• Newvem expands to monitor Azure and Amazon clouds

  By Brandon Butler | 17 May, 2013 16:29

  Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well.

• Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

  By Tim Greene | 17 May, 2013 12:34

  Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.

• Bill Gates to front Q&A debate on health

  By AAP | 17 May, 2013 12:03

  Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates will take part in a special version of the ABC's Q&A program during a visit to Australia later this month.

• Transaction transformation

  By Hamish Barwick | 17 May, 2013 09:26

  Like many banks in Australia, ME Bank is undertaking a technology transformation designed to lower costs and improve customer services. In this case however it doesn’t have bricks and mortar branches to worry about.

• In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback

  By Jeremy Kirk | 17 May, 2013 04:24

  The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.

• How to Deal With Panda, Penguin and Other Google Algorithm Changes

  By Jim Martin | 07 November, 2012 14:00

  In an effort to improve search result quality and punish black-hat SEO, Google has been making big changes to its algorithms, and more updates are likely on the way soon. Here's how to prepare.

• Supporting Office 2010

  By Shane O'Neill | 18 June, 2011 05:34

  At a time when Cloud computing services for productivity tools are gaining steam, you would think that desktop software like Office 2010 would be on a downslide.

• Internet Explorer 9: A getting started guide

  By Ian Paul | 16 March, 2011 01:32

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 officially launched late Monday and is ready for download here.

• How to clean up your online reputation

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 11 January, 2011 13:02

  If you own a small or medium business, a good reputation--online and offline--is clearly key to your success.

• Record patch Tuesday: What you need to know

  By Tony Bradley | 15 December, 2010 07:13

  Today is the final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2010. It has been a busy year for Microsoft when it comes to security bulletins, and December is no exception as Microsoft closes out the year with a record 17 security bulletins. With only a week or so until many IT admins plan to kiss 2010 goodbye and break for the holidays, it is important to understand and prioritize the latest patches for quick implementation.

• Microsoft's counter-attack against Windows 8 coverage makes it 'look weak'

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 May, 2013 18:49

  Microsoft on Friday called some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views.

• Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2013 11:00

  Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by Microsoft

• Microsoft must fight to remain influential, say analysts

  By Gregg Keizer | 10 April, 2013 18:23

  Stormed by a shift to tablets and smartphones, and threatened, even in its enterprise bastion, by new demands from workers, Microsoft may lose its place at the table reserved for major technology players, an analyst argued today.

• Amazon's biggest competitor in the Cloud: Salesforce.com?

  By Brandon Butler | 04 April, 2013 20:11

  Who is Amazon's biggest competitor in the cloud?

• Muted excitement for latest Toshiba Android tablet

  By Keith Shaw | 04 April, 2013 16:09

  Shaw reviews Toshiba's Excite 10 SE tablet and HP's EliteBook Folio 9470m Ultrabook.

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