Microsoft Loosens the Licensing Screws for Vista Virtualization
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft announced two new Windows Vista licensing options last week that could have big implications for how customers buy, deploy, and manage the Windows client operating system. By enabling its largest customers to run Windows Vista centrally on servers and stream Vista images, applications, and data down to thin clients and PCs, the company hopes to simplify its customers' IT architectures, eliminate configuration and security headaches, and start the ball rolling toward a subscription-based Windows revenue model. READ MORE >

Microsoft Patches Animated Cursor Flaw in Windows
by Alex Woodie

Microsoft yesterday issued a rare "out of cycle" patch that fixes the serious Animated Cursor vulnerability, as well as six other flaws in Windows. Attack code for the Animated Cursor flaw, which affects all current versions of Windows, including Vista, has been distributed widely across the Internet, leading to the formation of a chain of malicious Web sites and spam e-mails that, if visited, can turn full control of your PC over to attackers. READ MORE >

XenSource Extends and Improves Windows Support with 3.2 Release
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

XenSource, the company that provides products and support for the open source Xen virtualization hypervisor that its founders created, Monday announced XenEnterprise 3.2, a new release that offers expanded support for virtualized Windows environments. READ MORE >

Intel Shows Off Future Penryn and Nehalem Chip Designs
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

At a San Francisco event this week, chip maker Intel, started previewing some of the features of its next-generation "Penryn" processors and the future "Nehalem" processors that will follow them to market. The preview shows that Intel, awakened after a long slumber by the success of rival Advanced Micro Devices in defining the X64 architecture, is learning from its own mistakes and the things that its rival has done right.READ MORE >