Microsoft on Wednesday at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston debuted a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise in hopes of generating more interest in its Software Assurance program. 
                    
			            - By Ed  Scannell
- July 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The EU fined Microsoft Corp. $357 million and threatened more penalties, saying the company failed to obey a 2004 antitrust order to share technical information with rivals.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    North Korea has been operating a cyber warfare unit that seeks to hack into South Korea's military command communication network and destroy Internet servers, a South Korean intelligence official said Wednesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 12, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ballmer takes wraps off hosted CRM app at partner confab.
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- July 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. issued  seven patches to fix a variety of flaws, five of which the company has deemed "critical" -- its highest security rating.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- July 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp.'s customers will never again face as long a wait between new versions of Windows software as they're enduring now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer vowed Tuesday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance the company's next-generation operating system, Vista, would be ready in January.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 11, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Britain's top law enforcement official on Thursday approved the extradition to the United States of an alleged computer hacker accused of damaging U.S. military systems. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    European Commission to levy more fines against Microsoft due to noncompliance with EU antitrust order to share information with rivals.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An FBI computer consultant gained access to the secret passwords of Director Robert Mueller and others using free software found on the Internet, the latest embarrassment in the bureau's long struggle to modernize its computers. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is shipping a free downloadable tool to let users create a private folder where they can store sensitive files.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 06, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Altiris, Inc., last week announced the Altiris Endpoint Security Solution, a package meant to help IT set a balance between security and business productivity.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2006
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Lucid8 LLC announced last week it is shipping the latest update to its DigiVault continuous data protection and disaster recovery package for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, 2000 and 2003.
                    
			            - By Stuart J. Johnston
- July 05, 2006