A Singapore court charged a man for posting a bomb hoax online while illegally tapping into a wireless Internet network.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $830 million in cash and stock to acquire privately held IronPort Systems Inc., a maker of anti-spam and antivirus security products.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer security researchers said Wednesday they have discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc.'s ubiquitous Acrobat Reader software that allows cyber-intruders to attack personal computers through trusted Web links.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft quietly announced this week that it has released version 1.5 of its Windows Live OneCare security and antivirus offering to manufacturing.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While Jan. 30 is the promised date for Windows Vista's and Office 2007's availability to consumers, the company is actually holding the launch gala in New York the day before on Jan. 29.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft releases another exam for Vista-related MCTS title.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- January 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just as the holidays kicked off, Microsoft shipped the latest community technology preview of Windows "Longhorn" Server.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Flaw found in Adobe' Acrobat PDF format appears to target IE, Firefox browsers.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- January 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft began shipping the release candidate for Virtual PC 2007 this week, putting the virtualization environment on track for final shipment in the first quarter as expected. 
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After shipping the first release candidate, or RC1, of SQL Server 2005 Compact 
  Edition in mid-November, Microsoft quietly began shipping RC1 of the product's 
  documentation, which has been updated to reflect the database's recent renaming, 
  in late December.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- January 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You've read about it, seen it and tested it -- now it's time to sell it.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- January 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft offers creative ways to get more business out of Vista, and partners are the primary beneficiaries of those moves. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Technology spending in the professional services industry is on the rise. Here's how Microsoft partners can get in on the action.
                    
			            - By Rich  Freeman
- January 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser 
  will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe." 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Open Relay Database, a tool e-mail service providers used for years to 
  help curb the spread of spam, is ceasing operations, a death partly attributable 
  to its own success.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- December 28, 2006