Microsoft announced a client update to the beta version of Live  Mesh on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released the second community technology previews of its Software Development Kit and Visual Studio extensions for the new Windows Azure cloud services platform.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - January 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The European Commission (EC) issued a "Statement of Objections" against Microsoft's practice of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Netezza last week appeared to close the loop on one of its perceived competitive shortcomings when it unveiled a new interoperability strategy for Microsoft's business intelligence platform
                    
			            - By Stephen  Swoyer
 - January 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google on Wednesday launched a beefed-up Google Apps  reseller program for the enterprise, opening the program beyond its initial 50  core team members
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - January 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a beta of Microsoft  Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), which lets users  run older OSes and applications on newer Windows systems.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pink slips at the world's largest software provider may  become a reality soon, according to several reports published this week, citing  unnamed sources.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - January 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has begun ramping up the dialog about its upcoming  Exchange 14 mail server solution, which is slated to become the successor to Exchange  Server 2007.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users of Windows Server service that haven't patched a previously disclosed worm hole (MS08-067) are taking a big risk.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 14, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As expected, it's a one-patch Tuesday, with a single item deemed "critical" in Microsoft's first security update for the year.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - January 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published an update to a Windows Media Player patch on Tuesday, the same day as its January general security update release.
                    
			            - By James  LaTour
 - January 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta tools that let system administrators perform remote management of Windows servers  from their desktop PCs.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft extended the general availability of  its free Windows 7 Beta trial offer through Jan. 24 and removed the cap on the  number of downloads within that time.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - January 12, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New global research forecasts a swift rise in development plans for Software as a Service applications in the next 12 months.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - January 12, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The beta release of the update to Windows Server 2008 will be of special interest to those who work with virtualization, as it unveils a key technology long-promised by Microsoft.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
 - January 09, 2009