A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Virtualization rocketed to  the top of the gotta-have-it technology list a few years ago, primarily as a  means of consolidating servers. But since that initial resurgence, vendors have  been finding other applications for the technologies that provide a  layer of abstraction between hardware systems and the software running on them.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Vista Ultimate has been out more than half a year now, and several prominent Windows bloggers have been asking when more Extras are coming.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that could broaden the appeal of Microsoft's new Silverlight rich Internet application plug-in to both the .NET and open source communities, a group of developers has demonstrated Silverlight-based multimedia running on a Linux-based system.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Massachusetts has decided that Microsoft's latest format may meet its standards. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The iPhone hype makes it a natural target -- by scammers looking to sell Apple's first cell phone for a huge markup, and also by hackers looking to add to their bot networks.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A hacker managed a rare feat Wednesday, successfully attacking a Web page within Microsoft's U.K. domain and replacing the page with several graphics related to Saudi Arabia.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Several Microsoft partners selling the company's CRM software say a glitch in the company's payment system resulted in them being underpaid on sales, although the company is working to rectify the situation. 
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- June 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is naming Kirill Tatarinov as its top business solutions executive, according to documents examined by RCP.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- June 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Employees who work in Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC) can breathe easy: they don't have the worst job in science. Just the sixth worst.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After six months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. will sell "affordable" Windows computers aimed at students in India.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Earlier this week, Microsoft put exam 70-621 up for general availability. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft employee who is also an ex-Google employee gave some insight into working conditions at his old job, including the perhaps surprising to some fact that Microsoft is a better place to work.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations coming in 2008.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday recommended against additional regulation of high-speed Internet traffic.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft executive this week confirmed that Microsoft is close to offering a first step to help remedy the problem of Vista "downgrade rights," which posed complications for partners.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new August offering by virtual lab maker Surgient will add support for two key enterprise virtualization products: VMware ESX Server 3 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 28, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will extend the current hardware incentive-based iteration of its Buy Local promotion for U.S. System Builders through the back-to-school season, a company executive said this week.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- June 28, 2007