Adobe Systems Inc. had its own Patch Tuesday yesterday when it issued a critical security fix for an Adobe Reader 9 bug that first got broad attention in late February.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- March 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week unexpectedly issued a second release candidate of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, the company's a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- March 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Microsoft's main front man on security, Roger Halbheer  has a tall order to fill.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- March 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On its face, Microsoft's SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse could be a serious challenge to the data warehouse appliance players that have targeted SQL Server's shortcomings in large DW configurations, but DW appliance vendors aren't worried.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- March 04, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft responded to queries about its January jobs cuts  sent by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application  virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an  announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's technical team on Thursday reported progress on improvements  to the beta version of Windows 7, assuring testers that the team really cares  about user feedback.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google is the latest Web browser maker to join the  plaintiff's side in a European Commission (EC) complaint against Microsoft's  Internet Explorer distribution practices.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new report from IDC, announced on Wednesday, suggested  that the global economic malaise has already chipped away at the enterprise IT server  market.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A team consisting of Microsoft Research personnel and university  staff members has demonstrated a potentially more secure Web browser called  Gazelle.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In the keynote on Tuesday, Microsoft's Jason Zander showcased advances in the new VS 2010 user interface for the first time to VSLive! attendees. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- February 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and its hardware partners on Monday rolled out  preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft  SQL Server 2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 23, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Earlier this month, BeyondTrust released a report on security  threats to IT shops running Microsoft software.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- February 23, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft got a favorable court ruling on Wednesday in an  ongoing lawsuit against its past Vista Capable marketing practices.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- February 11, 2009