Microsoft is a software company. However. They’ve developed hardware before. Now they may be thinking of developing their own tablet to use Win8 on ARM chips.

The Stuxnet worm targeted vulnerabilities in Siemens controllers. Microsoft may have patched some of the holes but Siemens apparently has not.

If you’re tired of waiting for your PC to boot up, perhaps ExpressCache can help you out. The system uses an 8GB SanDisk SSD as a cache for the hard drive. This page includes a short video showing how it works.

Skybot Software has released Skybot Scheduler 2.0, its Web-based enterprise scheduler and workload automation solution for Windows, UNIX (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), and Linux servers.

MVP Systems Software, Inc. and Windows IT Pro Magazine have announced a free webinar on Windows PowerShell for July 14, 2011. Demonstrations will include some quick tips for using PowerShell. Registration is required.

ARM chips currently power a lot of smartphones and tablets. With Microsoft’s plans to port Windows 8 to the ARM platform, ARM is hoping to move into the notebook market.

Norman’s free Malware Cleaner can detect and remove a variety of malicious software that affects PCs, including computer viruses, fake antivirus, deceptive adware, worms, trojans, spyware, and rootkits.

Freeslate, Inc. announced the release of Automation Studio 8.3 software for controlling multiple laboratory instruments. Automation Studio now supports the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft Office 2010.

If you put your PC to "sleep" before going to lunch, you may lose your connection to the network or stop a program from finishing. To save power, Microsoft Research India are looking at a way to virtualize the PC to a server to maintain connections and processing.

The date is official for general availability, Thursday, June 28, 2011. Microsoft is claiming 100,000 customers already use the beta version.