The volunteer-led Mozilla project has released version 3 of the Firefox browser. 
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- June 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just as Microsoft seems to be patching up antitrust  relations with the U.S.  government, a Chinese newspaper suggested today that the company could be  subject to antitrust legal actions in China.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An Nvidia representative today confirmed the view that Intel  is delaying release of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0 specification to chipmakers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At the International Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Germany, Microsoft announced that it will roll out the first release candidate (RC1) of its Windows HPC Server 2008 for high-performance computing in the last week of June.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- June 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Outsourcing "megadeals" appear to be on the wane. According to market watcher Gartner Inc., the number of reported megadeals -- contracts of $1 billion or more awarded to a single vendor -- actually declined last year. Does this mean that outsourcing itself is on the way out?
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N), a Swedish consortium of universities and research centers based out of Umea University, is installing a supercomputer that combines IBM Cell Broadband Engines and Power processors with quad-core Intel Xeon processors running both Windows and Linux in a dual-boot configuration.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- June 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft yesterday kicked off the NXTcomm08  event by showcasing its IPTV telco and service provider offerings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For over a year now, IBM Corp. has made "greening" a centerpiece of its marketing efforts, kicking off a $1 billion green IT investment last spring called "Project Big Green," touting mainframe-centric greening initiatives and, just recently, trumpeting a new "green" approach to software.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer Economics released a new report characterizing the adoption rate of Windows Vista by businesses as "slow."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft works to correct issue that kept some administrators using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 from downloading the latest security updates. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has joined the Open Source Census as a sponsor, according to an announcement issued by OpenLogic, which founded the group.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Novell announced last Wednesday that it has joined Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Riedel
- June 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and 15 partner companies, including Unisys and EDS, announced a new working alliance intent on forging technology architecture for the heath and human services (HHS) market. 
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
- June 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT pros wanting to try out the latest Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization  technology can now get the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version via Windows  Update.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers have found a pair of vulnerabilities in version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol that could allow attackers to gather system data or even change network equipment configurations, according to an advisory issued by Cisco Systems earlier this week.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- June 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Verizon Business reports that more than half of the data breaches on enterprise systems go undetected and are caused by general negligence and lax security.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- June 13, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rumors that Intel is not releasing Universal Serial Bus 3.0  specification to its technology partners in a timely manner have prompted a  rebuttal. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yahoo today said  its  talks with Microsoft focusing on acquiring all or part of the company are  officially over -- a position that Microsoft appears to be at least partially  disputing.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- June 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just hours after announcing that talks with Microsoft had ended without a deal, Yahoo announced an advertising partnership with Google.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- June 12, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A speech given yesterday by Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner  for competition, skewered Microsoft without mentioning the company by name.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- June 11, 2008