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Microsoft, Ford team on electric car software
Microsoft will expand its Hohm consumer energy management software to work with Ford Motor Company electric cars, the two companies announced. Read More


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Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More!

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IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths
Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More!

Code writers finally get security? Maybe
A new study finds software writers increasingly intent on baking security into their code writing, and Microsoft gets high marks for helping the process along. Read More

SharePoint essentials
Microsoft's SharePoint platform has generated a bunch of buzz and the upcoming SharePoint 2010 server will likely only increase corporate interest. Here we have a round-up of the most current news surrounding SharePoint and how it might impact your environment. Read More

Tech provider for Microsoft's Project Natal revealed
An Israeli start-up stepped out from behind the curtain Wednesday and revealed itself as the technology provider for Microsoft's Project Natal, the upcoming motion-control system for its Xbox 360. Read More


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Collaboration Study: user Trends, IT Opportunities
A recent survey of knowledge workers shows they still rely on familiar collaboration tools such as email and telephone calls, but desire new ways to be more productive. See all the results and find out how IT can embrace current work habits and easily adapt as new technologies emerge. Read More

Microsoft out-of-band patch demands immediate action
Microsoft releases a cumulative update that addresses 10 reported vulnerabilities, one requiring immediate attention as targeted and widespread attacks could impact Microsoft 6 users. Read More

Microsoft runs fuzzing botnet, finds 1,800 Office bugs
Microsoft uncovered more than 1,800 bugs in Office 2010 by tapping into the unused computing horsepower of idling PCs, a company security engineer says. Read More

Microsoft to end support for many operating systems in July
Microsoft will end support for its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000 Professional and Windows Server 2000 on 13 July 2010. Read More


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Best Practices for Monitoring Your Cloud
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Watchdogs join 'Net heavyweights in call for privacy law reform
They are in some cases strange bedfellows, yet they are lending their names and political muscle to a common cause today: updating U.S. privacy laws that predate the World Wide Web. Read More

Unscheduled patch release from Microsoft? Pay attention
It's good and bad that Microsoft releases out-of-band patches. It's good the company is being proactive to help equip customers against threats, but it's bad the vulnerabilities pose such a potential risk that immediate action is a must. Read More

What You Need to Know about Microsoft's Emergency IE Patch
So far 2010 hasn't been kind to the Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. It is only March, and Microsoft is releasing the second emergency out-of-band patch to respond to a zero-day exploit in the wild. Read More



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