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The barrier for using XP mode virtualization in Windows 7 just got lower.

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Windows 7’s XP mode now works on more PCs

Apple could sell more iPads in the first three months of availability than it sold original iPhones in the same period, according to sources quoted by the Wall Street Journal .

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iPad expected to beat iPhone’s first 3-month sales

Novell is ready to begin beta testing its Pulse enterprise social networking and collaboration suite. Attendees at next week’s BrainShare conference will be the first to get access to the beta preview version of Pulse, which Novell plans to launch in final form in the second half of this year.

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Novell’s Pulse enterprise 2.0 suite goes beta next week

Sometime in the next few weeks, Microsoft will reveal features, services and shortcomings for Windows Phone 7 in the enterprise. It will be one of those good news/bad news moments for corporate IT departments

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The top 6 enterprise issues for Windows Phone 7

Google has patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome , including one that earned its finder the first $1,337 check from the company’s new bug bounty program.

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Google patches 11 vulnerabilities in Chrome days before hacking contest

Acknowledging the relationship between Microsoft and the open source community has been contentious, a Microsoft official Thursday nonetheless emphasized the company’s embrace of the open source paradigm, even if it was not necessarily for altruistic purposes. The presentation by Microsoft’s Stuart McKee, who holds the title of national technology officer for the United States, continued a pattern in recent years that has seen Microsoft publicly embracing the open source movement and even funding it

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Microsoft says its contentious relationship with open source is changing

Fine-grained network controls that are coming with next-generation mobile technology could make some demanding mobile applications such as video perform better but may also raise Net neutrality concerns.

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New 4G tech may heat up mobile Net neutrality debate

Tandberg, in the process of being acquired by Cisco Systems , today launched the EX90, a high-definition videoconferencing desktop system focused on executive users.

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Tandberg launches desktop HD videoconferencing for execs

Facebook ’s 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steal passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee .

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Facebook users targeted in massive spam run