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Microsoft Provides Guidance on Windows 7's "XP Mode"

Microsoft releases additional resources for IT pros planning to use new desktop virtualization solution in Windows 7

Report: Server Market "Refresh" Ahead

Refresh cycle predicted in IDC's latest server virtualization report

Microsoft and Red Hat: Virtualization "Frenemies"

Windows and Linux operating systems will run on each other's virtualization platforms

Phony Alerts, Social Engineering Schemes Used to Spread Malware

Users receive phony security warnings from software spread by affiliates competing for prizes, payouts

Microsoft Restoring Sidekick Data, but Troubles Remain

Data thought to be lost during network failure being restored, Microsoft tells users

Huge October Security Patch Arrives

Record number of security bulletins released



Microsoft Key to IT Jobs Growth Says IDC Study

Study predicts relatively healthy employment prospects for skilled IT labor over the next four years in report sponsored by Microsoft

Report: IT Tech Boom Will Revive Next Quarter

Forrester Research says global IT market will see an upturn in 2010

Microsoft Plans Scaled-Down Team Foundation Server

TFS Basic Profile addresses two core objections to the full-blown TFS: high cost and complex installation

Exit Interview: Sam Ramji Assesses Microsoft's Open Source Ascent

During Ramji's tenure at Microsoft, company instituted interoperability principals and improved ties to Linux, PHP communities

Microsoft Eases IM Licensing Costs on UC Platform

Perks for company's unified communications customers, especially instant messaging presence technology

New Language for Java by Google Developers Gains Interest

Experimental language aims to promote good coding practices, discourage bad ones