Lillian wrote:

Did anyone else see this article?

"Microsoft software and services empower service provider partners to deliver enterprise-class solutions to small and midsize businesses. WASHINGTON, July 14 - This week at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, Microsoft Corp. is highlighting market opportunities for hosting and communications service providers as adoption of cloud services among small and midsize business (SMBs ..."

Microsoft said Monday that the company has released a "technical preview" of its Windows Phone 7 software for developers and consumers. PCMag.com also has a hands-on with the new software.

This one is for my friend Megan:

The "nasty" zero-day bug involves exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability via infected USB flash drives. Microsoft - USB flash drive - Microsoft Windows - Zero Day - Operating system

I heard about this and just found this story.

"Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft has acknowledged the vulnerability that the new malware Stuxnet uses to launch itself with .lnk files, but said it has no plans to patch the flaw right now. The company said the flaw affects most current versions of Windows, including Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 32- and 64-bit. Meanwhile, the digital certificate that belonging to Realtek Semiconductor that was ..."