The Social Security Administration will to test Microsoft's HealthVault software for its disability determination process.
                    
			            - By Alice  Lipowicz
- August 31, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a packed schedule and a bit of controversy.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 30, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Zoho is making further inroads in the online office market with the introduction of a unified log-in mechanism that allows users to use their Google and Yahoo ID to access Zoho's suite of Office-like apps.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- August 28, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pointed to e-mail account "hijacking" as becoming an increasing problem, especially among Windows Live Hotmail users.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 27, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Spam volumes have increased fourfold during the last six months, accounting for a discouraging 94.9 percent of all e-mail delivered so far in August.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft started a new pilot help program last week for IT professionals and developers facing application compatibility issues.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 26, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday released the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2007, adding a few new features, mostly of interest to IT pros.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 25, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Internet Explorer 8 will arrive as an "update rollup" via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Microsoft announced. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced the availability System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 evaluation version.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- August 24, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is merging its Data Programmability and Connected Systems Group.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- August 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Researchers from Redmond this week unveiled an anti-hacking concept that can help track hackers or malicious content to origin servers.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If there's one thing that last month's attacks against public sector sites in both the U.S. and South Korea demonstrated, it's that the exploits of the past often come back to haunt us. 
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
- August 19, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft made the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 release candidate (RC) available on TechNet today.
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- August 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A consortium of IT security companies is rolling out an XML malware metadata scheme to improve data sharing within the industry.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
- August 18, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Friday, Microsoft made the new R2 version of its Windows Server 2008 server operating system available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. 
                    
			            - By Becky  Nagel
- August 17, 2009