IRS employees ignored security rules and turned over sensitive computer information to a caller posing as a technical support person, according to a government study.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. will test a free, advertising-supported version of Works, an already inexpensive package of word processing, spreadsheet and other programs, but would not say whether it is exploring a similar Web-based suite.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Anticipated improvements to the way polices are set up and managed in one or more instances did not make it into the second CTP of SQL Server 2008.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Apple Inc. has issued a software patch to fix some security holes that independent security researchers recently discovered for the company's vaunted iPhone.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Watch out for security pitfalls, such as increasingly popular  instant messaging apps. 
                    
			            - By Ari  Tammam
- August 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For customers struggling to manage and maintain security wares from multiple vendors, Forefront offers a Microsoft-centric alternative.
                    
			            - By Joanne  Cummings
- August 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Deconstructing the most common statistics and figures about the Microsoft Partner Program. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- August 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft calls Windows Vista its fastest-selling OS yet. Partners are waiting -- patiently -- for that momentum to reach the channel.
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
- August 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's continuing infatuation with Windows Vista secrecy continues, with the company posting some updates on its Windows Connect site, then pulling them down.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 31, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie has provided a slightly clearer look at the underlying development infrastructure set to power the company's "software-plus-services" initiative.
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- July 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to Microsoft COO Kevin Turner, Windows Vista has outsold Apple's entire installed base in the six months that Vista has been available. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tomorrow, Microsoft takes the next step in effort to bridge the gap between telephone and computer, releasing to manufacturing (RTM) two key unified communications (UC) products.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An e-mail scant of details from a Microsoft spokesperson reveals that Windows XP SP3 will see release in the first half of 2008. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is changing, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with new frontiers opening in the areas of advertising, hardware and electronics.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista is gaining market share and is poised to become the second-most popular OS, surpassing Apple's Mac OS X.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 25, 2007