This article offers a short break-down of what each of the six versions of Windows 7 is designed for. "Starter" is for netbooks, "Ultimate" is for… well, that’s hard to say.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of Computerworld lists five nice things in SP2, but really, Microsoft would prefer you not think about Vista anymore.

Microsoft’s Money is being scrapped due to declining sales. It won’t be sold after June 30 but existing customers can continue using the product according to their user agreements.

Microsoft is talking about releasing "Morro" as a "free real-time anti-malware" service. Translation – all of your internet traffic will be routed through a Microsoft datacenter where the application will process it, hopefully ridding it of malware, before rerouting it to you.

Train Signal is now offering a Microsoft SQL Server training course. SQL Server 2008 Administration Training is a hands-on training course for all level SQL Server administrators covering installation, configuration, optimization, and disaster recovery.

After last month’s single patch, Microsoft set a new record with yesterday’s 31 fixes, 18 of the tagged "critical".

A program called Internet Antivirus Pro tricks people into installing it to scan for viruses. Instead it installs password-stealing software. Now the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is being updated to catch it.

Bing has been out for a week now (it only seems longer because of those annoying ads) and reviewer Shane O’Neill has found a few things that need some work.

The corporate "rush" to upgrade to Windows 7 may take a year or more to materialize. Most CIOs are planning to take a cautious approach to the new OS.

As companies look to cut costs by moving systems into cloud-computing, Burton Group is providing research guidance to those looking to move e-mail to the cloud.