Microsoft admitted on Monday that some users of Internet Explorer 8 may perceive its newest Web browser as sluggish.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit announced this week the release of Service Pack 2 for Mac Office 2008.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is connecting its Live@edu online collaboration suite with Moodle, an open source learning management system.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
- July 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has taken the once unthinkable step of contributing 20,000 lines of code to the Linux community, allowing any commercial or community distribution of Linux to run as a virtual machine on top of Hyper-V.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- July 21, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released tools for IT pros and partners planning Windows deployments.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's clarification of an Internet Security and Acceleration Server patch released this month has left at least one security expert stumped.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A group of leading standards development organizations are working jointly to foster common standards for cloud computing and storage.
                    
			            - By Wyatt  Kash
- July 20, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced product names for its latest claims-based identity management server platform, dropping the "Geneva" code name.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 16, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft rolled out beta 2 of its Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) enterprise security solution this week.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday announced Volume Licensing program changes that supposedly simplify matters for IT shops, as well as hosting providers.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 15, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced pricing for its Windows Azure cloud computing services on Tuesday at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There are no surprises with Redmond's six-patch release on Tuesday, but there is plenty of work to be done, security pros contend.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 14, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the technical preview testing stage, company officials announced on Monday at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- July 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On the eve of its July security patch release, Redmond issued a security advisory on flaws in the ActiveX control function -- the second such advisory in as many weeks.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- July 13, 2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SaaS provider Zoho announced yet another online collaboration platform aimed at legacy Microsoft offerings: Zoho Plug-in for Microsoft Access.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
- July 10, 2009