A keynote talk today on deploying Windows 7 by a Microsoft official signaled the start of Day 2 at the TechMentor 2010 event, which is ongoing this week in Las Vegas. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 19, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's chief software architect Ray Ozzie is stepping down from his role and will retire, the company announced late Monday. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 18, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report, the worldwide PC market grew 11 percent in Q3 of 2010. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- October 18, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released its newest product update to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- October 15, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Marathon Technologies last week rolled out software aimed at broadening the availability of fault tolerant computing. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 15, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An industry-sponsored study, announced on Wednesday, gauged interest in Lync Server 2010, Microsoft's newest unified communications solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent survey shows that one of the greatest challenges facing the adoption of cloud computing is that the industry isn't selling it very well.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- October 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today announced a few developments in its Dynamics product lines as it kicked off Convergence 2010 Europe, starting in London.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 13, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Global rollout includes nine new phones to be available in 30 countries. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 11, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft paid royalties on smartphone patents held by Access Co. Ltd., according to an announcement issued on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The New York Times reported today that the heads of Microsoft and Adobe held a secret meeting to discuss the acquisition of Adobe, among other matters. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 08, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Baltimore-based AVIcode Inc., a provider of .NET application performance monitoring software.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet Explorer use dropped to 49.4 percent in October, according to Web analytics company StatCounter in a chart for this month. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Paoli
- October 07, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will offer its consumer antimalware solution for Windows systems to small businesses on Thursday, Oct. 7 at no cost.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 06, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to release its Dynamics SL 2011 enterprise resource planning solution in the second quarter of next year, the company announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 06, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer went to Europe this week to help sell the Internet cloud, a key Microsoft business area.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 05, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today named new companies that have subscribed to its hosted Exchange/SharePoint services, as well as colleges and universities that shifted to its Live@edu services.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- October 04, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has sued Motorola over its use of the Android mobile operating system in smartphones, alleging that patents held by Microsoft were violated.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 01, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With new product name, Communications Server enters release candidate stage.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker, Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 01, 2010