A month after releasing its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP software, Microsoft on Thursday held a formal launch of the product in a virtual event headlined by CEO Steve Ballmer and Business Solutions President Kirill Tatarinov.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 08, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor will be a part of the forthcoming Windows 8 client operating system, Microsoft announced on Wednesday in a Building Windows 8 blog post.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 07, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yahoo's board of directors has "removed" Carol Bartz from her position as CEO, according to an announcement from Yahoo on Tuesday. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 07, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. is taking a step closer toward its promise of offering a public cloud service by providing early access to select testers. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 07, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to split its webOS business into two divisions of the company, according to published reports. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- September 06, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a series of highly publicized security hacks, Sony Corp. has named its first chief information security officer: Philip Reitinger, who was the former head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing unit. 
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- September 06, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The next version of Microsoft's Windows Intune cloud service for systems management will be generally available starting Oct. 17.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 06, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google: "Android is under legal attack by Microsoft, Apple and Oracle." Microsoft: "No it's not." Who's telling the truth?
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 02, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out on Thursday a beta of System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 (DPM 2012), one of the components of Microsoft's System Center line of enterprise-level management products. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 02, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    HTC Corp. unveiled two global Windows Phone "Mango" smartphones on Thursday that will begin coming to market in October.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- September 02, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff left no doubt about his company's direction during his Wednesday keynote at the annual Dreamforce conference taking place this week in San Francisco.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- September 01, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An updated version of a connector that synchronizes multimedia files between Macs and Windows Phone 7 or Zune HD was released on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- September 01, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Explorer, the file management system used in Windows operating systems, will be redesigned for the upcoming Windows 8 OS to run the "ribbon" user interface, Microsoft announced on Monday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 31, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite announcing that it is ceasing production of its TouchPad slate devices, Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Monday that it will manufacture more in the coming weeks.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 31, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The rivalry between Microsoft and VMware over the costs of tapping virtualization infrastructure has intensified.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Simon Witts, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Enterprise & Partner Group, is leaving the company.
                    
			            - By Gladys  Rama
- August 30, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday unveiled a promotion that pays back customers $150 per user seat for switching to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online from CRM competitors.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- August 29, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Update Rollup 5 (RU5) for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 last week, but did not include a fix for an Outlook problem detected in the earlier RU4 update.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 28, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a demo video posted on its "Building Windows 8" blog on Wednesday, Microsoft showed off a new Windows 8 feature for copying files. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 25, 2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Steve Jobs has resigned from his position of CEO of Apple, the company he founded in 1976. 
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- August 24, 2011