New-Gen Certifications Retirement Policy Changing

Holders of the premium MCITP or MCPD titles will have to take refresh exam to maintain status; policy to go into effect in about two years. 07/05/2007

Tech Firms Tap Into the 'Green' Movement

Being "green" is all the rage with technology companies these days, but what's not clear is whether or not the environment-friendly approach is bringing in more greenbacks. 07/05/2007

Xbox 360 Repairs Will Cost Microsoft $1B

Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it expects to spend more than $1 billion to repair widespread hardware problems in its Xbox 360 video game console after a large number of them broke down. 07/05/2007

Google-DoubleClick Deal Draws Criticism

Europe's major consumer group BEUC said Wednesday that it feared Internet search engine Google Inc.'s takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. would damage European Union privacy rights and limit consumers' choice of Web content. 07/05/2007

Sanyo to Make More Laptop Batteries

Osaka-based electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Wednesday it will spend 30 billion yen ($245 million) to boost output of lithium-ion batteries for laptop computers. 07/05/2007

Dell Sees Growth in Asia

Dell Inc. expects shipments of personal computers, notebooks and servers in Asia excluding China, Japan and South Korea to grow almost 20 percent in 2007, a company executive said Thursday. 07/05/2007

Microsoft Releases New CTP for ADO.NET Entity Framework

Microsoft has released a new community technology preview of the ADO.NET Entity Framework, which allows coders to program against data defined in a conceptual fashion instead of directly interacting with information stored in traditional table-and-column fashion. 07/03/2007

SAP: Unit Made 'Inappropriate Downloads'

Software company SAP AG acknowledged Tuesday that one of its units made "inappropriate downloads" of Oracle Corp. computer code for fixes and support documents, responding to a lawsuit filed by its rival. 07/03/2007

Google Goes Back to Court Over Vista Desktop Search

Google remains undaunted in its quest to become a legal player in the battle to keep Windows Vista's desktop search subject to federal scrutiny. 07/03/2007

Windows Plans on the Wane for Developers

North American software developers are expecting to devote less of their efforts toward developing for the Microsoft Windows operating system, with some of the slack being absorbed by Linux and niche operating systems, according to a survey conducted by Evans Data Corp. 07/03/2007

Tibco Rolls Out New BPM Solution

Tibco Software has issued a new release of its business process management (BPM) solution, called iProcess Suite 10.6. 07/03/2007

iPhone Lure Used in Hacker Exploit

The iPhone hype makes it a natural target -- by scammers looking to sell Apple's first cell phone for a huge markup, and also by hackers looking to add to their bot networks. 07/02/2007

Layer 7 Virtualizes SOA Security Solution

Virtualization rocketed to the top of the gotta-have-it technology list a few years ago, primarily as a means of consolidating servers. But since that initial resurgence, vendors have been finding other applications for the technologies that provide a layer of abstraction between hardware systems and the software running on them. 07/02/2007

Cyber Attacks Engulf Kremlin's Critics

A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial. 07/02/2007

Massachusetts Considering Microsoft's New Document Format

Massachusetts has decided that Microsoft's latest format may meet its standards. 07/02/2007

Ohio's Laptops Often Stolen or Missing

In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office. 07/02/2007

Vista Ultimate Customers Await Their 'Extras'

Vista Ultimate has been out more than half a year now, and several prominent Windows bloggers have been asking when more Extras are coming. 07/02/2007

Business Process Management: SOA's Reason for Being?

A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is supposed to bring flexibility to IT resources and lower costs by letting IT personnel reuse software components instead of coding from scratch. However, some experts have suggested that reuse -- the principal justification in most cost-benefit analyses for SOA -- might amount to just 10 percent. 07/02/2007

Moonlight in Paris

In a move that could broaden the appeal of Microsoft's new Silverlight rich Internet application plug-in to both the .NET and open source communities, a group of developers has demonstrated Silverlight-based multimedia running on a Linux-based system. 07/02/2007

Does It Stink To Work at Microsoft?

So, a $500 PC Is Cheap in India?

Security (Like Rust) Never Sleeps

Tip Toeing Toward Open Source

New Linux License To Put the Hurt on Microsoft -- Maybe

Version 3 of the General Public License adds more grist for the mills in legal skirmish over open source software patents. 07/02/2007

Redmond To Make It Easier To Ditch Vista

IT support personnel are getting a simpler way to exercise their "downgrade rights." 07/02/2007

Hackers Hit Microsoft U.K. Web Site

Culprits apparently carried out a SQL injection attack. 07/02/2007

Microsoft's Dynamics Power Play

What does Redmond's recent exec shuffling really mean for its Business Solutions biz? 07/02/2007

Sounds of Silence

Microsoft's habit of pleading the Fifth on key issues has left some IT pros hanging. 07/01/2007

Linux Gains Windows Muscle

Based on Microsoft's model, the open source world evolves its stacks strategy. 07/01/2007

The Essential Security Toolbox

From protocol analyzers to vulnerability scanners, here are some tools that can help keep your network secure. 07/01/2007

Microsoft's Roadmap Steers Toward the Present

For a change, Tech-Ed focuses on the here and now. 07/01/2007

'Orcas' Beta a Killer?

An early look at the next Visual Studio shows better tools integration and more features. 07/01/2007

Vista's Six-Month Report Card

What, precisely, is dragging the OS down? 07/01/2007

Windows Mobile Dogged by Reliability Issues

Readers appreciate the features of Windows Mobile 5.0, but getting it to work consistently on most devices is difficult. 07/01/2007

Microsoft Debuts Office Live Meeting 2007

Upcoming service seen as a key piece of company's Unified Communications plans. 07/01/2007

No Shoes, No Script, No Service

Never miss another e-mail notification again. 07/01/2007

Waterfalling Forward to Agile

Manage the transition to agile processes. 07/01/2007

Set Access Control on Mandatory

Getting past the complexities in Windows Integrity Control. 07/01/2007

GOexchange: The Third Option

Not too hot, not too cold, for Exchange maintenance. 07/01/2007

Exchange 2007: Always On

Exchange 2007 comes equipped to let you use several high availability techniques. 07/01/2007

Mobile Devices: Ready To Explode?

Mobile personal devices are very convenient, but often quite dangerous. 07/01/2007

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft CRM Payments a Challenge for Channel

Several Microsoft partners selling the company's CRM software say a glitch in the company's payment system resulted in them being underpaid on sales, although the company is working to rectify the situation. 06/29/2007

IPhone Launch Day Arrives

After six months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers. 06/29/2007

Hacker Defaces Microsoft U.K. Web Page

A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia. 06/29/2007

EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft Taps Tatarinov for Top MBS Slot

Microsoft is naming Kirill Tatarinov as its top business solutions executive, according to documents examined by RCP. 06/29/2007

Microsoft Security Worker Called Sixth-Worst Science Job

Employees who work in Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) can breathe easy: they don't have the worst job in science. Just the sixth worst. 06/29/2007

Google Searching for Support in the Channel

Can Microsoft hold its lead as Google enters enterprise search? 06/29/2007

Fake Security Bulletins Cause Real Problems

Malicious software distribution scheme rides on bogus e-mails. 06/29/2007

More Administrative Hassles Hit Microsoft Partner Program

A CRM payment snag is the latest to hit partners. But, as the Partner Program expands, is there more that isn't working for you? 06/29/2007

Red Hat: Microsoft's Next Shakedown Target?

The two companies talked about patents last year. 06/29/2007