Microsoft got a favorable court ruling on Wednesday in an  ongoing lawsuit against its past Vista Capable marketing practices.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 19, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft earlier this month began advocating for greater broadband access in a policy blog, with a particular focus on a piece of spectrum called "white spaces."
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - February 19, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to discontinue an all-in-one consumer  software offering called Microsoft Equipt after April 30.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 19, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Trend Micro said hackers are targeting a hole in Internet Explorer 7 that was addressed in Microsoft's February security patch issued last week.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 18, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft plans to give the Windows Mobile a facelift which includes the launch of a Web-based sync service and a developer site.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Red Hat inked a deal to ensure that Windows  operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines  on each other's platforms.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 17, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will release the second CTP of its Visual Studio Extensions for SharePoint in the coming weeks, a company official said on Friday.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Exchange Labs is changing its name to Outlook Live and adding new e-mail features, according to a Thursday announcement by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By David  Nagel
 - February 12, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Problems with the Conficker worm have become so widespread that Microsoft is putting up $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the worm's author. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 12, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Atalasoft Inc. is launching a SharePoint plug-in based on the document imaging tooling in its latest SDK.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - February 12, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A weakened economy will serve as a catalyst to push enterprises  from on-premise computing to accessing services over the Internet cloud, according  to Microsoft exec Doug Hauser, who delivered an address on Wednesday at the  Thomas Weisel 2009 Technology and Telecom Conference.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - February 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Worldwide shipments of PC microprocessors plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08), according to a report announced on Wednesday by the International Data Group (IDC).
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - February 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unified communications (UC) has emerged from the Internet cloud thanks to a partnership that brings together LightEdge Solutions, BroadSoft and Microsoft
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - February 11, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) today posted an  open letter to President Barack Obama on open source software.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - February 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's February slate of security bulletins includes four patches -- two deemed "critical" and two "important."
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - February 10, 2009