Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn is under scrutiny from business and ethics experts after she oversaw an invasive and possibly illegal effort to snoop into the home phone calls of fellow HP board members.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- September 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Cisco demonstrated this week a single client agent providing interoperability between the software giant's coming Network Access Protection (NAP) and the networking behemoth's Network Admission Control (NAC) protocols.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- September 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will broaden distribution of the first "release candidate" of Windows Vista to as many as five million testers beginning this week, after sending initial versions out late last week.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- September 05, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the nation's first felony conviction of illegal spamming.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- September 05, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Quest Software announced it is shipping an administration tool designed to simplify management of sites based on Microsoft SharePoint technologies.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- September 05, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bluetooth, WiFi, Blackberrys, USB flash drives ... the IT landscape continues 
        to expand beyond traditional servers and desktops, and so should your 
        diligence to maintain security "out there."
                    
			            - By Christine  Ewing 
- September 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How will Windows Live translate to new business for partners? We'll have to wait for an answer. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- September 01, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 31, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Try saying this three times quickly: Microsoft is shipping Beta 2 of Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 Service Pack 1.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 31, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Microsoft official responsible for releasing Windows Vista builds explained in an interview published on the Vista Team Weblog this week some of the intricacies of how the build numbering scheme for Release Candidates works.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 31, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will discontinue all public support of Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Oct. 10.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 30, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday made available for public download 100,000 copies of a "pre-Release Candidate 1" (RC1) of Windows Vista hoping to enlist the aid of additional beta testers to swat down any last-minute bugs.
                    
			            - By Ed  Scannell
- August 29, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Whoops. In an apparent repeat of the revelation of Office 2007 pricing earlier this year, Amazon.com and Microsoft Canada seem to have lowered the veil on prices for Windows Vista's various incarnations a bit early.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 29, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Labor Day marks the move-in for most students, and it also marks the beginning of labor-intensive work for IT departments across colleges and universities nationwide. Find out what one institution is doing to secure its network for the school year.
                    
			            - By Jason  Turcotte
- August 29, 2006
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft to charge $239 for Windows Vista through retailer Amazon.com's Web site.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 29, 2006