Microsoft has clarified its downgrade rights policies for Windows 7 purchasers when that operating system becomes generally available. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 18, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers at Finjan Software Inc. have discovered a professional network for buying and selling botnets anywhere in the world.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
 - June 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft found a problem with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, a new data synchronization plug-in launched by Google last week.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A report shows many organizations have limited or no knowledge of the systems to which their active and terminated employees actually have access. 
                    
			            - By Jim  Powell
 - June 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Thursday, Mississippi announced it is the latest state to settle its multimillion-dollar antitrust suit against Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
 - June 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cyber-Ark's survey reveals that a significant number of IT staff use their IT administration rights to access privileged or confidential data.
                    
			            - By Jim  Powell
 - June 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is releasing new betas of Forefront enterprise security products, according to announcements issued this week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - June 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A setting in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows Vista can help stave off a particular remote code execution attack, according to Microsoft's security team.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - June 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide shipments of portable PCs surpassed desktop PCs in the first quarter of this year, marking the first time it has occurred, according to an IDC report announced on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - June 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AirTight, a provider of Wi-Fi security services, recently scanned 3,632 access points and nearly 550 clients in different financial centers and found that half of them were either open -- unprotected -- or used Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - June 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft executive Bill Koefoed answered some questions about the software giant's business prospects on Wednesday at an investment firm-sponsored technology conference.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google just made it easier for IT organizations to ditch Microsoft Exchange Server.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It only took six  months for Microsoft to break its own record for addressing the most vulnerabilities in a single patch.   
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - June 09, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The release candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available for public testing, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 08, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Bill Veghte spoke at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference on Monday, providing a general overview of the Windows 7 business plan.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - June 08, 2009