BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful -- and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 21, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Patch Tuesday comes with the publication of six new security bulletins that collectively address vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Outlook Express, Office and Visio.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 12, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft said it expects to have Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, its virtual collaboration and conferencing software, released to manufacturing later next month, with availability some time this fall. The company made the announcement at the Tech Ed Conference taking place this week in Orlando, Florida. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    With every Exchange release, Microsoft touts the opportunity for Lotus conversions. Now that SharePoint is in the mix, partners see more potential than ever before. 
                    
			            - By Ted  Dinsmore
- June 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Quest Software Inc. and Microsoft are teaming up to offer a new incentive program for partners that conduct migrations to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- May 20, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's unified communications picture is making one more push before seeing the light of day this summer in the form of deployable products.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- May 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published seven new fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office, Exchange, Internet Explorer and BizTalk Server products.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista's mail client is obsolete after just a few months of life as a commercial product.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s free Web-based e-mail is now widely available to the public in 36 languages.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Partner Influence Program is a step in the right direction, especially when partners could be selling Linux instead. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Those with a desire to see how well messaging runs on 64-bit power but without the infrastructure or money to put that kind of environment in place now have a way to take a free, week-long test drive. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 20, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Research in Motion confirmed the outage Wednesday morning, but disclosed no details about the cause.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a mysterious e-mail.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 18, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has added several new messaging offerings to its latest Action Pack.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- April 17, 2007