Microsoft will remove a “little-used feature” involving XML coding from copies of Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007, after a U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals denied Microsoft’s appeal of a patent-infringement injunction ruling against the software giant in a case brought by Toronto-based i4i.
Microsoft said new copies of Word 2007 and Office [...]

By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press When Corey Marshall’s Blackberry mysteriously stopped sending and receiving messages, he realized all too clearly just how much he depends on the device: He had no way of contacting his friends because he never bothers to exchange phone numbers with anyone anymore.
“A lot of the times if I meet someone and [...]

2009 Wasn’t All Bad In fact, for the information technology industry and the channel, 2009 saw significant and game-changing products hit the market — products that should lead the charge into what’s expected to be a notable refresh cycle in 2010. These are some of the top picks for 2009 from Computer Reseller News. Let [...]

Microsoft says recent security patches are not the cause of the problem
Microsoft says recent security updates made to computers running Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems are not to blame for the “black screen of death” some users are having on their machines, which results in the computer shutting off.
However, it was still unclear [...]

Gartner says “Server Sales Continue To Plummet”
Gartner said on Monday that nearly 1.9 million servers were shipped worldwide in the third quarter of 2009, down about 17 percent from the 2.3 million servers sold during the third quarter of 2008. During the second quarter, Gartner reported server shipments fell about 28 percent compared to the [...]