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Microsoft To Update Licensing Portal in April

Microsoft plans to update its volume licensing portal for partners and customers sometime in April.

'Critical' Off-Cycle IE Patch Released

Microsoft today released its second "critical" off-cycle patch for Internet Explorer this year.

Rising Trend Seen for SaaS Security Managed Services

The software-as-a-service security market is booming, according to a report by Infonetics Research.

Intel Unveils High Powered Processors

Chip is geared for large scale mission critical and virtualized workloads.

Report: U.S. Consumers 'Satisfied' With Windows 7

Consumer "early adopters" of Windows 7 expressed general satisfaction with the new OS, according to Forrester Research.

IE 8 Hacks Slowed by Windows Safeguards

Even a fire-proof safe needs additional protective measures, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 is no different.

AMD Unveils 12-Core Chip

Processors offer more memory, performance and management features than previous AMD chips.

'Best Hypervisors' for VDI Tested by Citrix

Citrix on Thursday described virtual desktop infrastructure performance differences using various hypervisors.

Windows Enterprise Licensees Get Options on Amazon's Cloud

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have established a pilot program for enterprise Windows Server licensees.

Microsoft Previews Planned Bing Facelift

Bing will render more information, extend visual content and support real-time feeds.

Microsoft Staying the Course in China

Microsoft has not been swayed by Google's change of direction with regard to filtering search results in China

Microsoft Rolls out Dynamics CRM5 Community Technology Preview

After a slow trickle of details on Microsoft's Dynamics CRM5 started in late 2008, a preview version is finally available to a select few.

BizTalk To Get Improvements and 2010 Branding

Microsoft on Tuesday described a few BizTalk Server enhancements to come, as well as a new name for its next-generation enterprise server bus product.

Microsoft Unveils New Communications Server

Microsoft today gave the first public preview of its planned Office Communications Server upgrade.

Google Ends Internet Search Censorship in China

After following China's national laws in the past, Google has decided to stop filtering its search engine in the country.

Symantec Web Security Monitoring Warns Customers of Impending Attacks

Symantec Corp. rolled out a new hosted service today that warns organizations of attacks on their Web sites as the attacks are happening.

UPDATE: Microsoft To Discontinue 'Select' Licensing

Microsoft will no longer sell its Select software licensing after July 1, 2011, with Select Plus taking its place.

Report: IT Systems Engineer Named Best U.S. Job

San Francisco-based research and analysis group Focus has named systems engineer as the "best job in America."

Novell Rejects Buyout Offer

Novell's board turns down $2 billion bid calling it ‘inadequate.’

Microsoft Ups Exchange Online Mailbox Storage to 25 GB

Microsoft increased the mailbox storage capacity for users of its hosted business productivity online suite of applications.