Microsoft on Tuesday issued a new security advisory after the discovery of "a recent escalation in a class of attacks" targeting Web sites.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Verizon Business reports that more than half of the data breaches on enterprise systems go undetected and are caused by general negligence and lax security.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Masters series aims to fill gap between Professional series and Architect series of certifications.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- June 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out Release Candidate 0 (RC0) of SQL Server  2008, which is available for evaluation by developers and database  administrators who want an early look at the relational database management  system. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. is now selling its wares directly to consumers.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- June 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- June 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008? 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has begun enlisting the support of beta testers  for Windows Home Server Power Pack 1.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As reported last week, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), a group that advises the British government on education technology issues, referred a complaint to the European Commission about the impact of Microsoft's interoperability issues in education.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 19, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A preview version of the server for small-to-medium businesses is now available, according to a Microsoft announcement that included pricing and licensing details.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Tuesday, Redmond rolled out four patches for the month of May as expected, with three deemed "Critical" and one "Moderate."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- May 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations still aren't doing enough to protect their data from Web application vulnerabilities, according to a study released Tuesday by security firm Cenzic.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- May 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A bug that caused problems when backing up files in Windows Home Server has been fixed, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft on Wednesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 07, 2008