The European Commission (EC) this week announced plans to encourage its member governments, industry, Internet service providers and the public to adopt IPv6 networking in the next few years.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- May 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cisco Systems Inc. last week alerted users to multiple vulnerabilities in the Secure Shell (SSH) server implementation that ships with version 12.4 of its Internetwork Operating System (IOS). 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A touch user interface turned out to be the big surprise in  Windows 7, the latest operating system being developed by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sometime this summer, Microsoft plans to roll out Service Pack 1 for Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 according to a recent team blog announcement.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The organization that oversees administration of the Internet last week reported that it has sent enforcement notices to a handful of domain registrars identified as having registered the names of the majority of illicit Web sites using spam to generate traffic.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- May 28, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Senior Technical Account Manager at Microsoft New Zealand Nick MacKechnie posted on his MSDN blog that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is coming in the "third quarter" of this year.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- May 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When it comes to ensuring compliance with information security rules or best practices, a substantial minority of federal agencies still aren't making the cut.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's suite of online tools focused on education has been expanded to include a "hosted" Exchange service with prototype features not yet available to the public.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows 7, the code-name for Microsoft's upcoming operating system, will be demonstrated at "D6: All Things Digital," according to a blog note for the sold-out event.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 27, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    
                    
			            - By Joanne  Cummings
- May 24, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released an international beta of its Office Live Workspace (OLW) suite of productivity tools. The company also quietly launched an Office Live Update last week.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With billionaire investor Carl Icahn's consortium of investors looking to take over Yahoo's board at its upcoming shareholder meeting, Yahoo has bought itself more time by pushing back the meeting from July 3 to "around the end of July."
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- May 23, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008? 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- May 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Billionaire investor Carl Icahn continues to push for Microsoft to acquire Yahoo --  whether or not Redmond wants to. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- May 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has begun enlisting the support of beta testers  for Windows Home Server Power Pack 1.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 22, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Wednesday posted plans for expanding file format support in the next major revision of Office 2007.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- May 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released High Performance Computing Server 2008 (HPC Server 2008) Beta 2, the next-generation version of Compute Cluster Server 2003.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- May 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Stealing some thunder from Citrix's recent XenDesktop unveiling, VMware has made several announcements aimed at strengthening partnerships with thin client suppliers.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- May 21, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft now wants to buy just a part of Yahoo, according to the latest rumors hitting the dailies.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 20, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a tiered pricing structure designed to undercut VMware's offerings, Citrix has announced the availability of XenDesktop, its much anticipated and discussed product offering in the increasingly important desktop virtualization arena. 
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
- May 20, 2008