Citrix Systems is buying XenSource Inc. for $500 million, marking the second big deal this week in thte virtualization segment. 
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The nation's emergency communication system is inadequate, and the government has come up with a solution -- a nationwide wireless broadband network that will operate on a highly valuable portion of the publicly owned airwaves.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Inc.'s shares soared by 76 percent in their stock market debut Tuesday, reflecting a belief that the software maker is on the leading edge of a trend.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 15, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Another LinuxWorld San Francisco has come and gone. The event combined  LinuxWorld with the inaugural Next   Generation Data   Center show, drawing an  estimated 11,000 attendees last week.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
- August 14, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Rapidly growing software maker VMware Inc. priced its initial public offering at $29 per share Monday, setting the stage for one of Silicon Valley's most anticipated stock market debuts since Google Inc. mesmerized Wall Street three years ago.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 14, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exchange Server 2007 reached the next step in its lifecycle with a community technology preview (CTP) of its first service pack.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 14, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Six of the patches fix critical vulnerabilities that could give an attacker full control of a machine.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 14, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has announced that it is releasing another version of XP Professional because it's run out of product keys.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 13, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft will be releasing a host of patches next week, including six "Critical" and three "Important" updates, in its monthly Patch Tuesday releases.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
- August 09, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The folks in Microsoft's Developer Division probably didn't mind the damp and drizzle of summer in Seattle as much this year, as they worked feverishly to polish the next iteration of the mothership.  So far, it looks like the long hours paid off. Beta 2 of Microsoft's Visual Studio (VS) 2008 IDE and .NET 3.5 landed, fully loaded, the last week in July.
                    
			            - By Kathleen  Richards
- August 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Wednesday tried to clear up nagging questions about its Commerce Server roadmap and did. Kind of.
                    
			            - By Barbara  Darrow
- August 08, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Tuesday officially released several updates for Windows Vista -- fixes that were initially released to the public last week, before being pulled down.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 07, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Terrorists and other criminals could exploit a newly discovered software flaw to hijack massive computer systems used to control critical infrastructure like oil refineries, power plants and factories, a researcher said Saturday.
                    
			            - By The  Associated Press
- August 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware has the latest entry in the growing market for software that allows Windows to be run on a Mac.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 06, 2007
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's Web server, Internet Information Server (IIS), continues to gain against longtime leader Apache, and could end up surpassing it if current trends continue.
                    
			            - By Keith  Ward
- August 06, 2007