The Microsoft Learning Group has extended its popular "Second-Shot" exam retake program until June 30, 2009.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- August 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The boards of the ISO and IEC standards bodies today rejected the appeals of four participating members (Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela) that had questioned the process by which Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format specification was approved as an international standard, called "ISO/IEC 29500."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco has unveiled a partnership with HP to push its unified communications products to global customers. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Corp. on Tuesday shared technical plans for an important  element needed to develop the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 (USB 3.0) specification.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The good news for Cisco is that a recent survey of service provider customers has named it one of the top five VoIP vendors in the industry.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft closed its investigation into an update blocking issue that affected users of Windows Server Update Service 3.0 or WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    MessageLabs reports that the number of SQL injection attacks spiked sharply last month.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It's hard to "go green" or pursue eco-friendly IT policies when you don't know how much energy you're consuming. Unfortunately for U.S. firms, that's precisely the shape they're in, according to a new survey from reseller giant CDW Corp.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's August patch, slated to be the largest patch rollout since 12 bulletins hit users in February of 2007, came up short by one.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced a launch event for its virtualization products, scheduled for Sept. 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Wash.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released to manufacturing its widely touted first service pack (SP) of Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If The Graduate's Mr. McGuire were to give Ben Braddock one word of career advice today, it might very well be "networking" and not plastics. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft lost browser market share over the last year, according to a report issued by management consulting firm Janco Associates Inc.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the U.S. economy still circling  and unemployment on the rise, it's a good time to be in IT -- relatively speaking.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As the summer heats up, and icebergs melt, maybe it's time for system admins using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to consider adding a little eco-friendliness to their networks.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT Pros and system administrators will be mighty busy this month as Microsoft announced plans to release 12 patches.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A cache of stolen data gathered from a botnet that has been quietly sweeping up information for years contained the user names and passwords for 8,485 bank accounts.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware joined the Linux Foundation on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 07, 2008