Apple says it will repair or replace Time Capsule models that either shut down unexpectedly or don’t power on at all, according to a Knowledge Base article the company posted late last week.

Microsoft has expanded the beta of its Intune hosted desktop-computer management service, the company announced on Monday during the kickoff of its Worldwide Partners Conference (WPC), being held this week in Washington, D.C.

With the help of hardware partners, Microsoft has released a version of its Windows Azure cloud platform as an appliance, the company said on Monday during the kickoff of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) being held this week in Washington D.C.

Microsoft kicks off its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) today in Washington, DC. One of the first announcements to come out of the event is about the new features and expanded availability of the Windows Intune beta.

China has hit back at the European Commission over an investigation into allegations of hardware dumping.

The Commission launched the probe after Belgium modem-maker Option formally complained that Chinese companies were dumping WWAN (wireless wide-area network) modems onto the European Union market at absurdly cheap prices. However, Beijing has now accused the E.U. of protectionism.

IBM announced Thursday that it plans to buy systems management software vendor BigFix. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter, were not provided.