Others at Microsoft may be hedging on the dates but Steve Ballmer has declared that Office 365 will launch sometime this month.

Jenzabar, Inc. has released Jenzabar EX 4.0 which includes My Workspace. My Workspace provide an environment that lets users personalize the Jenzabar EX desktop.

Microsoft says their new System Sweeper utility can boot from CD or USB to let you clean a PC where you might not be able to install software.

BluestSoft DiskDeleter PRO 4.0 runs from a USB device to let you erase a hard disk from any Intel-based system. The process allows you to wipe personal data from systems before you sell or discard them.

Cybele Software, Inc. has released ThinVNC Access Point, a software tool that creates a single entry point for Remote Desktop access to PCs in a corporate LAN. The client offers a Web user interface for PC administration.

If Microsoft releases a new patch for your version of Windows, you probably need to install it. There are some things you can do to ease the risks.

If you have an Android smartphone and a Windows PC, BlueStacks is designed to let you run Android apps on your PC before you buy. A beta version of the software is expected to be available later this month.

There’s a lot of money to be made on patents. For instance. Microsoft owns some patents on Android devices for which they collect licensing fees. This means Microsoft earns more money on Android phones than on WinPhone7 devices.

This is the full, 45-minute press conference from Microsoft explaining what you can expect from the Mango update. You need to install Silverlight to watch the video.

Next week Microsoft plans to demonstrate a tablet device running on Nvidia’s Tegra chip. The operating system is expected to be a version of Windows 8.