During Tech Ed New Zealand Microsoft showed off a new slate tablet. Alan Burchill, an IT consultant, later reported that Microsoft would be giving away the tablets to developers.

The Documentation Toolkit for Sharepoint is software designed to help you document, compare, and monitor SharePoint farm settings. The Toolkit is available in Farm and Consultant editions.

Microsoft will work with China Standard Software to develop a Linux operating system with a defense lab called "NeoKylin". NeoKylin is being designed for use by Chinese government offices.

It looks like HP may have trouble finding a buyer for their PC business. While HP was a leader in the business, the remaining PC makers don’t have the money or market share to take on such a large operation.

Windows Explorer, the file manager in Windows, is getting an upgrade for Win8. Since most people frequently use the same four basic functions, Microsoft is going to speed them up. The functions include File Copy and Conflict Resolution.

Microsoft would like you to move your volume licensing agreements to their cloud. But what does that mean to your company? This article discusses some of the changes to Microsoft’s contracts and what the fine print may mean to you.

Workshare announced support for Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 with version 1.2 of Workshare Point.

M-Files Inc. announced the availability of M-Files for NetSuite, a cloud ERP and financial software suite of document management software.

TrainSignal is offering two new courses: Microsoft Server Virtualization Training and Windows PowerShell Fundamentals. Both courses can be purchased as DVDs or as digital downloads for mobile devices.

Remo Software has released Remo Repair Zip v1.0 for repairing corrupt or damaged Zip files. Repair Zip is supported on Windows XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 & Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit).