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).
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- February 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) today posted an  open letter to President Barack Obama on open source software.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's February slate of security bulletins includes four patches -- two deemed "critical" and two "important."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- February 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's antitrust past has come back to haunt it, yet  again.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- February 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- February 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- February 04, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has begun aggressively reaching out to the channel  to prepare for the release of Windows 7.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 04, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Additional products become available for 1,000 resellers in Oracle's VAD Remarketer Program.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- February 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users testing Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta have been asking Microsoft when it will release the final product, but Microsoft isn't saying right now, according to a Windows 7 team blog posted on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A dispute with the European Union might change how Microsoft  distributes its software in the region.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
			            - By Kathleen Richards  and Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will discontinue its PerformancePoint business intelligence product and will merge its function into SharePoint Server, the company said late last week.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- January 26, 2009