Microsoft inched closer to open source with a couple of  announcements made last week at the OSCON open source conference in Portland, Ore. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 28, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    You've already snapped up Microsoft-branded mice, keyboards and gaming consoles. Is a Microsoft data warehouse (DW) appliance in your future?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - July 28, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Five seconds into reading this story, a Web page somewhere will become infected with malware or some other malicious code.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - July 23, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The open source software community lags behind the commercial software sector in secure code development, according to a recent study of some commonly used open source packages. 
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
 - July 22, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Update adds product support plus a fix for an infamous bug that has plagued Microsoft's consumer server offering since December.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 21, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter and 2008 year-end  financial results were announced in a Webcast on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 18, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle has released the latest quarterly round of critical patches for all its products.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
 - July 16, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New director of product management talks up database and hints at future technologies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 16, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its first product release since acquiring Borland's CodeGear business, Embarcadero Technologies Inc. this week released a new tool set designed to help developers optimize SQL code in databases.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 16, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sentrigo Inc. released its new Hedgehog vPatch database security software product on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - July 15, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 10, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division. 
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
 - July 08, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft used the occasion of its 2008 Worldwide Partner  Conference today to announce that November 12 will be the official launch date  of Windows Essential Server Solutions, which are all-in-one software solutions for  small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) based on Windows Server 2008 and other  Microsoft server technologies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 07, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Monday, a day ahead of its monthly patch release, Microsoft issued a security advisory specific to its database program in Microsoft Office.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - July 07, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM). 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - June 26, 2008