Sun Microsystems this week rolled out version 2.0 of its xVM VirtualBox.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- September 05, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Open source server distributor Red Hat Inc., which is carving out a virtualization path unique in the industry, added another arrow to its quiver today with the acquisition of Qumranet Inc.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- September 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google's Chrome Web browser -- complete with quirky marketing comic book -- made a splash when announced on Tuesday, but what a difference a day makes.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Network goliath Cisco Systems last week stepped further into  the cloud-computing space by announcing the acquisition of privately held  PostPath, a provider of hosted e-mail and calendaring solutions based in Mountain View, Calif.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to roll out just four "critical" fixes in September's security bulletin release expected on Tuesday, according to an advance notice.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 04, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A former senior group program manager for Microsoft Office Business Applications has joined Dallas-based BizNet Software, a provider of a real-time financial reporting and analysis solutions that integrate with Microsoft Excel.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- September 03, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft  is continuing its investigation into a vulnerability that could allow hackers to gain superuser privileges on various flavors of the Windows OS.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- September 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One report suggests that IE could  account for less than half of all browsers in use by enterprises within the next year.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just days after Microsoft released the second beta of  Internet Explorer 8, Google unexpectedly made what could be its largest assault  on Redmond to  date -- the release of its own Web browser.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 02, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A (slightly) tongue-in-cheek analysis of where partners rate in the Microsoft ecosystem based on the quality of show-attendee bags. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft to spend $2.9 billion on channel in fiscal year 2009.  
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                     Citing billion-dollar losses, an expert study calls on channel executives to help battle gray-market sales.
                    
			            - By Anne Stuart  and RCP Staff
- September 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Arlin Sorensen's network of partner peer groups prepares to kick off a new game plan. 
                    
			            - By Anne Stuart  and RCP Staff
- September 01, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week released an update to a 2007 Internet Explorer patch covering Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some people think Microsoft's Mojave Experiment, revealed in July, was rigged marketing exercise, but Microsoft begs to differ, according to a Tuesday blog post.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Although the overall number of vulnerabilities being discovered in software appears to be leveling off or even dropping, two recent reports on Web security say that the overwhelming majority of Web sites studied still have unpatched vulnerabilities that could expose visitors to malicious code.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The software giant this week released its first service pack for  Forefront Client Security, a member of its Forefront family of security  products.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A variety of technical flaws in an upgrade of the system that supports the government's terrorist watch list has drawn congressional fire and raised concerns that the entire system might be in jeopardy.
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
- August 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If consumer Voice-over-IP (VoIP) is surging, why are VoIP equipment revenues -- especially in a market segment that includes gargantuan players such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent -- softening? 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The open source hypervisor Xen has  a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 27, 2008