Sentrigo Inc. released its new Hedgehog vPatch database security software product on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unisys announced yesterday that it is offering companies a free 30-day unified communications trial using Microsoft solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today described its own version of events concerning Friday's failed talks with Yahoo's management, which were focused on a renewed effort to buy Yahoo's search ad business.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yahoo's management on Saturday rejected an offer from  Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn to buy Yahoo's Internet search ad business. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format, which was technically approved in April as an international standard (ISO/IEC 29500), may be on its way toward surviving an appeals process -- the last challenge to its legitimacy as a standard.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 11, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft confirmed reports of a distribution glitch preventing patch uploading in certain implementations of WSUS programs and provided a solution to the problem.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users of the security program ZoneAlarm encountered a problem accessing the Internet after applying a Microsoft Windows domain name system (DNS) patch described in security bulletin MS08-037.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 10, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is offering a helping hand to small businesses  that buy new Windows Vista-based PCs over the summer by providing limited free technical  support.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Most desktop computers today, when not in use, power down their hard drives to save energy. While this may be very green, it also incurs minor, though sometimes frustrating, delays.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- July 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Less than 24 hours after its Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued a security advisory connected to a possible vulnerability in Word 2002 Service Pack 3.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Diane Greene's precipitous and unexpected departure from VMware yesterday may have resulted from an ongoing rift between Greene and executives at parent company EMC, according to analysts.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- July 09, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On its face, today's July patch release from Microsoft seems to be light one. There are no "critical" or "moderate" ratings this time. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division. 
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's partner community got new marching orders today  as Microsoft unveiled its hosted service offerings and pricing -- something  that has been deferred, to partner unease, for about two years or so.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Major vendors of domain name system (DNS) servers are making an unprecedented coordinated release of patches for what is being called a fundamental flaw in DNS, a core element of the Internet.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- July 08, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The International Organization for Standardization has approved the PDF as a standard format for electronic documents.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner  Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date  of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for  small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other  Microsoft server technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, a day ahead of its monthly patch release, Microsoft issued a security advisory specific to its database program in Microsoft Office.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 07, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's executives have been talking with investor and  corporate raider Carl Icahn about renewed plans for Microsoft to acquire part  or all of Yahoo, provided that Yahoo's board is replaced.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 07, 2008