Jet-setters should be careful about how they use the Internet connections supplied by hotels, as most are not secured properly, according to a new study from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
 - October 03, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Open source software vendor Red Hat went global with its high-performance computing (HPC) product on Thursday.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - October 03, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Yahoo plans to resolve a password security vulnerability identified last week in its Zimbra open source e-mail and collaboration software.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 02, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some internal movements at Redmond might have BI heavyweights on their toes. 
                    
			            - By Joshua  Greenbaum 
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Server on WAAS -- an appliance that merges Cisco's Wide Area Applications Services with Windows Server 2008 -- is available to order.
                    
			            - By Jim  Barthold
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Ten PCs = One Car? Here's how Microsoft interprets and derives this oft-repeated factoid. 
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While many partners eagerly await the debut of the solution formerly known as "Centro," some grumble that Microsoft's midmarket server bundle leaves them with too few third-party options.
                    
			            - By Fred  Bayles
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is conducting a  private beta test of Microsoft's server products running on Amazon's hosted  computing platform, which is called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's roadmap for partners and customers continues to be muddled with too many goals and no defined direction. 
                    
			            - By Paul  DeGroot
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Payment Card Industry Council on Wednesday released an updated version of its PCI data security standard, which is designed to help protect transmitted charge and debit card information.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Office pioneer Charles Simonyi, PhD, will visit  space for the second time in the spring of 2009, according to Space Adventures,  a Virginia-based company that organizes flights for private space explorers.</
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - October 01, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    They call it private browsing. Microsoft recently released a beta version of Internet Explorer 8 that offers it. You'll find it in Mozilla's Firefox and the new Google Chrome. Apple's Safari has offered the feature for some time.
                    
			            - By William  Jackson
 - September 30, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What is clickjacking? Security pros are trying to make sense  of a new bug found by researchers that apparently affects various Web browsers,  including Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 29, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is revealing more about its plans for the next generation of Visual Studio Team System (code-named Rosario), part of the now officially named Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 rollout. 
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
 - September 29, 2008
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AppSense Ltd. announced a desktop virtualization marketing  deal with IT services company CSC, based in Falls Church, Va.
                    
			            - By Tom  Valovic
 - September 29, 2008