Conficker is scheduled to update itself April 1. But analysts say the appears to be an upgrade of its defenses rather than a planned attack.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- April 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Find out which third-party programs your peers say sell better together with Microsoft solutions.
                    
			            - By RCP  Staff
- April 01, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced an online service for IT pros that  enables them to test incoming e-mail traffic to Microsoft Exchange Server.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Security researchers say that unprecedented economic uncertainty is translating into unprecedented opportunity for purveyors of spam.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- March 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF) publicly launched its "Open Cloud Manifesto" on Monday, but the document, which advocates open standards and interoperability between cloud platforms, generated few sparks after a spokesperson indicated that the CCIF isn't vouching for it.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Conficker frenzy continues as IT security pros prepare for April 1, when the worm is expected to take some action from infected systems.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- March 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mozilla rolled out security updates for Firefox after the Web  browser was hacked during a contest two weeks ago at a software security  convention in Vancouver.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- March 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has devised a Windows Touch Logo Program for its  hardware and software partners that are integrating products with Windows 7.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- March 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft may be trying to send a message that the next  release of Windows 7 will happen in May of this year.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Windows Home Server got a boost with the release of Power Pack 2 (PP2), which became available to Microsoft Developer Network subscribers.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- March 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has tinkered with IE 8 and is now claiming a resolution to vulnerabilities amid a firestorm of chatter surrounding the browser's release last week.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- March 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft official took umbrage on Thursday to an "open standards" initiative proposed by a coalition of cloud computing technology providers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- March 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Since Microsoft's acquisition of Fast Search & Transfer last year, users have been keen to find out precisely what Microsoft plans to do with the company's search know-how. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- March 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun has released Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3, a major update to the company's virtualization management suite.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- March 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Distributed Management Task Force has released the first finished version of the Open Virtualization Format, a set of metadata tags that can be used to deploy a virtual environment across multiple virtualization platforms.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- March 25, 2009