A new tool released late last week lets you take as much of the "feature bloat" as you want out of Windows Vista -- and then some.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 31, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yesterday IBM announced the release of PowerVM Express and a new Power6 microprocessor which, when combined, will bring new efficiencies to virtualization for small- and medium-size businesses, it said. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 31, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    U.S. VARs have a new x86 server vendor option from a major distributor after Tech Data Corp. announced a deal this month to offer Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 30, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Once left for dead, Sybase Inc. has shored up its key tools and mobile businesses, while it remains a factor in a database market dominated by Oracle, IBM and Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 30, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Court oversight of Microsoft Corp.'s market power, which began in 2002 after a landmark antitrust settlement, has been extended by 18 months. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 30, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft recently unveiled a new site for developers to download and share Microsoft-related code samples. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Don't want Office 2003 SP3 rolled out across your desktops next month? Then make sure you don't have Microsoft Update set to automatic.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Experts believe the rising number of exploits targeting Excel gives hackers incentive to continually exploit applications -- rather than operating systems -- for flaws. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a more than week-long crash of a server hosting two of its inexpensive Web-based services, Strongspace and BingoDisk, Joyent is taking steps to address customer complaints following the outages -- and taking both applications open source.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A breach at Baylor University is the latest in a string of more than a dozen data security incidents on United States campuses reported by a variety of sources so far in January 2008. 
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced today through its ISV blog that partners can now begin selling Visual Studio 2008. The program is also now available through retail channels.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Inc.'s high-flying stock plunged by more than 30 percent Tuesday as investors reacted to a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report that raised worries about the business software maker's ability to cope with tougher competition and a slowing U.S. economy.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the seemingly exponential growth of Web 2.0 technologies, IT professionals in education -- and all other sectors, for that matter -- face new challenges as control over technology slips away and moves into the hands of users.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                     VMLogix is joining forces  with the Fort Lauderdale, Fla-based company to make its virtual lab automation  solutions available on Citrix's newly acquired XenServer.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hoping to snap out of a financial malaise, Yahoo is preparing to lay off as many as 1,000 workers in the Sunnyvale-based company's biggest purge since it was scrambling to survive the dot-com bust seven years ago.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 29, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization pioneer VMware has released the public beta  of its new deployment management product, VMware Stage Manager. The application  is based on the company's flagship virtualization platform, VMware  Infrastructure 3.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- January 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite public confidence that SQL Server 2008 would ship by the end of June, Microsoft today indicated it probably is more likely to arrive toward the end of the year.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While Microsoft's record revenues of $16.4 billion and earnings of $4.7 billion for the second quarter put the spotlight on strong sales of Vista and Office, Redmond's latest financial report also showed steady growth in its server and tools business.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Adobe has released two new full version upgrades in its Flash Media Server line: Flash Media Streaming Server 3 and Flash Media Interactive Server 3. 
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 25, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine maintenance caused the company to delete the contents of 14,000 customer e-mail accounts. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2008