Google on Wednesday launched a beefed-up Google Apps  reseller program for the enterprise, opening the program beyond its initial 50  core team members
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- January 16, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a beta of Microsoft  Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), which lets users  run older OSes and applications on newer Windows systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may  become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing  unnamed sources.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- January 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Datacenter managers in both the public and private sectors report being caught between increasing demands for performance and shrinking budgets, according to a Symantec study.
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
- January 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has begun ramping up the dialog about its upcoming  Exchange 14 mail server solution, which is slated to become the successor to Exchange  Server 2007.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users of Windows Server service that haven't patched a previously disclosed worm hole (MS08-067) are taking a big risk.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As expected, it's a one-patch Tuesday, with a single item deemed "critical" in Microsoft's first security update for the year.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published an update to a Windows Media Player patch on Tuesday, the same day as its January general security update release.
                    
			            - By James  LaTour
- January 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta tools that let system administrators perform remote management of Windows servers  from their desktop PCs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When the going gets tough, it's the jobs that get going -- increasingly overseas. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- January 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft extended the general availability of  its free Windows 7 Beta trial offer through Jan. 24 and removed the cap on the  number of downloads within that time.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is the key investor in the latest round of funding to N-trig, a supplier of digitizers and software that enable touch-based computing.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- January 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta release of the update to Windows Server 2008 will be of special interest to those who work with virtualization, as it unveils a key technology long-promised by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users of Apple's iPhone may have been able to connect to Microsoft's Exchange Server, but they haven't been able to edit Office files in their native file format. Quickoffice this week moved to change that.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers have reportedly had problems getting product keys for the Windows 7 Beta, and the free general public version is slightly delayed, Microsoft says.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 is currently available  for download by TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)  subscribers, as well as by technology enthusiasts.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 09, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Improved power  management got briefly mentioned among the expected benefits of Windows 7 on  Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- January 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Wednesday in Las Vegas by announcing the beta release of Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 08, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's first security update rollout of 2009 may be a quiet one, according to an advance notification released Thursday. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 08, 2009