Microsoft today made available Release Candidate 1 of its ASP.NET Model View Controller, a design pattern for test-driven development of enterprise-scale Web applications.
                    
			            - By Kathleen Richards  and Jeffrey Schwartz
 - January 27, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will discontinue its PerformancePoint business intelligence product and will merge its function into SharePoint Server, the company said late last week.
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
 - January 26, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond says it's replacing its consumer security suite with a free product to provide more protection for Windows users worldwide.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 26, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has extended the  general public availability of its Windows 7 Beta yet again, with a new final  date of Feb. 9 to get it.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 26, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is still trying to control the Conficker worm, both  the bug itself and news about how it's handling it.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 23, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Despite grim stats announced on Thursday by Microsoft in its fiscal second-quarter report, at least one company in the software IT sector reported positive 2008 quarterly earnings.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - January 23, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Redmond's security team is undergoing a revamp with the announcement that Andrew Cushman, director of Microsoft's Security Response Center, will be stepping down to be replaced by group manager Mike Reavey.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 23, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Citrix Systems has teamed with Intel Corp. to provide virtualization technology for Intel-based desktop computers. 
                    
			            - By Rutrell  Yasin
 - January 23, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced lower than expected earnings for its second fiscal quarter said that it will eliminate 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 22, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM on Monday rolled out social networking and collaboration services for businesses called "LotusLive," which integrates with IBM's venerable Lotus Notes e-mail and calendar application.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - January 22, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's disappointing second-quarter earnings showed just how dependent the software giant is on new PC sales.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 22, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A malicious keystroke logging exploit hit Heartland Payment Systems in what many are already calling the biggest data theft ever, with nearly 100 million records siphoned from the large payment-processing company.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 21, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A survey of more than 300 open source software (OSS) developers  found that many plan to distribute their solutions as services over the  Internet cloud.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 20, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new report from security consultancy AppRiver confirms what many of us have long expected: Spammers are becoming both savvier and sneakier.
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 20, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is reorganizing two of its online teams -- Live Mesh and Live Services -- by centralizing them under a Windows segment, according to reports from Mary-Jo Foley and Todd Bishop published on Friday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 19, 2009