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Microsoft's Cloud-Based Exchange Service Out for Hours

Microsoft's cloud-based Exchange went offline for a few hours on Wednesday across North America.

ICANN Clears Domains Based on Brand Names

Called "one of the biggest changes ever to the Domain Name System," the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced it approved a a plan to expand the number of generic Top Level Domains used in online addresses yesterday at its opening of its 41st annual meeting, being held in Singapore.

Hacker Groups Announce Plans for Government and Corporate Breaches

Two infamous hacker groups, LulzSec and Anonymous, have released a statement that it will be targeting government and large corporation Web sites for the sole purpose of obtaining classified and private information. It also calls individuals to join in on the attacks.

Enterprise Adoption of Windows 7 Increasing According to Forrester Research

Even though Microsoft's Internet Explorer is on the decline among users, Windows 7 has more than doubled over the past year, according to a Forrester Research study published this month.

Functions That Act Like Cmdlets

The trick to making functions act like cmdlets? It's all in the binding.

Microsoft Voices Concern About Competing Browsers Running WebGL

The company says the 3D Web standard is a security risk. Plus: Hackers breach Sega's database, resulting in the loss of customer data; Symnatec warns of online currency scam; Attackers taking to the phones to get you to install malware.

Office 2010, A Year Later

Microsoft today noted the one-year anniversary of the release of Office 2010, calling it the "fastest selling version ever."

High-Profile Cyber Attacks Puts Pressure on IT

Government officials are predicting that a future attack on the U.S. may happen in cyberspace. Plus: Evaluating the security landscape, Windows malware threats becoming sophisticated, anti-span suite helps avoid user interaction with possible phishing threats.

Microsoft Releases 16 Patches for June

Today Windows security released the June patch that features 16 bulletins: nine "critical" and seven marked "important."

Command-Line Objects

Turn any command-line tool into a PowerShell tool.

Gartner Revises PC Sales Downward

The market research firm now sees dip in PC shipments due to shifts in consumer spending.

Security Software Sales Making Comeback, Says Gartner

After a disastrous 2009, security software companies see sales making a comeback.

Patch Tuesday Will Be Busy for IT Pros

Windows IT pros can expect a full slate of fixes for June, if the advance notification for this month's security update is any indication.

Windows Thin PC Is Released to OEMs

Microsoft announced that its Windows Thin PC solution has reached its release-to-manufacturing milestone, with general availability expected on July 1.

Windows Azure Service Set for Fujitsu Datacenter in August

Fujitsu's Japanese datacenter will begin to offer commercial cloud services, based on Microsoft's Windows Azure platform, in August.

Color My PowerShell World

Red can be disturbing at times, so let's change the color of the PowerShell console so it looks less aggressive when you chance upon the rare error.

Hackers Targeting Gmail, Hotmail for Attacks

Increased attacks are being both staged and carried out on some of the Web's most popular e-mail sites. Plus: U.S. gets serious on cyber threats, Syria blocks Internet access.

Microsoft Releases Windows Assessment, Deployment Tools into Beta Testing

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0 both out in beta format.

Variables on Automatic Pilot

Check out these Automatic Variables that are defined by PowerShell with every new session.

Microsoft Offers Sneak Peek of 'Windows 8'

Code-named "Windows 8," Microsoft's upcoming operating system was shown off Wednesday at the D9 Conference.

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