A consortium of IT security companies is rolling out an XML malware metadata scheme to improve data sharing within the industry.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Friday Microsoft filed an emergency motion to stay last week's ruling ordering the company to stop selling Word in the United States.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- August 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Friday, Microsoft made the new R2 version of its Windows Server 2008 server operating system available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- August 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Denial-of-service attacks launched last year against Georgian Web sites were carried out by Russian civilians and sympathizers rather than the government.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A moratorium on purchasing Microsoft software, issued June 1 after the Army's Microsoft ELA expired, will end after the Army finishes developing the ordering site.
                    
			            - By Amber  Corrin
- August 17, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is putting out the word that users of Internet Explorer 6 should upgrade to IE 8, primarily for security and standards-compliance reasons.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft provided fresh details about the next editions of Microsoft Office for the Apple Macintosh platform, including a new e-mail service.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's loss in a patent dispute with Toronto-based i4i LP has resulted in a judge's order for Redmond to stop selling Microsoft Word in U.S. markets.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Nokia are staking a new claim to the mobile phone space with a global alliance announced today.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 12, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Brad Anderson on Tuesday talked about the company's management product strategies, while downplaying those of VMware, at investment banker-sponsored event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft gave investors a look at the company's business prospects on Tuesday at the Oppenheimer Annual Communications, Technology & Internet Conference in Boston.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tuesday's nine security patches are all about networking, the Internet, servers and interoperable components that tie everything together.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 11, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista users trying to upgrade to Windows 7 can face some unintended consequences if they also use .NET Framework 4 beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 beta 1.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network services can now get their hands on the first community technology preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a move that promises to strengthen its influence over how video is developed and disseminated online, Google last week said it has agreed to acquire On2 Technologies.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 10, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Expect nine patches in Microsoft's August security update, five "critical" and four "important," according to an advanced notification from Redmond.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    System administrators might be more pleased than dismayed when a social networking site such as Twitter locks out millions of users.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 07, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft's professional services -- TechNet and the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) -- can begin downloading Windows 7 RTM editions starting today.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 06, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Engineers at Sun Microsystems rolled out a new user interface prototype for OpenOffice.org that looks like the "ribbon" UI found in Microsoft Office 2007.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 05, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The move to the Internet cloud will pick up steam in the next year for developers, according to a new survey from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans Data Corp.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 05, 2009