First there was going to be a copy of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer offered to European markets. Then there was the ballot screen, allowing people to chose a browser. Now the ballot is deemed "confusing" and another alternative has been requested.

A typical user complaint has to do with time wasted waiting for a PC to boot up. Phoenix’s new "Instant Boot BIOS" greatly speeds the process.

Mobile versions of Microsoft’s Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning) product have been discontinued by the company. There will be no more updates to the program and it won’t be sold after August 31, 2010.

A flaw in the SMB protocol for Windows file and print sharing that affects Vista and Windows Server 2008 could allow a remote attack on the machine. This article includes a link to Microsoft’s security advisory and any available patches.

If your shop uses Exchange 2007 SP2, Microsoft has decided that it won’t support it running on Windows Server 2008 R2. If you think you need support apparently you need to upgrade to Exchange Server 2010.

Developers may have been pleased to know Internet Explorer could be brought up-to-date with the Chrome Frame plug-in, but Microsoft has thrown cold water on the deal saying the plug-in makes IE8 less secure.

Internet Explorer 8 isn’t known to be blazingly fast. But. If you add Google’s Chrome Frame plug-in, Java execution speeds for IE jump.

Web development companies with fewer than 10 employees are eligible for Microsoft’s WebsiteSpark program. Under this program Microsoft will provide free licenses for some software.

Microsoft Exchange Server is being used as an email server and a document repository and management system. Sonasoft’s solution captures incoming, outgoing and internal emails to store them in archive databases as a Single Instance Store (SIS).

First they couldn’t sell Word, then they could, and now, maybe they can’t. i4i is hoping the injunction will be re-instated at tomorrow’s hearing.