All seven updates will address critical issues, Microsoft said. Redmond lumped the bulletins into several groups, two of which affect Windows.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One of the most ambitious aspects of the "$100 laptop" project for schoolchildren in developing countries is the machines' open-source software platform, designed to be intuitive for kids. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 04, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. is introducing its third new model in less than a year, a mid-sized device geared toward consumers who might prefer a full keyboard for typing text rather than the abridged one on the popular Pearl.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Computer chips, it seems, work better if they're more like Swiss cheese than American cheese. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BizTalk R2 represents a change in thinking about RFID, or radio frequency identification, says Microsoft product manager.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Visual 
        Basic guru Paul Vick revealed this week on his blog that the company is 
        working on a reboot of Visual Basic, dubbed at this stage VBx 
                    
			            - By Chris  Kanaracus
- May 03, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Intel Corp. said Tuesday that it expects to cut more than 1,000 jobs at its Rio Rancho plant as the company ends production of an older silicon wafer technology. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IdentityMine has released a community technology preview, or CTP, of a toolset for Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) developers called "Blendables."
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- May 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Operators of a Web site that ranks and displays items based on recommendations from its users relented this week in allowing people to post information and links on breaking the locks on high-definition DVDs. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Formally announces availability of security suite for Microsoft clients
                    
			            - By Keith Ward  and Lee Pender
- May 02, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A niche software company says it will rename one of its programs, admitting 
  defeat in a three-year effort to win money from Microsoft Corp. after it claimed 
  the name was too close to Excel. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Corp. likes to promote Windows Vista as its most secure operating system release ever. And with good reason. After all, the company put a lot of software-development elbow grease into its top-to-bottom redesign of Vista's default security experience.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fortunes of the Ubuntu version of Linux got a boost on Tuesday as Dell Computer, Inc. announced it will begin selling the open source operating system with selected desktop and laptop models in its consumer lines
                    
			            - By Ed  Scannell
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company recognized for its governance solution, which  helps manage enterprise applications in a service-oriented architecture.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- May 01, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On April 28, Microsoft confirmed in a blog posting that the ADO.NET Entity Framework is now officially out of the next version of Visual Studio codenamed Orcas.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- April 30, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Capability will allow developers to program against Silverlight for both Windows and Mac environments using any .NET-supported languages 
                    
			            - By Mike  Pizzo
- April 30, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case that restricts 
  the reach of U.S. patents overseas.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 30, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today announced Silverlight Streaming, a media-hosting service the company says will allow developers to stream into their Silverlight apps high-quality video and other media stored for free on Redmond's servers. 
                    
			            - By Thomas  Caywood
- April 30, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- April 27, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A growing number of financial services firms are embarking on open source projects, but they are moving cautiously when it comes to mission-critical applications. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- April 27, 2007