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LATEST SOFTWARE NEWS

Microsoft has confirmed it won't be including PC client backup when it releases Small Business Server 2008 later this year.

May 09, 2008

Microsoft this week told Office 2007 users it's planning to begin automatically pushing out the first service pack for the product sometime after June 16.

May 09, 2008

Some users who've installed Windows XP SP3 on AMD-based machines say their PCs are entering an endless reboot cycle.

May 09, 2008

San Francisco health department identifies outbreak of Norovirus at week-long event, but Sun PR team calls Moscone Center venue just part of the area impacted.

May 09, 2008

Despite the channel's aversion to Windows Vista, Bill Gates says the 140 million Vista licenses sold so far shows that the OS is growing at a healthy rate.

May 08, 2008

Microsoft stands to make a lot of money from both Grand Theft Auto IV and Windows Vista, but the similarities end there.

May 07, 2008

A week after halting downloads of Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 due to a technical glitch, Microsoft is once again letting users download both service packs.

May 06, 2008

Why have to choose? Tools like VMWare Fusion allows Mac, Windows and Linux to run from a single machine.

May 06, 2008

Software company unveils new business process management tools for upcoming NetWeaver upgrade.

May 06, 2008

Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang says he had he had 'mixed feelings' about events over the weekend, when talks broke down, and was still open to negotiations.

May 06, 2008

Microsoft continues to turn up the heat on software pirates by filing lawsuits against software resellers around the world.

May 06, 2008

Sun said the OS will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, or Amazon EC2, which is a Web service.

May 05, 2008

Sun Microsystem's new Lively Kernel is portable and simple, and, with developer acceptance, could threaten existing Web-creation standards.

May 05, 2008

Microsoft officially pulled the plug on its bid to buy Yahoo, with its CEO saying Yahoo's potential decision to outsource some of its business to Google was too much to take.

May 03, 2008

Users who this week downloaded what they thought was an updated audio device driver from Windows Update say the update knocks out the audio on their PCs.

May 02, 2008

Open Screen Project is designed to remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and devices.

May 01, 2008

CEO calls U.S. application market "tougher than expected" while strenthening Euro reduces first-quarter revenue.

April 30, 2008

Yahoo technology partner MXToolBox has launched a new tool that will rival the recovery services Microsoft provides for Exchange.

April 30, 2008

Microsoft wants to be the vendor of choice when it comes to managing cross-platform physical and virtual environments, and on Tuesday started shipping beta versions of its management applications that enable that capability.

April 29, 2008

At Interop Las Vegas, Microsoft released for beta the Cross Platform Extension for System Center Operations Server 2007, which enables management and monitoring of Linux and Unix servers.

April 29, 2008

Acquisition strengthens IBM's hand in the market for high-volume trading systems.

April 29, 2008

Microsoft is delaying the public release of Windows XP service pack 3 due to a compatibility issue with its Dynamics Retail Management System offering.

April 29, 2008

Buyout clears final hurdle with approval from European Commission.

April 29, 2008

HP says it plans to exercise Microsoft's Vista downgrade rights to sell custom-built PCs with Windows XP until at least July 2009.

April 28, 2008

The deal is aimed at blending Salesforce.com's strong CRM capabilities with Exalt's unique solution selling strengths.

April 28, 2008

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