New service will let business users login to their desktops from either a thin-client terminal or low-end PC
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Production release expected in second half of 2010.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Can take advantage of greater computing resources
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Lets enterprises extend their existing networks using IPsec-based VPN connections to create their own logically  isolated Amazon EC2 instances.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC expects growth rate of Linux server operating system subscriptions and non-paid deployments to slow to just 1.1 percent over the next five years.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New backup capability via Windows Server, improved Exchange Server 2007 auditing, a more efficient quota management system, new cmdlet parameters among improvements
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    System Center VMM 2008 R2 available for 180-day trial
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SaaS Web security provider says Gumblar responsible for one of every eight malware blocks last quarter
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    ASP .NET faster than PHP on Windows and Linux in most operations, Microsoft senior program manager says
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company loses patent appeal
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Survey shows increased use over past year of JavaScript and PHP, decline in static languages
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Leading supplier of virtualization technology extending platform-as-a-service through acquisition
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Twitter DoS attack may have originated in Russia or the former Soviet republic of Georgia
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Five "critical," four "important" updates