Microsoft is readying a beta of a new SKU of its next generation of Visual Studio, intended for those who want to embed it into their own tools.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just when you thought it was safe to start planning your summer vacation, Cisco 
  Systems Inc. recently alerted customers to a spate of new vulnerabilities in 
  its Internetwork Operating System (IOS). 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft said it expects to have Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, its virtual collaboration and conferencing software, released to manufacturing later next month, with availability some time this fall. The company made the announcement at the Tech Ed Conference taking place this week in Orlando, Florida. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's subscription-based desktop management program is adding another branch to its tree, in the form of error monitoring to help with crashes.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Online software pioneer Salesforce.com Inc. will help Internet search leader Google Inc. sell ads as part of a partnership that falls short of Wall Street's anticipation since word of the alliance leaked last month.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An investigation of IBM Corp. by the Securities and Exchange Commission ended Tuesday without penalty, although the government found that the technology company misled analysts about employee stock-option expenses in 2005.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft this week released a preview of a new software development kit for use with the Open XML standards native to Office 2007. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet search engine Ask.com has been chasing market leader Google Inc. for years without making much headway, but that hasn't deterred its engineers from trying to set the pace for innovation.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 05, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Search terms related to music and technology are most likely to return sites with spyware and other malicious code, a new study finds.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced release of the first community technology preview of SQL Server 2008 at the Microsoft TechEd Conference in Orlando.
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has added another "core" product, one that will make Web hosting companies and Web farm administrators happy: Internet Information Services 7.0 is now available as a server core installation on Windows Server 2008. 
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft continues to collect Linux development and distribution companies under its promise not to sue them for patent infringement. Following on the controversial recent deal with Novell, the company announced Monday at its TechEd conference in Orlando that it has reached a similar agreement with Xandros Inc.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Presentation component vendor Infragistics on Monday announced it is developing tools for Microsoft's Silverlight cross-platform browser plug-in, as well as a new set of server controls that will work on both ASP.NET 2.0 and the upcoming ASP.NET 3.5. 
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has done its part to contribute to security sprawl by releasing 10 new security and access products, under the umbrella designation of "Stirling."
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle is giving its .NET tools an upgrade and adding a new one to the portfolio. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday unveiled its new "Dynamic IT for the People-Ready Business" strategy.
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- June 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When Google announced its latest foray into an area of software in which Microsoft holds dominance, it was hard to miss the swipes aimed at Redmond. The search giant has decided that it will no longer confine itself to online-only technologies, but wants to live in the offline world and compete with Microsoft there as well.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Online search leader Google Inc. said Friday it purchased FeedBurner, which helps bloggers and podcasters syndicate and make money from their online content, for an undisclosed sum.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Open source software (OSS) is poised for strong growth through the next half-decade, and some of that growth will come at the expense of proprietary software -- like the kind Microsoft makes -- according to a new study.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- June 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google Inc. has hired a former Justice Department official to lobby the federal government on its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick Inc., which is being reviewed by antitrust regulators.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- June 01, 2007