An electronic privacy group challenging President Bush's domestic spying program scored a minor victory after a judge ordered the federal government to release information about lobbying efforts by telecommunications companies to protect them from prosecution.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tami Reller, a Microsoft Business Solutions veteran, has a new job as CFO of Microsoft's  Platform & Services Division. 
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- November 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Friday launches its first major Exchange Server 2007 update, pushing Service Pack 1 out the door. 
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 29, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If the experience of the world's largest software vendor is any guide, the industry's best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    An analysis by The Associated Press reveals that targeting small businesses is a lucrative strategy for the Business Software Alliance, the main global copyright-enforcement watchdog for such companies as Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc. and Symantec Corp.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft finds itself continuing to fend off two security threats, both coming about during the Thanksgiving holiday.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft Learning improves MCP benefits package with access to Microsoft Partner-level support articles and improved transcript and certification manager. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- November 26, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It just got a little easier for developers using Microsoft's .NET Framework technology and SharePoint to integrate their .NET applications with  IBM's Java-based portal technology. In a global reseller deal, IBM agreed to  sell Mainsoft Corp.'s .NET Extensions solution with the IBM WebSphere Portal  solution.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
- November 21, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft hopes to have validation testing services  available when its long-awaited Windows Server virtualization technology comes  online next year.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- November 20, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If it's time for Christmas music in Wal-Mart, it must the season for that other time-honored tradition: year-end lists. To that end, IT security Goliath Symantec has released a list of the biggest security stories of the year.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- November 19, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data breaches, ongoing integrity concerns about the Windows Vista operating system and spam, which reached record levels this year, topped Symantec's Top 10 Internet security trends of 2007 list.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 16, 2007
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Jump-start your Web projects with MOSS 2007.
                    
			            - By Andrew  Gelina
- November 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Internet is a powerful tool for free expression and dissent, but those freedoms have also helped child pornographers, predators, terrorists and other cybercriminals.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- November 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Windows Vista is now on the migration map for most enterprise customers, at least according to one researcher. But it's still getting hammered in the media.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- November 14, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- November 14, 2007