Microsoft plans to sink more money into Forefront, its comprehensive suite of tools for desktop, server and remote security, and its security partners stand to benefit -- perhaps substantially.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Next year, Prometric will be sole company to deliver exam services officially for Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Since its debut, Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 has arguably established itself as Microsoft Corp.'s most secure Web browser to date. To be sure, Redmond has dutifully included IE 7.0 patches in its Internet Explorer patch roll-ups -- but at the very least,  Microsoft's newest IE flavor hasn't fallen prey to any of the blockbuster exploits that have so bedeviled Internet Explorer in the past.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Averting a looming court battle over how it has been handling the exodus from its Internet dial-up service, AOL has agreed to make it easier for its remaining customers to leave as part of a $3 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DENVER -- Microsoft this week launched a tool at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference to help partners walk their customers through licensing options.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle on Wednesday took the wraps off the long-anticipated new version of its flagship database, a release that provides a substantial increase in performance, storage management and availability, according to the company.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Meeting past promises, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that BizTalk Server 2006 R2 will ship in September.
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Openbravo, a Pamplona, Spain-based provider of open source  enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for small and medium-size  businesses, is seeking partners around the globe. The company, which was  founded in 2001 under the name "Tecnicia," launched its  "Pioneers" program today to establish international partnerships. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just this week, a security researcher alerted Internet Explorer users (and Microsoft itself) to a new input validation vulnerability in IE 7.0.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 11, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DENVER -- Microsoft is launching a partner-driven program to promote early adoption of Dynamics Live CRM, the company announced Tuesday at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver.
                    
			            - By Anne  Stuart
- July 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Inc. is launching a new line of notebook and desktop personal computers called "Vostro" that are aimed at small businesses with 25 or fewer employees. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Feb. 27, 2008 promises to be one of the most important dates in Microsoft's 33-year history, as it will release a host of major new products, including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With this week's Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft kicked off its monthly patching exercise with three critical security bulletins.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- July 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Attendees at IBM's Impact 2007 event held in May had some interesting opinions on their companies' plans for service-oriented architectures (SOAs). IBM commissioned  the Link Group, a marketing research  firm, to conduct the survey. The exact number of respondents wasn't disclosed in  an IBM press release describing the survey's findings.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 10, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) licensing program could be in big trouble, with many customers feeling they're not getting their money's worth, according to a survey from Forrester Research.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista Service Pack (SP)1 is back on track. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    D&H Distributing, the Harrisburg, Pa.-based computer distributor focused on SMB resellers, on Monday opened a subsidiary in Canada.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- July 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, will invest $218.5 million in virtualization software maker VMware Inc., the companies announced Monday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- July 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Feb. 27, 2008 Microsoft plans to release a host of major new products, including Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- July 09, 2007