Microsoft announced pricing for its Windows Azure cloud computing services on Tuesday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There are no surprises with Redmond's six-patch release on Tuesday, but there is plenty of work to be done, security pros contend.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the technical preview testing stage, company officials announced on Monday at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On the eve of its July security patch release, Redmond issued a security advisory on flaws in the ActiveX control function -- the second such advisory in as many weeks.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond is taking steps to increase Microsoft Surface developer participation. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SaaS provider Zoho announced yet another online collaboration platform aimed at legacy Microsoft offerings: Zoho Plug-in for Microsoft Access.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft took the wraps off version 3 of its Silverlight framework for developing rich interactive applications (RIAs)and its Expression Studio Web and graphics design suite.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- July 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced three additional free extensions to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 that can boost the capabilities of the customer relationship management platform.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Tuesday, Microsoft is planning to roll out six fixes -- three "critical" and three "important" -- in its July security update.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Recent denial-of-service attacks against government Web sites in the United States and South Korea appear to have had little impact and are not particularly sophisticated, experts say.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- July 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday announced personnel changes to its Windows Division leadership, beginning with a promotion of Steven Sinofsky to president of that division.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Given today's tight economy and growing unemployment figures, some of the latest news on the IT staffing front -- which could see a tiny rise in IT hiring -- is welcome news.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer, James E. Powell
- July 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google is developing an operating system designed primarily for lightweight Web-based tasks, the company announced on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- July 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google took a step toward greater enterprise adoption of its hosted e-mail, document and collaboration services today by removing the "beta" tag from its Google Apps brand.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft continues to investigate a new vulnerability revealed at the top of the week regarding an ActiveX control component in Internet Explorer.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Azaleos Corp. now offers hosted and installed e-mail solutions based on Microsoft Exchange technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week described a problem with its Forefront enterprise security solution for SharePoint Server, cautioning that document data could get deleted as a result of the bug.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave notice on Thursday that it removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine technology
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 03, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT purchasing has been so bad recently that things have got to be looking up.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 02, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why can't a Web browser be more like an operating system? That's a question being investigated with "Gazelle," an ongoing project at Microsoft Research.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 02, 2009