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Microsoft has announced new licensing and expanded product support policies for virtualization software. The company has also detailed more information on its "Get Virtual Now" events worldwide.Read More...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 includes ten new features that according to Microsoft, help lower total cost of global and local regulatory compliance, increase productivity, or integrate with other Microsoft technologies. It is now available in 21 countries, with more to be added at a later date.Read More...

With Puma launched, AMD has turned its attention to its next-generation Shrike platform, slated to appear in the second half of 2009. Shrike will be the first product built on a fusion of AMD and ATI technology, with an integrated GPU incorporated straight into the processor die. Read More...

Rajiv Pant and I talk about the impact of IT consumerization in the enterprise, and about the shifting boundary between the professional and the personal. If you thought that virtualization and SaaS were the answer keeping work and home separate, think again.Read More...

Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 on the Microsoft Download Center. This is the software giant's first embedded operating designed specifically for portable navigation devices (PNDs).Read More...

Forrester Research recently released a study entitled "Enterprise Trends: Vista Is Rejected; Mozilla And Apple Make Small Gains." Chris Flores, Director of the Windows Client Communications Team, has criticized it on the Windows Vista Team Blog.Read More...

The first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Windows Embedded Standard 2009 has arrived on Microsoft Connect. Microsoft has included the latest versions of its various software technologies, in addition to support for Intel's latest x86 processors.Read More...

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.1 has been released. MAP was formerly known as Windows Vista Hardware Assessment (WVHA), but it now evaluates many Microsoft technologies in addition to Vista.Read More...

The next version of Windows, currently codenamed (Blackcomb Vienna) looks to be scheduled for release in the second half of next year. The operating system originally was going to be released in 2010, but the latest roadmap from Microsoft gives an RTM date of H2 2009. "Milestone 1" has already been shipped to Microsoft Partners. If this is all true, it will end up meaning that Windows Vista is the company's flagship operating system for 3 years, where as Windows XP was 5 years.