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Big Day for Microsoft, Skype says Ballmer

Major milestone to enhance cross-platform communication.

Pair of Security Fixes from Microsoft Due Tuesday

Update expected to address remote code execution problems.

What IT Pros Should Know about IE9

Still no tools to aid transition from IE6.



Amazon Explains Cloud Outage

"Routine network upgrade" to a hub cited as problem.

Hyper-V SP1 Required for New Intel vPro Chips

New AVX technology in Core vPro chips is culprit.

Small Businesses Must Now Pay for New Google Apps Accounts

Change in terms applies to new users; existing SMBs grandfathered.

Amazon Restores EC2

Attributes outages to latency, connectivity issues

Is Friendlier Software Licensing and Pricing Ahead?

Forrester Research report details pricing, licensing trends for 2011.