Microsoft is still trying to control the Conficker worm, both the bug itself and news about how it's handling it. 01/23/2009

Some Software Giants Unscathed by Bad Economy

Despite grim stats announced on Thursday by Microsoft in its fiscal second-quarter report, at least one company in the software IT sector reported positive 2008 quarterly earnings. 01/23/2009

Microsoft Tackles Tough Times

Mailbag: Government and the Economy

Lotus and Microsoft: Still Hateful After All These Years

Microsoft Earnings: So What Went Wrong?

IBM Irks Microsoft Officials, Unveils LotusLive

IBM on Monday rolled out social networking and collaboration services for businesses called "LotusLive," which integrates with IBM's venerable Lotus Notes e-mail and calendar application. 01/22/2009

Microsoft Not Driving PC Upgrades, Analyst Suggests

Microsoft's disappointing second-quarter earnings showed just how dependent the software giant is on new PC sales. 01/22/2009

Microsoft Lays Off 1,400; More Coming

Microsoft announced lower than expected earnings for its second fiscal quarter said that it will eliminate 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. 01/22/2009

Report Says Vista SP2 To Be Delayed

And we know you're real broken up about it. 01/22/2009

Inaugural Reader Feedback

Readers chime in on Windows 7 vs. Vista, and Intel's hypervisor plans. 01/22/2009

Microsoft's Financial Troubles: The Wrath of Vista?

Company reports layoffs and disappointing earnings. 01/22/2009

IBM Scores with Earnings

At least someone is. 01/22/2009

Data Theft Hits the Heartland

A malicious keystroke logging exploit hit Heartland Payment Systems in what many are already calling the biggest data theft ever, with nearly 100 million records siphoned from the large payment-processing company. 01/21/2009

Seeding the Microsoft Cloud

Cloud Data Sharing Gets New Beta Release

The EU Can't Leave IE Alone

Mailbag: Who's Cooler?, Saving the Economy

Microsoft To Miss Earnings Numbers?

Earnings are expected to be "disappointing" this quarter. 01/21/2009

Redmond Consolidates Online Teams

Two departments fall under "Windows Live" catch-all. 01/21/2009

Citrix To Rock 'Bare Metal' Hypervisor

Company teams up with Intel for "Project Independence." 01/21/2009

Microsoft Cutting Back Expansion Plans

Puget Sound expansion will have to wait. 01/21/2009