Last year Microsoft lost a patent infringement suit to i4i over use of XML. Now Microsoft has lost its second appeal of the decision.

DocAve v5.4 supports both SharePoint 2007 and 2010 environments. The latest release delivers enhanced functionality and provides BETA support for the latest Release Candidate build of SharePoint 2010.

The chips aren’t going to be available for a while yet but, to get you interested, this article lists specifications and provides results of benchmark tests.

While several botnet domains have been taken down recently, signs are that the cybercriminals are putting servers and domains back in business quickly.

Raxco Software has announced PerfectDisk 11, the latest version of its family of performance and storage management solutions for enterprises, small business and home offices. The PerfectDisk 11 Client Solutions product line provides a number of enhancements over previous versions.

A patch for this vulnerability was not included in yesterday’s updates. An invalid pointer reference in IE 6 and 7 lets attackers execute code remotely after you visit an infected site.

In 1974, while working at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), Charles P. Thacker built a prototype desktop computer, the Alto. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has now recognized his work by awarding him the 2009 AM Turing Award.

ENow announced the inclusion of Exchange 2010 monitoring and reporting in Feature Pack 1 release for Mailscape V4.5. This update allows administrators to verify, monitor and report on the new Exchange 2010 feature Database Availability Groups.

Novell, maker of networking software and owner of SUSe Linux, is on the block. Elliott Associates, a hedge fund, has made an offer to buy Novell and probably sell it off in pieces and it’s unlikely a tech company will step forward to buy Novell.

For IT professionals who want to update their Microsoft certifications, CBT Planet is getting ready to release five new courses on Windows 7. These cover Windows 7 desktop, transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7, installation and configuration, preparing to become an Enterprise Desktop Support Technician, and planning and managing Windows 7 deployments from a technical perspective.