Today marks a significant day in Microsoft's virtualization roadmap - Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 has been released! Now, I know that there are a lot of VMWare ESX customers out there, but if you are presented with a virtualization solution that...

So, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 was released back in March - targeted at the web developer audience. Beta 2 is approaching a bit later this year, intended for a broader base of users (enthusiasts and the like). It's great to see that we're not standing...

As a technically-focused guy, I always said to myself that the less I know about licensing, the happier I'll be (and perhaps you all feel the same way :) )...but the reality is that, in my current role, I get a lot of questions about licensing. And, I...