Norman Email Protection 5.0, a high performance email security solution available as a product or a service, is now available. Norman Email Protection 5.0 integrates with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and all other SMTP standards-based servers.

Two new books on using Microsoft Office 2010 are now available: "Microsoft Office 2010 Inside Out" and "Microsoft Word 2010 Inside Out". These books will help you make the most of the new features in Microsoft Word 2010, Excel 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, and PowerPoint 2010.

Yesterday’s patches included some for older versions of Office, Internet Explorer version 6, 7, and 8, and even Word 2010.

Microsoft does many things right. Then it seems to do a belly-flop. The author of this article thinks syncing Zune to Macs is great, but trying to port the full Win7 to a tablet is a recipe for disaster.

Your new computer probably came with a lot of pre-loaded software you didn’t ask for. SlimComputer is a new software service to help you clean up your PC and make it run faster.

FifthCloud has informed Microsoft CRM Online customers that it is now hosting the Dynamics CRM Email Router for customers worldwide at little or no cost.

If you’re still running the beta version of Office 2010, Microsoft plans to kill the software at the end of the month. They will be happy to sell you a boxed, or digital, version of the final software to replace your no-longer-working beta.

A survey, sponsored by VanDyke Software, revealed a substantial increase in successful attacks on large companies.

Microsoft will continue to adapt Windows 7, not Windows Phone 7, for use on tablet devices. The company feels the networking and printing capabilities of Win7 make it a better fit for tablets.

Next week is Patch Tuesday for both Oracle and Microsoft. Both companies are releasing a lot of fixes next week.