The newly released Google Chrome Web browser beta is a completely open source solution and a potential challenger to Microsoft's proprietary-code Internet Explorer browser, but Microsoft's Senior Program Manager Scott Hanselman found a little bit of irony in Google's browser as well.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 was released late last month, so I  gave it a test run.
                    
			            - By Will  Kraft
- September 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In an effort to reshape the computing landscape for developing countries, former Microsoft veteran Will Poole will join Redwood City, Calif.-based NComputing as cochairman and board member, the company announced this week
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As part of their interoperability partnership, both companies verified running Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server as a guest OS on Windows and Hyper-V.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If executive turnover in the online advertising world were a soap opera, it might be called, "The Young and the Restless."
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems today launched the latest salvo in the virtualization wars with the release of new and upgraded tools and services around its xVM technology. 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- September 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Japan, the United States and China topped the list of countries from which Internet attack traffic originates in a recent report by Akamai Technologies Inc. The three countries accounted for more than 60 percent of attack-oriented Internet traffic.
                    
			            - By Dan  Campbell
- September 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft, as part of its overall initiative to support modeling capabilities, especially in its .NET Framework, today joined the Object Management Group (OMG), a nonprofit organization that fosters integration standards for the enterprise.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Developers got an indication of Microsoft's unfolding cloud platform strategy at this week's VSLive! conference in New York. Several conference sessions outlined the company's plans for Software plus Services and platforms-as-a-service, which offer hosted development and runtimes.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- September 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc. last week warned of multiple vulnerabilities in its Cisco ASA 5500 Series and Cisco PIX security appliances that could trigger denial of service (DoS) or result in information disclosure. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond on Tuesday rolled out four critical fixes, as expected, for as many as eight remote code execution exploits for various Windows applications.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday issued its first service update to  Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, a hosted sales database and collaboration  solution unveiled in April.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As hackers continue to focus their attention on virtualized environments, those looking to adopt virtualization technologies should proceed with caution, according to report from InfoWorld.
                    
			            - By GCN.com  Staff
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's National Center for Supercomputing Applications has embarked on building a supercomputer that will be capable of executing 62.3 trillion floating-point operations per second (teraflops), according to the center.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization industry leader VMware, already facing challenges on multiple fronts, took another body blow last night when Chief Scientist Dr. Mendel Rosenblum, a company co-founder, resigned.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft launched the first TV commercial in its new $300 million ad campaign that's designed to spur consumer interest in Microsoft operating system products. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft, following its earlier announcement about new virtualization products and imminent  releases, has filled in some details that give more shape to its vision.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft described its next service-oriented architecture solution, which is "on track for availability during the first half of 2009."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft kicked off its virtualization push with a number of product announcements, including a key virtual management tool.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft touted the success of its online extension  to Microsoft Office, a free browser-based application that's still in beta  release.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 05, 2008