Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer formally unveiled Windows 7 on Thursday at a ceremony in New York City. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- October 22, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An independent security researcher and a prominent figure in open source exploit data collection now has a new commercial home.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is responding to problems with a fix for Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Organizations struggling with the complexities of Microsoft's unified communications solution have a new outsourcing option.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Red Hat have validated that their respective Windows and Linux operating systems will run on each other's virtualization platforms.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- October 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Spam-based malware traffic increased dramatically last month, surging by 900 percent between August and September.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- October 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week reported positive numbers for its new consumer antivirus solution, but security vendors haven't heaped much praise.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will hatch Windows 7 as a full-fledged commercial operating system this week, and IT professionals should be making plans for it.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scaring computer users into buying and installing potentially malicious security programs is becoming a big business, according to a study of rogue software by Symantec.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- October 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has devised a way to introduce new PC buyers to its Office productivity suite through a "Starter" edition.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    October has proved to be the month of record, landing one whopper of a Patch Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- October 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Information security is always a concern in any outsourcing arrangement, but just how much of a concern is still the subject of debate. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- October 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    According to a recent survey conducted by Gartner, the green datacenter of the future is still a long way off. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- October 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- October 09, 2009