Google was down for 2 hours yesterday, but you may have noticed that as they re-routed traffic to a site unable to handle the flood. Still, the chart is impressive.

Function calls like Memcpy() have been blamed for a number of security vulnerabilities in various software. As part of it’s secure development lifecycle, Microsoft is banning memcpy() and a couple of other functions.

It hasn’t been released yet and already enterprises are treating Windows 7 like they have Vista. The reason being given this time is budget cuts.

Patch Tuesday offered up 14 fixes for PowerPoint, but only if it was the Windows version. The same vulnerabilities exist in Office for the Mac but Microsoft didn’t patch them.

The PHP software development kit for Windows Azure will be offered through a technology preview under a BSD license with a functionally complete version due this fall.

DotNetPanel has redesigned its website to showcase its hosting control panel products and services with a user-friendly interface. DotNetPanel is available in free, standard, and enterprise versions.

According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 R2 will include the ability to migrate between two CPUs of the same make. Previous versions had required CPUs be the same model.

Volume licenses for Microsoft products typically cost millions a year. With companies clamping down on expenses, such payments are harder to justify.

This "by invitation only" preview is expected to go out in July. The more public, official, beta is expected in the second half of this year.

"Just in time for the Holidays", in Microsoft speech, seems to be October 7, so maybe they mean Halloween instead of Christmas. This article includes links to help you determine if your present computer will run Windows 7 or if you need to save up to upgrade your hardware too.