Hundreds of executives at some of America's most well-known companies received e-mails that they probably didn't want to get -- even if those messages weren't a hoax.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The PCI Security Standards Council this week announced plans to issue new guidelines that it hopes will give transaction application developers and security specialists a clear direction to the path of least resistance when it comes to assessing risks surrounding customer and vendor data -- most notably, credit card and payment information. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- April 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft revealed "Albany," a consumer-oriented hosted service that provides Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications, plus security and collaboration tools.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 18, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gilroy was here...but not anymore
                    
			            - By Lee  Pender
- April 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today described its new platform to help developers  more easily create mobile applications that make use of radiofrequency identification technology.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced through two blogs that it plans to release the next service pack to SQL Server 2005, Service Pack 3 (SP3).
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 17, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ingram Micro is adding hosted Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM to its Seismic-branded portfolio of software and hosted infrastructure that is designed to help solution providers launch themselves into the managed service provider business.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Avnet Inc., the large Phoenix-based technology distributor, warned this week that earnings for its third quarter of 2008 would fall below management expectations. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Enrique Lores, a 20-year HP veteran who joined the company in 1988 as an R&D engineer, will take over HP's channel program and worldwide PC sales
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    N-able Technologies this week unveiled a free, one-year subscription for North American Microsoft partners to a version of its hosted remote monitoring and management software for managed service providers. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As of yesterday, Vista Service Pack 1 is now generally available  in all 36 supported languages.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sun Microsystems's acquisition of MySQL was "a  billion-dollar vote for the LAMP stack." 
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- April 16, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista might be getting dinged in the press lately, but it's not stopping anyone from seeking the MCTS: Vista -- Configuration certification. In fact, the title appear to be one of the hottest of the new-generation MCP exams.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    All About Microsoft's Mary Jo Foley reported Monday that William Poole, one of the Windows executives who oversaw the development of Vista, has left the company.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a bid to beef up its embedded systems business, Microsoft is reaching out to a broader cadre of developers while also looking to expose its existing ones to the entire Windows development stack.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mark Logic Corp. has submitted its Extensible Markup Language (XML) database server for Common Criteria certification.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix Systems announced Monday that its new enterprise desktop virtualization product, XenDesktop, will debut next month.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rumors that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will appear this month  continue to flourish.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 15, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In a shot across Microsoft's bow, Google and Salesforce.com have  integrated some of their hosted solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- April 14, 2008
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    sQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing. 
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
- April 14, 2008