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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is planning to deliver Internet Explorer 8 via Windows Server Update Services, starting on Aug. 25.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Networking giant Cisco Systems on Tuesday showed an interest in the hosted productivity suite space that Microsoft is poised to dominate.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Program is newly opened to U.S. partners after trials in Europe and Australia. 
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft formally ratchets up the percentage of its products that must be included in financed deals.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    First bundle under new distribution model will include Windows 7.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite the ongoing recession, partner peer-group members are holding their own for now-and watching for the cloud on the horizon. 
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- July 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google came through with fixes to its newly introduced e-mail and calendar synchronization application that works with Microsoft Outlook.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Symantec survey reveals the "rising [disaster recovery] pressures on organizations caused by soaring downtime costs and more stringent IT service-level requirements to mitigate risk to the business."
                    
			            - By Jim  Powell
- June 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week announced the availability of beta 2 of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's new Windows 7 "upgrade option program" for consumers and small businesses has a catch: the offer is restricted to buying 25 PCs or less.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The general economic downturn is leaving its mark on IT salaries, according to an independent study released on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is working with the government to establish secure system settings that are expected to become the Federal Desktop Core Configuration for Windows 7. 
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- June 29, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gartner reported a better-than-expected first quarter for PC shipments and is now forecasting a healthy market recovery in 2010.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced that hotfixes are now available to patch a SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) glitch that surfaced last month.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced Windows 7 consumer pricing, an upgrade program for new PC buyers and a limited-time discount offer -- starting on June 26. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint is now available, company officials announced this week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- June 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta trial for Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) 1.0 is now closed after 75,000 testers downloaded it following Tuesday's debut.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 24, 2009