Public safety managers must begin moving into the cloud, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday at the company's annual Public Safety Symposium.
                    
			            - By Patrick  Marshall
- January 28, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft outperformed expectations in its fiscal second quarter, largely based on consumer Windows 7 spending, according to an announcement Thursday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 28, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle on Wednesday laid out its plans for integrating Sun's software and hardware systems into its own product lineup.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- January 28, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A former Microsoft employee apparently disclosed RTM dates for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8."
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    UC4 Software GmbH unveiled a product on Wednesday aimed at bringing Web services into an automated workload management framework.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 27, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hewlett-Packard today said it is adding to its diverse security services, while bringing them together under a common framework.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 25, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed the company's position with respect to China and commented on the attacks on Google's network.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 22, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A researcher for SecureWorks says he has found evidence supporting Google's claim that last month's attacks on the company's systems originated in China.
                    
			            - By Kevin  McCaney
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a cumulative "out-of-band" security patch on Thursday for a bug in all versions of Internet Explorer.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is aligning with former rival Intuit to help bring Intuit's large contingent of QuickBooks users into the cloud.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issued a new security advisory involving an obscure Windows kernel bug.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Microsoft official said this week the government must revise out-of-date statutes and lay new legislative groundwork to keep pace with technology. 
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- January 21, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Materials focus on partners serving customers with 250 seats or more.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
- January 20, 2010
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM's hosted e-mail agreement with Panasonic, announced on Thursday, drew swift ire from Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- January 19, 2010