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Google No. 1 in Corporate Reputation Survey; Microsoft Ranked 16th

Google is the most reputable company in the United States, according to a recent survey by market researcher Harris Interactive.

Microsoft Talks Up IE 9, Addresses Browser Migration Worries

A Microsoft-hosted webinar on Monday spotlighted the company's new Internet Explorer 9 browser, and what IT managers should know before adopting it.

Microsoft Reaches Agreement in Bid To Buy Nortel's IPv4 Addresses

Microsoft has entered a legacy agreement with the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) over its purchase of Nortel's IPv4 numbers, possibly heading off controversy over the issue of who controls IPv4 numbers.

VMware Joins Amazon in Cloud Outage Damage Control

VMware's Cloud Foundry, the company's fledgling cloud offering, suffered two brief outages last week.

Guthrie To Head Microsoft's Azure Application Platform Team

Microsoft has confirmed that Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Platform at Microsoft, will move to the Windows Azure group as part of a May reorg, as expected.

Microsoft Rolls Out Windows Thin PC Release Candidate

The release candidate (RC) version of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) solution is now available for download, the company announced on Monday.

Analyst: Windows 8 Coming in 2013

According to one Directions on Microsoft analyst, Windows 8 -- or whatever Microsoft calls its next operating system -- might be released in 2013.

Amazon Breaks Silence on Cloud Outage, Offers Explanation and Credit

Amazon Web Services on Friday issued a detailed postmortem explaining the cause of last week's massive outage of its cloud services that left numerous customers crippled.

Blog Bytes: When 'Tracking' Isn't Really 'Tracking' (According to Apple)

Tech watchers and armchair legal eagles raked Apple over the coals this week over reports that the company keeps track of customers' locations through its iPhone.

Microsoft Rides Strong Office, Xbox Kinect Sales To Beat 3Q Estimates

Led by gains from its Office, Xbox and Kinect products, Microsoft has recorded $16.4 billion in earnings in its fiscal third-quarter, the company reported on Thursday.

Survey: Despite Flagging XP Support, Windows 7 Migrations Stay Tepid

Half of the respondents of a recent Unisys poll indicated that they "haven't started" migrating or are "not migrating" to Windows 7.

Barnes & Noble Shoots Down Microsoft's Patent Infringement Claims

Barnes & Noble has fired back at Microsoft's patent infringement claims by releasing its legal defense brief on Monday.

Telecom Giant CenturyLink Acquires Cloud Provider Savvis

Telecommunications heavyweight CenturyLink on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire managed hosting and cloud provider Savvis for $2.5 billion.

Will Hyper-V Work with New Intel Chips? It Depends (UPDATED)

According to a Microsoft blog post on Tuesday, the company's Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 cannot perform server virtualization using Intel's new second-generation Core vPro processors, formerly code-named "Sandy Bridge."

Google Apps No Longer Free for Small Businesses

Google on Tuesday said it is changing the terms of its free service for small businesses, requiring any organization with more than 10 users to subscribe to its paid Google Apps for Business.

Microsoft: Internet Explorer 9 Less Prone to Add-On Problems

Microsoft is making inroads against Internet Explorer 9's add-on problems, the company announced on Monday.

Amazon Restores Cloud Services, Promises Postmortem

Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has restored service for a majority of its customers after an outage left numerous organizations crippled for more than three days.

Inside Google's Datacenter: How Google Keeps Its Cloud Secure

Also, with Earth Day falling on the same day as Google's presentation, the focus has fallen once again on whether the cloud is truly the energy-saver its big-name proponents, including Microsoft, insist it is.

Microsoft BPOS for Gov Gets FISMA Clearance

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), a cloud-based suite of productivity applications, is now certified for government use under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

Amazon Cloud Outage Cripples Multiple Social Media Sites

Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced outages on Thursday that Amazon claims are due to connectivity and latency issues in its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Relational Database Service.