Cecilia Cole, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) program manager, announced today on Microsoft's WSUS team blog that the service will force-push out Internet Explorer 7 to organizations with WSUS set to auto-approve updates. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT security firm Sophos this week let the cat out of the bag, spilled the beans, and otherwise debunked the widely treasured myth that Macs are invulnerable to malware in its  Security Threat Report 2008; released Tuesday.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. forecast a rosy 2008 -- despite broader economic worries -- after it blew by Wall Street's expectations for a second consecutive quarter. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A rumor is spreading across the Web that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) may be scheduled to arrive on Feb. 15.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has posted a number of Vista fixes to its download Web site in the past week. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week said it intends to redouble (or retriple) its commitment to education through its Partners in Learning program.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- January 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Daum Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Celrun Co. said Tuesday they were setting up a joint venture to offer Internet protocol television services in South Korea. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    System builders can now get a piece of the $10 million program. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Citrix have banded together even more tightly in the virtualization space, hoping to take on industry leader VMware.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Learning Group closes beta testing on several new Windows Server 2008 exams, with release soon after the software launches next month. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- January 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After seven months as chief executive, Yahoo Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang has concluded hundreds of employees will have to be fired to help the slumping Internet icon recover from years of misguided management. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft now says it will allow more versions of the desktop OS to be virtualized.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the past 10 days, Sausalito, Calif.-based online document and storage hosting company Joyent struggled to get its online secure document collaboration service, Strongspace, back online.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Green IT. Everyone wants it or is paying lip service about wanting it. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- January 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    ChangeWave says Apple's Leopard operating system gets high marks from consumers, with Vista editions trailing the pack.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Browser-based attacks, bot vector incursions, targeted phishing, mobile hacking and insider espionage rank as top five security menaces for 2008.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Following reports that Microsoft released "Milestone 1" for Windows 7 to several partners, TG Daily reports that software will get released in late 2009. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- January 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's  MEDC will be rolled into ESC and Tech Ed 2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft hired a former Disney executive for its chief information officer vacancy. Tony Scott, 56, will start as CIO in February and report to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 17, 2008