One of the most closely tracked companies on Wall Street's radar screen did not disappoint expectations with reported revenues for the third quarter of $472 million, a 32 percent increase achieved under increasingly difficult market conditions.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- October 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enterprise IT professionals concerned about laptops holding  proprietary corporate data should be heartened by a new 3G mobile security  technology update from Alcatel-Lucent.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- October 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On-line gamers using profanity in audio chat sessions may have their act cleaned up if Microsoft has anything to say about it.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- October 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data breaches at state and local government agencies exposed the personal information of nearly 3.8 million Americans in the first three quarters of this year, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- October 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that it did not release the next version of its Sync Framework on Oct. 13, as reported by some news outlets last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), the second major component of its virtualization strategy.  
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- October 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide  market for virtualized servers.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- October 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What's the top threat to data security going to be in 2009? According to the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 out of Georgia Tech's Information Security Center, the answer is malware specifically disguised as "benign social networking links."
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- October 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google on Thursday reported strong revenue growth for its third  quarter, despite a faltering economy.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- October 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The updated Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)  2007 will make the IP private branch exchange (PBX) "the electronic typewriter  of enterprise voice" by using software to do the job that hardware did in the  past -- only do it better.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
- October 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's CEO talked about Windows  7 and the company's vision for syncing up applications in the  Internet cloud at a Gartner-sponsored event on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems  this week announced the release of the latest version of its open  source office suite, OpenOffice.org 3.0 (OO3).
                    
			            - By Will  Kraft
- October 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sophos quickly warns of fake Trojan-laden e-mail disguised as Microsoft Security Bulletin update hitting inboxes. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Web App Installer centralized management of ASP.NET and PHP-based open source Web apps. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A software project by a Columbia University computer science student to eliminate the need for multiple hardware-based touch interfaces is now on Microsoft's Codeplex site.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Phase 2 is implementing a value-added suite of SaaS applications for Syndeo, a Guadalajara, Mexico CRM and BI consulting firm. 
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- October 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amid market turmoil, world's largest chip maker makes positive news with an upbeat third quarter revenue report. 
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- October 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a break with tradition, Microsoft has decided to use the code name for the next version of Windows as the official moniker.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Silverlight 2, the latest version of
Microsoft's cross-platform browser plug-in for multimedia
applications, will be available on Oct. 14, company officials
announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT support teams can take a lesson from consumer grumblings about the commercial airline industry, says one keynote speaker at TechMentor Las Vegas.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2008