A former Microsoft employee apparently disclosed RTM dates for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    UC4 Software GmbH unveiled a product on Wednesday aimed at bringing Web services into an automated workload management framework.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As anticipated, Apple formally unveiled its new $499 mobile device, the iPad, on Wednesday, heralding the company's first serious move into the category of e-book readers.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle plans to invest heavily in developing and selling hardware bundled with applications and database software. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Competition in the consumer mobile operating system space is starting to shift, according to a new report from IDC.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- January 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described the hardware requirements for Office 2010 late last week.
                    
			            - By Anne  Watkins
- January 26, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates downplayed Chinese government Internet censorship when asked about the matter in a Monday ABC TV interview.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard today said it is adding to its diverse security services, while bringing them together under a common framework.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Julie Bennani gets specific about Microsoft's customer satisfaction surveying process for Gold Certified Partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's court loss to i4i LP has spawned a make-shift tool to check for patent-infringing technology in Word files.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed the company's position with respect to China and commented on the attacks on Google's network.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide IT spending and IT department budgets are set to make something of a comeback following 2009's drastic declines.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A researcher for SecureWorks says he has found evidence supporting Google's claim that last month's attacks on the company's systems originated in China.
                    
			            - By Kevin  McCaney
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a cumulative "out-of-band" security patch on Thursday for a bug in all versions of Internet Explorer.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is aligning with former rival Intuit to help bring Intuit's large contingent of QuickBooks users into the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a new security advisory involving an obscure Windows kernel bug.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft official said this week the government must revise out-of-date statutes and lay new legislative groundwork to keep pace with technology. 
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a beta test version of Dynamics GP 2010 late last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 20, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced moves to reduce data retention times for Bing Internet search queries.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- January 20, 2010